DMNA Approves Resolution to Fund Mill District Police Substation

At its February 24, 2020 meeting, the Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Association (DMNA) unanimously approved a resolution to fund a police substation on South Second Street in the Mill District.  Working with Sherman Associates, owner and developer of the Vicinity, and the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD), Joe Tamburino, former chair of the DMNA, spent several years making the police substation a reality. 

The DMNA will be signing a five-year license giving the MPD’s Homeless Initiative officers a base of operations.  It is hoped that having the substation in the neighborhood will assist with local outreach and provide an enhanced police presence in the neighborhood. The substation will be available for use by any licensed Minnesota peace/police officer.

Pam McCrea, chair of the DMNA, applauded the work that went into making the substation happen with “special thanks to Joe Tamburino who took the leadership and never dropped the ball.” Steve Fletcher, city council member and neighborhood resident, when asked about the substation, noted that the anticipated use of the space would put eyes on the street without drawing resources away from higher priority tasks.