Jennifer Mayerle
Anchor and Reporter at WCCO-TV (Minneapolis, MN)
MN native, Emmy/Murrow award-winning senior investigative reporter @WCCO, Constantly in search of the next great story 📧: [email protected]
Articles
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3 weeks ago |
cbsnews.com | Jennifer Mayerle
A new law is aimed at solving more crimes and creating safer communities. Starting this summer, all police agencies in Minnesota will be required to trace all guns recovered from crime scenes. Gov. Tim Walz signed the change into law following a WCCO investigation where we took you inside the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' National Tracing Center. We discovered not all agencies use the free tracing system to gain investigative leads. And even fewer shared their information.
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4 weeks ago |
cbsnews.com | Jennifer Mayerle
It's been one year since Minneapolis police officer Jamal Mitchell was killed in the line of duty. Mitchell raced to help a man in the Whittier neighborhood, not knowing the armed man he approached had just killed two people. Mitchell was a son, brother, father, fiancé and friend. The 36-year-old had only been with MPD for a year and a half but the impact he made will last a lifetime.
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1 month ago |
cbsnews.com | Jennifer Mayerle
Police chiefs weigh in on state of policing 5 years after murder of George Floyd The calls for change were loud across the country following the murder of George Floyd. Many are calling for police accountability and transparency. In 2022, WCCO brought together police chiefs for a candid conversation about policing and use of force as part of a WCCO special.
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1 month ago |
cbsnews.com | Jennifer Mayerle
Minnesota's red flag law is designed to take guns out of the hands of people in a moment of crisis. In year one, 138 petitions were filed for people who wanted to die by suicide or hurt someone else. What happened after a judge approved or denied a petition? "It matters to me because it's going to save lives," DFL Rep. Ethan Cha said. Cha knows what it's like to worry about a relative and to step in to remove a gun. He supported the state's red flag law.
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1 month ago |
cbsnews.com | Jennifer Mayerle
A bill passed this legislative session will require police in Minnesota to start tracing all guns recovered from crime scenes. The bill was brought to lawmakers following a WCCO investigation. It's the result of a series of stories where WCCO took viewers inside the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' National Tracing Center in West Virginia. The report shared that law enforcement across the state can trace guns recovered at crime scenes through the ATF.
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