Bob Kroll

Robert J. Kroll is an American police officer and member of the Minneapolis Police Department. He is the president of the Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis, the police union for the police department. Over the course of his career, Kroll has been involved in three officer shootings, accumulated 20 internal affairs complaints, and been the subject of multiple lawsuits. Kroll has been a longtime opponent to reforms of the police department, including calls to address racial bias within the force and reduce the number of people killed by police. Kroll has generated controversy on a number of occasions due to his public statements and professional conduct. In particular, his comments following the killing of George Floyd in May 2020 resulted in major calls for his resignation, including from a number of unions, several former mayors of Minneapolis, and a former police chief. On January 11, 2021, Kroll announced his retirement at the end of January 2021.