and violence, Governor Walz’ appointee to lead the Dept of Public Safety (DPS), 45 year Police veteran, former St Paul PD & Metro PD Chief, Commissioner John Harrington confirmed his authority to do so: ‘Governor Walz tasked me to prepare response to the arsonists, burglars, vandals tearing apart the city‘

(Thurs I met) Chiefs Arradondo and Axtell on missions they needed the State’s help to fulfill. (I, as the Dept of Public Safety) was calling to say We are your partner. Tell Us what you need, We will fill in the gaps. We did get some very specific missions. When we got no real mission at all, We identified the critical needs. We tasked State Patrol, DNR, National Guard “a static post of guarding critical infrastructure.“