City report details Minneapolis police staffing, injuries and costs tied to Operation Metro Surge response

City Council to receive report on policing impacts from federal immigration surge

Minneapolis City Council members are scheduled to receive and file a report Tuesday, March 3, 2026, detailing how the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) was affected by, and responded to, incidents during the period described as the height of Operation Metro Surge. The update is listed as a discussion item for the Committee of the Whole meeting at City Hall.

The presentation focuses on operational strain inside MPD, including call volume, staffing disruptions, injuries, and additional spending attributed to the city’s response posture during the federal operation’s most intense weeks.

Call volume, injuries and schedule disruptions

In the time window covered by the MPD update — Dec. 4, 2025, through Feb. 24, 2026 — MPD logged more than 50,000 calls for service. The report materials also describe personnel impacts during that same period, including nine officer injuries.

Operational scheduling was significantly affected. The materials describe roughly 500 shifts extended and more than 1,000 requests for days off canceled, reflecting expanded deployments and staffing needs while the federal operation was active.

Spending and workforce impacts documented in the report

Financially, the report cites an additional $5.2 million spent on police services between Jan. 7 and Feb. 1, 2026, a period that includes intensified deployments and incident response. The document also notes 14 PTSD cases filed, along with eight retirements during the period covered.

Separate city materials released earlier in February framed broader municipal impacts from Operation Metro Surge, describing citywide disruptions that extended beyond policing and into areas such as business activity, housing stability, food security and mental health needs. Those documents also described millions in city payroll and operational costs during the same general timeframe.

Incidents involving federal agents included in the MPD accounting

The MPD report describes a set of incident types connected to the operational period, including police responses to two fatal and one non-fatal shootings involving federal agents.

It also itemizes additional calls and events MPD managed in connection with the surge environment, including:

• Seven abandoned vehicles, including three reported as left by federal agents
• Two misdemeanor assaults
• Seven calls involving chemical irritants
• Twelve crashes involving Border Patrol/ICE agents and members of the public

What happens next at City Hall

Tuesday’s Committee of the Whole agenda includes both the MPD impacts update and a separate presentation related to the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office response to Operation Metro Surge. Council action on the MPD item is scheduled as “receiving and filing” the report, a step that documents the information in the public legislative record without, by itself, changing policy.

Meeting date: March 3, 2026. Venue: Room 380, Minneapolis City Hall.

The MPD report states that community safety and relationships remain a stated department priority as it continues to manage the operational and workforce effects documented during the surge period.