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]
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1 week 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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2 weeks 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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2 weeks 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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3 weeks ago |
cbsnews.com | Jennifer Mayerle
The pool contractor at the center of a WCCO investigation recently turned himself into jail, and WCCO was there. This jail stay was for violating a domestic order for protection. Charles Workman still faces federal charges for taking money from families with the promise of backyard pools that he didn't finish. "Why did you take money from families and never finish the job?" reporter Jennifer Mayerle asked Workman. Workman was federally indicted two years ago for wire fraud.
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4 weeks ago |
cbsnews.com | Jennifer Mayerle
Federal funding cuts are hitting organizations and non-profits. One of the latest is Great North Innocence Project. The non-profit works to free wrongfully convicted people. On the walls of the Great North Innocence Project in Minneapolis hang pictures of clients the non-profit freed. It relies on donations and grants to fund the mission. Recently Executive Director Sara Jones learned their 3-year $600,000 federal grant from the U.S. Department of Justice was cut.
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