Nation Medaria Arradondo, the first Black police chief of Minneapolis, to retire next month December 6, 2021N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAYComments Off on Medaria Arradondo, the first Black police chief of Minneapolis, to retire next month Medaria Arradondo became Minneapolis' first Black police chief in 2017 and led the department amid nationwide protests over the death of George Floyd.