December 15, 1993 - This is a continuation on a special Midmorning broadcast from the Minneapolis Police Department 5th Precinct. Host Cathy Wurzer presents a ride-along audio montage of police on duty, a discussion about community-oriented policing, a documentary excerpt, and interviews regarding concerns over lack of disciplinary actions on police officers.
December 15, 1993 - Midmorning’s Cathy Wurzer moderates a panel discussion with Mike Sauro, a lieutenant for the Minneapolis Police Department; Ann Viitala, lawyer and chairwoman of Civilian Police Review Authority; Bill Lewinski, a police use-of-force expert; and Robin Magee, law professor at Hamline University. The group discuss and debate local police officer discipline efforts.
December 15, 1993 - A special Midmorning broadcast from the Minneapolis Police Department 5th Precinct. Host Cathy Wurzer talks with law enforcement officials and a legal advocate about the daily experience of local policing. Program also presents various reports on policing, community engagement, and relations with Black residents in Minnesota.
December 17, 1993 - As part of a week-long series called Keeping the Peace, Midday guests Robert Trojanowicz, professor of criminal justice at Michigan State University and the director of the National Center for Community Policing; and Minneapolis Police Chief John Laux, talk about the role of police in preventing and solving crimes, apprehending criminals, and "keeping the peace."
January 4, 1994 - Midday’s Gary Eichten talks with Jack Tunheim, an attorney in the Office of the State Attorney General of Minnesota, about Minnesota Supreme Court’s differing view with state legislature over use of DNA evidence in court proceedings.
March 18, 1994 - MPR’s John Rabe interviews Justice Alan Page and Judge Salvador Rosas discuss a Supreme Court task force proposal to Minnesota legislature on the need for qualified interpreters in the court system.
March 21, 1994 - Father Greg Boyle, who works with gangs in South Los Angeles California, speaking at Minneapolis Community College. In address, Boyle states the Twin Cities approach to fighting gang violence is all wrong.
March 22, 1994 - Midday focuses on how public policy effects the use of alcohol. Allan Spear, Minnesota state senator; and George Hacker, director of the Alcohol Policies Project of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, discuss legislation (both state and national) intended to stop alcohol abuse. Spear and Hacker also answer listener questions.
March 31, 1994 - On this Midday program, the topic today is prisons. Guests Connie Roehrich, the warden of the Shakopee Correction Facility for Women; and Frank Wood, the state's corrections commissioner talk about Minnesota prison system. Roehrich and Wood also answer listener questions.
April 25, 1994 - Midday’s Gary Eichten interviews Rod Sando, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources commissioner, about Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians v. Minnesota court case.