Office of the Mayor

St Paul Mayor’s Office

If you would like to contact the Mayor of St Paul feel free to use the link below. There are forms to invite the Mayor to a meeting or an event. There is a web form to contact the Mayor. In it you will need to provide your personal information, then an area to state why you need to contact the Mayor.

Contact the Mayor’s Office

About Mayor Kaohly Her

Mayor-Elect Her and Councilmember Jost at Highland Bridge consturction site in hard hats

Saint Paul residents elected Kaohly Her as the city’s first woman and first Asian American mayor in 2025. Mayor Her was born in the mountains of Laos and came to the United States as a refugee at age three. A strong work ethic, her family’s tenacity, and support from her community propelled Mayor Her to the highest levels of our state government and now to City Hall. A finance professional, non-profit executive, stay-at-home mom, school board administrator, and State Representative, Mayor Her brings her years of lived experience across different sectors to help Saint Paul move forward.

Priorities

Mayor Her enters City Hall with a focus on getting the nuts and bolts of running our city right. She knows that we can come together around our shared values for a vibrant city with a diverse economy and responsive city government. Because when our city runs well, people will want to move here, start businesses, and develop housing — all of which will broaden our tax base and make Saint Paul more affordable and prosperous for years to come.


Information on this page is from:
https://www.stpaul.gov/departments/mayors-office


21st Century Policing Report

Trust. It’s critical to the stability of our city, the safety of the people we serve and the criminal justice system. In 2014, a task force was brought together to identify best practices and recommendations for how police departments across the country can promote effective crime reduction while building trust. The task force developed recommendations, each with action items around six “pillars,” which are listed below and widely lauded as the gold standard of policing for the 21st century.

With a strong foundation of transparency, trust and service with respect, the Saint Paul Police Department is using these pillars to build an even better agency—a model police department for the 21st Century. This site reflects our efforts to achieve the goals outlined in the “Final Report of the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing.” It will be updated as we progress towards our goals. And it will help us as we continue to build trust with all we serve.

Pillar 1: Trust and Legitimacy

Pillar 2: Policy and Oversight

Pillar 3: Technology and Social Media

Pillar 4: Community Policing and Crime Reduction

Pillar 5: Training and Education

Pillar 6: Officer Wellness and Safety

The sworn and civilian employees of the Saint Paul Police Department, who serve and protect the city of Saint Paul, have embraced the pillars and committed to implementing the recommendations that apply to local police departments. While the department already achieves a vast majority of the recommendations included in the report, we are committed to doing even better.

See How We’re Doing

The Saint Paul Police Department is committed to delivering trusted service with respect—every day, without exception. Use this site to see how we’re working to build trust, be transparent and keep Saint Paul safe for everyone

About the Saint Paul Police Department

The Saint Paul Police Department promotes safe and healthy neighborhoods in Minnesota’s capital city. The department employs approximately 800 people, including 620 sworn officers who respond to nearly 300,000 calls for service and investigate about 13,000 Part I crimes each year. Chief Todd Axtell is committed to delivering trusted service with respect—every day, without exception—saying, “We are not simply the police department, we are your police department.”

Information on this page is from: https://www.stpaul.gov/departments/police/21st-century-policing-report