This survey is ONLY for Minneapolis residents and individuals that are at least 18 years old. If the respondent of this survey is not either or both of these, please do not participate in this survey.
In 2023, the City of Minneapolis and the Minnesota Department of Human Rights (MDHR) entered into a court-enforceable agreement to transform the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD). The agreement requires an Independent Evaluator to survey annually “the public’s trust in the MPD and its ability to provide public safety.” The survey must be anonymous, include both qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the community’s satisfaction with MPD’s overall police services, trustworthiness, engagement with the community, effectiveness, responsiveness, and misconduct investigation system. Settlement Agreement. p. 29, ¶ 415. (Community Survey).
As the Independent Evaluator, Effective Law Enforcement for ALL (ELEFA) is administering this community survey for the purpose of evaluating citizen satisfaction with the Minneapolis Police Department’s (MPD) overall police services, trustworthiness, community engagement, effectiveness, responsiveness, and misconduct investigation system. Your answers are anonymous; no identifying information is collected. Results will be reported publicly with an intersectional lens and, where possible, disaggregated by race/ethnicity, disability, religion, sex, gender identity/expression, housing status, sexual orientation, age, immigration status, and precinct.
Important: All questions in this survey that mention the police refer only to the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) and do not involve any federal agencies, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Purpose: Your responses will be used to understand community experiences with and perceptions of the Minneapolis Police Department and to inform public reporting and improvement efforts.
Voluntary: Participation is voluntary. You may skip any question. There are no known consequences for choosing not to participate.
Data practices: Please do not include your name or other identifying information in any open-ended responses. Responses will be summarized and reported in aggregate (or de-identified themes).
Recipients: Responses may be accessed by the City of Minneapolis and its authorized contractors/consultants administering this survey and may be shared with entities authorized by law to receive the data. Aggregate results may be shared publicly.
Survey Design Note: This is a nonprobability, open-participation survey designed to collect structured feedback from Minneapolis residents regarding their experiences with the Minneapolis Police Department. While the survey does not constitute a probability sample, the administration strategy is structured to achieve broad demographic and geographic representation. Results should not be interpreted as precise statistical population estimates but are intended to reflect a representative cross-section of residents within methodological limitations.
How to answer
This survey takes about 20 minutes. For most questions, please mark one response on a 1–5 scale. For open-ended questions, write as much or as little as you wish. All responses will remain anonymous and no identifiable information will be collected.