Mark Hanneman biography: 13 things about Minneapolis, Minnesota cop

Mark Hanneman is a police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. He hails from Hutchinson, Minnesota.

Hanneman is married. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. From February 2004 to 2006, he worked for CineMagic Theatre in Hutchinson as an assistant manager. In 2005, he graduated from Hutchinson High School. He then attended the University of Minnesota in the Twin Cities in Saint Paul, Minnesota for a semester before transferring to South Dakota State University in Brookings, South Dakota, USA.
2. He was a student officer for the South Dakota State University campus police from September 2006 until he graduated in May 2008 with a major in sociology and a minor in criminal justice.
3. In 2007, he worked on a park patrol for Hutchinson.
4. In June 2008, he worked as a dispatcher in Hutchinson.
5. In July 2009, he completed 432 hours of law enforcement skills training at Alexandria Technical and Community College.
6. From February 2010 to 2015, he worked as a police officer in Hutchinson. In 2012, he and five other officers in a narcotics training course in Hutchinson refused to be interviewed by Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigators who were looking into whether one of them gave marijuana to an Occupy Minnesota protester.
7. In July 2015, he was hired by the Minneapolis Police Department. On August 10, 2015, he started with the department at a salary of $28.31 an hour. From December 13, 2015 to March 5, 2016, he was assigned to Minneapolis Police Department Precinct 1.
8. While working as a Minneapolis Police Department officer, a complaint was filed against him in 2016. Two more complaints were filed against him in 2017 and in 2018. The three complaints were all closed without discipline. Another complaint filed against him in 2018 was still open as of February 4, 2022.
9. From March 6, 2016 to September 14, 2019, he was assigned to Minneapolis Police Department Precinct 4. From September 15, 2019 to July 18, 2020, he worked for the department’s Juvenile Outreach and Diversion Unit.
10. Amid the new coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020, he pursued a master’s degree in criminal justice leadership at Concordia University in St. Paul. Dedicated to his wife and his children, his paper titled “The Delicate Balance: Police in Our Schools” was published in February 2021.
11. On May 24, 2020, he joined the Minneapolis Police Department’s Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team. His SWAT assignment was scheduled to run until February 26, 2022.
12. From July 19, 2020 to January 1, 2021, he was assigned to Minneapolis Police Department Precinct 3. On January 2, 2021, he was assigned again to Minneapolis Police Department Precinct 4.
13. At around 7:00 a.m. on February 2, 2022, he and seven other members of the Minneapolis Police Department’s SWAT team served no-knock search warrants at an apartment in Minneapolis. He fatally shot Amir Locke, 22, who was sleeping on a couch in the apartment. He was 34 years old when he was placed on paid administrative leave after the shooting.

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