Minnesota Commission of Public Safety

Minnesota Commission of Public Safety
	; Order Number Fourteen from the Minnesota Commission of Public Safety
Agency overview
Formed	16 April 1917
Dissolved	1919
Jurisdiction	Minnesota
Headquarters	St. Paul, Minnesota
Employees	7
Annual budget	$2 Million USD (1917)
Agency executives	J. A. A. Burnquist; John F. McGee;

The Minnesota Commission of Public Safety (MCPS) was a political watchdog group created on April 16, 1917 by the Minnesota Legislature. Headed by Governor of Minnesota Joseph A. A. Burnquist and Minnesota lawyer John F. McGee, the commission's purpose was to mobilize the state of Minnesota's resources during World War I. The organization is also known for its heavy-handed nativist use of anti-German sentiment along with the harsh treatment and political repression of German Americans living in Minnesota along with the Nonpartisan League and the Industrial Workers of the World.