Ganesha Martin, a Board of Advisors member of the National Association of Professional Staff in Public Safety, has been selected to lead the Constitutional Policing Bureau of the Minneapolis Police Department. Attorney Ayodele Famodu is the first non-officer to head the Internal Affairs Bureau. We congratulate Ganesha and Ayodele on their selections for leadership positions at MPD.
The following is an excerpt from an article in the Minneapolis News:
“Chief Brian O’Hara has named two civilians to key leadership posts in the Minneapolis Police Department.
Ganesha Martin, who held senior roles at the Baltimore Police Department, is leading the Constitutional Policing Bureau, and attorney Ayodele Famodu is the first non-officer to head the Internal Affairs Bureau.
Famodu worked previously as a Ramsey County prosecutor, a public defender in Hennepin County, a U.S. Army lawyer and served most recently as an assistant state attorney general, where she represented the office on Minnesota’s Cannabis Expungement Board.
At a news conference Monday, Famodu promised to be fair and thorough when investigating complaints against police officers.
“All complaints should be treated with respect, with dignity and should be processed in a manner with a just eye,” Famodu said. “You don’t make decisions until all pieces of evidence and information are put forth.”
Martin’s main task is to implement MPD’s court-ordered settlement agreement with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights.
“The way that I do this work is that you have to center both police and community voices,” Martin said. “And that is from the front lines, rank and file, the ones that are out there pushing the squad car every day all the way up to the command staff. And then you’ve got to go talk to the community, the folks who’ve been affected, who have placed their hope and trust in this process.”
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