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Thomas Bernardson, badge #516
Department: Minneapolis

After an altercation at the Shortstop Bar & Grill in Fridley in 2010, Bernardson, a Minneapolis police officer, punched a man unconscious, sending him to the hospital with a concussion. He was convicted of misdemeanor fifth-degree assault; the Minneapolis department suspended him, but he kept his state license and his job.
"Convicted, but still policing" (Star Tribune, 10/1/17)
Complaint Investigation Files
Internal Affairs 13-29810 Part 1
Internal Affairs 13-29810 Part 2
Internal Affairs 13-29810 Part 3
Lawsuits
RCA-2022-00190 - Legal Settlement Workers' Compensation claim of Thomas Bernardson
Complaints
- 13-044, Office of Police Conduct Review, Closed - No Discipline
- 13-27064, Office of Police Conduct Review, Closed - No Discipline
- 13-29810, IA , Ethics, Sustained, Suspension
- 13-29810, IA , One Allegation, Closed - No Discipline
- 13-31183, IA , Closed-no discipline
- 17-22211, Office of Police Conduct Review, Closed - No Discipline
- 18-18891, Office of Police Conduct Review, Closed - No Discipline
- 19-01683, Office of Police Conduct Review, Closed - No Discipline
- 19-01687, Office of Police Conduct Review, Closed - No Discipline
- 19-07920, Office of Police Conduct Review, Closed - No Discipline