Michael Coffey, a Cottage Grove officer who has worked as the assistant police chief of the fair since 2022, filed the whistleblower lawsuit last week.

A top police administrator for the Minnesota State Fair has sued State Fair organizers and Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher ...

The lawsuit says Coffey initially raised his concerns inside the chain of command. According to the complaint, he reported what he believed to be unlawful conduct to State Fair Police Chief Ron Knafla ...

Following Coffey's disclosure of events, he claimed in his lawsuit that Fletcher "demanded" he be fired, allegedly ...