Do you remember the excitement of hosting Super Bowl LII in Downtown Minneapolis in 2018? And how fun it was to welcome visitors from around the world to the “Bold North”?
Planning for a safe Super Bowl took more than two years of effort by the Minneapolis Police Department.
More than 3,000 sworn officers from 60 Minnesota jurisdictions and 40 federal agencies took part in the event. Officers from Ely to Rochester joined the Minneapolis Police Department to keep Minneapolis and its 125,000 Super Bowl visitors safe.
Minneapolis Police Officers worked with members of 30 different constituency groups to ensure that protesters could safely make their voices heard while ensuring that transportation flowed safely and efficiently to and from and around downtown event locations.
And, as they always do, Minneapolis Police Officers focused on the day-to-day duties of their profession. Chief among their successes during Super Bowl Week was the peaceful negotiation and resolution of a two-day stand-off at a hotel on the University of Minnesota campus.
We welcome you to share your memories of the event!
Photographs from the “Minneapolis Police 150th Anniversary” book published by Acclaim Press (currently out of print).