MAYOR R.T. RYBAK
URGENT NEWS ALERT September 13, 2005 Contact: Jeremy Hanson Phone: 612-673-2785 Mobile: 612-306-5274 21 Minneapolis Police Officers Deployed To New Orleans Unit Part of 80-officer Minnesota Contingent Led By Minneapolis Lieutenant Mayor Rybak has announced that twenty-one Minneapolis Police officers in 10 squad cars are being deployed to New Orleans, where they will assist local officials in the Hurricane Katrina recovery effort. City officials will participate in a brief ceremony tomorrow morning to send off the Minneapolis officers. The officers will leave Minneapolis for a two-week stay to work directly with the New Orleans Police Tactical Unit. The Minneapolis officers are part of an 80-person unit from four Minnesota law enforcement agencies. The entire Minnesota contingent will be under the command of Minneapolis Police Lt. Otto Wagenpfeil, who is a New Orleans native. The Minnesota contingent led by Lt. Wagenpfeil will include officers from Minneapolis, St. Paul, Bloomington and Ramsey County. # # # Jeremy Hanson, East Isles Jer Hanson phone: 612.306.5274 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "if you asked me what i came into this world to do, i will tell you: i came to live OUT LOUD." --E. Zola __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls