The Metro Gang Strike Force has been shut down by the Minnesota Public Safety Commissioner Michael Campion:

the Strike Force has been dysfunctional for several years, with some of the issues laid out in a May 20 report by the state Legislative Auditor.

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The Strike Force has not been operating since that date, when [Hennepin County Sheriff's Capt. Chris] Omodt suspended operations after he found Strike Force members shredding documents just hours after the auditor disclosed that $18,000 in seized funds was missing and many vehicles could not be accounted for. The following week Campion reported that the FBI was conducting a preliminary investigation of the Strike Force and that he was creating a state panel to carry out a second probe.

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Both [Hennepin County Sheriff Rich] Stanek's and Campion's announcements on Friday came on the heels of news reports that Manila "Bud" Shaver, the chairman of the Strike Force's oversight board, had attempted to intervene in January in a Strike Force investigation involving his daughter.

According to St. Paul police reports, Shaver asked that the Strike Force attempt to "get" his daughter's boyfriend, who the St. Croix County Sheriff's Department believed might have been involved in a home invasion in Hudson, Wis. But he asked that his personal vehicle, which his daughter was driving, not be forfeited if she were arrested.

Shaver's 19-year-old daughter, Anna, was arrested on Jan. 27 by St. Paul police for drug possession; she was placed in a diversion program for drug treatment by a Ramsey County judge. The car was returned to Shaver.

An attempt by some to resume operating as an "interim" Metro Gang Task Force was also shut down.

Star Tribune: State pulls plug on gang unit

Minnesota Public Radio: State shuts down interim gang strike force

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