Kim Potter biography: 18 things about Brooklyn Center, Minnesota cop who shot Daunte Wright

Who is Kim Potter?

Kimberly “Kim” A. Potter is an American police officer from Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. Her husband Jeff Potter is a former police officer in Fridley, Anoka County, Minnesota.

Kim’s annual salary was $82,335 in 2017, $86,190 in 2018 and $90,513 in 2019. She is a very dedicated, passionate and good person who is always willing to help out, according to Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association head Brian Peters.

Jeff and Kim have two sons together. Here are 18 more things about her:

1. In February 1995, she joined the police department of Brooklyn Center, Hennepin County. She served on the force’s negotiation team.
2. In 1998, she gave birth to her first son.
3. In 2001, she gave birth to her second son.
4. In March 2016, she and her fellow officers Kris Stein and Steve Lorentz responded to a shooting outside of a local business in Brooklyn Center.
5. On April 18, 2017, she, Stein and Lorentz were honored with the Chief’s Unit Certificate of Commendation in the Brooklyn Center Community Center.
6. After becoming the Brooklyn Center Police Officer’s Association president in 2019, she represented other police officers involved in fatal shootings.
7. In August 2019, she was one of the first Brooklyn Center Police Department officers to arrive after their colleagues Cody Turner and Brandon Akers fatally shot Kobe Dimock-Heisler, then 21, inside Dimock-Heisler’s residence. She instructed Turner and Akers to exit the residence, get into separate squad cars, turn off their body worn cameras and not talk to each other.
8. On April 11, 2021, she worked as a field training officer training a new officer named Anthony Luckey. They arrested Daunte Wright, 20, a black man from Minneapolis who had a warrant for a gross misdemeanor weapons charge. The arrest ended with her fatally shooting Wright.
9. On April 12, 2021, the Brooklyn Center Police Department released the footage of her encounter with Wright recorded by her body camera. It shows that she apparently intended to pull a Taser but instead fired her gun that day.
10. On April 13, 2021, she resigned from the Brooklyn Center Police Department and was charged with second-degree manslaughter in Wright’s death.
11. On April 14, 2021, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension agents arrested her and booked her into the Hennepin County Jail in Minneapolis. After spending a few hours in jail, she posted a $100,00 bond and was released.
12. Represented by Amanda Montgomery, Earl Gray and Paul Engh, she was found guilty on December 23, 2021 of first- and second-degree manslaughter in Wright’s death.
13. On February 18, 2022, Judge Regina M. Chu sentenced her to 2 years in prison.
14. At 4:00 a.m. on April 24, 2023, she was released from the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Shakopee in Shakopee, Scott County, Minnesota.
15. On April 24, 2023, she was released from jail.
16. In December 2023, her supervised release expired.
17. On June 18, 2024, she turned 52.
18. In September 2024, she was scheduled to take part in a training event for Washington, USA’s Liquor and Cannabis law enforcement officers in Vancouver, Washington but the event was canceled after the Seattle Times contacted the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board about the event.