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Sally Yates to lead Minneapolis ketamine probe

Yates will spearhead the independent review into communication between EMS personnel and MPD officers.
Credit: Chip Somodevilla
Former acting U.S. Attorney General Sally Yates testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill May 8, 2017 in Washington, DC.(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

MINNEAPOLIS - The City of Minneapolis has hired former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates for its investigation into a report that police officers repeatedly requested that Hennepin County medical responders sedate people with ketamine.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo made the announcement in a news release late Friday.

“Sally Yates’ record speaks for itself. She has dedicated her life to unearthing the truth, and delivering justice,” said Frey. “There’s no time to waste in launching our independent review of the interaction between Minneapolis cops and medical personnel, and I am confident that Ms. Yates is the highest caliber candidate to lead a thorough investigation.”

"I am pleased that Minneapolis will have the fair, trusted and impartial leadership of former Acting Attorney General Ms. Sally Yates,” said Arradondo. “Ms. Yates will examine the MPD's protocols and duty interactions with our local Emergency Management Services personnel. With her impeccable career of service, her character above reproach and highly skilled investigative experience, I am confident that the people of our great city will accept and receive her work in this important matter as being thorough, honest and conclusive."

Yates will spearhead the independent review into communication between EMS personnel and MPD officers.

“The City has asked us to conduct a thorough independent investigation and has pledged its full cooperation,” said Yates. “We have been entrusted to review this important matter fairly and impartially, and to call it like we see it, and that’s exactly what we’re going to do.”

Last week, HCMC announced it too was looking into cases involving its EMS workers to be sure protocol was followed.

Ketamine is a tranquilizer known as the "date rape drug."

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