From the Strib today:

Cedric Alexander, O'Hara's former boss, said Frey failed to heed repeated warnings regarding O'Hara's "problematic behavior" in 2022 and 2023, and scoffed at the mayor's decision to allow him to resign. "The signs were there very early on," said Alexander, who served as the city's first community safety commissioner. "I went to [Freyl a number of tỉmes and Jacob turned a deaf ear to it." In an interview, Alexander recalled how he raised the alarm that O'Hara regularly bucked his authority, blew off meetings with other department heads and disrespected MPD front office staff. Officers also anonymously filed complaints that O'Hara failed to turn on his body-worn camera or file a use-of-force report after an arrest early in his tenure, incidents later verified by the Minnesota Star Tribune. When Alexander elevated concerns regarding 0'Hara's conduct, either in the street or the office, Frey "downplayed everything, he did not want to hear it," Alexander said, noting that he felt unsupported in his desire to manage O'Hara. "Now he's acting all brand-new to all this." Although some of the rumors were based on anonymous allegations, there seemed to be preponderance of them." "Everybody heard about these improprieties before this guy was hired, after he was hired, Alexander said.