The Record
Every item started as an allegation published by a named Minnesota newsroom. The city’s outside investigators have since ruled on most of them, and each line carries their call. The newest ones come from the police chief’s lawsuit, where nothing has been proven. Each item has its own page with the full sourcing.
- 01“Happy Weiner Wednesday!” — sent to the police departmentReport: substantiated
- 02The “good weinering” meme, with an officer’s face on itReport: substantiated
- 03Allegedly made “orgasmic noises” while stretching at the police gymReport: not substantiated
- 04The locker room conversation about breastsReport: substantiated
- 05Taped her own portrait over photos of police brassReport: substantiated
- 06Ten shirtless UFC fighters, with the chief front and centerReport: substantiated
- 07The police chief sued the mayor and the city: 73 pages, six countsLawsuit: unproven
- 08A hand on the chief’s thigh, twice, under the table at a budget meetingReport: split decision
- 09“Oh, I thought it said MILF so maybe I could get one”Report: not substantiated
- 10The Saturday night at Sweeney’s: be “friends,” or “this was not going to work”Report: split decision
- 11She turned up unannounced at the chief’s golf-simulator outingReport: not substantiated
- 12The chief says the retaliation started once he reported herReport: not substantiated
- 13The mayor’s account: she was “matching the culture,” and she thinks she is being set up
- 14A veteran deputy chief retired rather than keep working there
- 15A former City Hall staffer says she grabbed him by the glutes — in public
- 16The mayor and the police chief now communicate through an intermediary
- 17The mayor traded her police security detail for sheriff’s deputies
- 18The City Council found out from the news, four months late
- 19The chief’s attorney wanted a full “filesystem extraction” of the mayor’s phones
- 20Taxpayers paid $290 an hour to find out
- 21HR’s prescription: training, an executive coach at her own expense, and six months of check-ins
- 22The Council voted 5–0 to pay for her lawyers, and hated every minute of it
- 23The chief’s lawyer wants a resignation. The Council president says not yet.