St. Joseph police chief resigns after investigation by city
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Updated: 10:48 a.m. | Posted: 5:34 a.m.
The St. Joseph police chief has resigned effective immediately following an investigation by the city over allegations officials won't disclose.
City Administrator Judy Weyrens said data practices law prevents the city from disclosing details of the investigation.
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The St. Cloud Times reports that Joel Klein's resignation was announced Monday night at the end of a City Council meeting. Klein did not attend.
Mayor Rick Schultz said the report from the city's internal affairs investigation was delivered to Klein on May 23. The city received Klein's written resignation on May 31. Klein had been on paid administrative leave since April 19.
Klein had worked with St. Joseph police since 2001 and became chief in 2013.
Schultz declined to comment on details about the investigation, but said the city will address workplace harassment training, whistleblower and retaliation policies, and a police audit system as a result of the probe.
"As part of the investigation we uncovered some of the behaviors within the department that have to be addressed," Schultz said. "We're going to address those with training, workplace harassment, whistleblower retaliation. And then we also uncovered some processes that weren't being followed and we want to put in some kind of audit system that ensures things are being done in a timely fashion."
MPR News reporter Kirsti Marohn contributed to this report.
