Frank Minnelli is a detective in the NPD. April first encounters him outside the Mercury Theatre, where he is waiting for Cortez. She criticises his dress sense and uses a piece of candy from the Fringe Cafe dipped in some sort of kerosene-smelling goo to make him leave his post. Unlike most Newport street cops who wear exoskeletal armoured suits, Minnelli is an old school detective who dresses in a trenchcoat and a fedora. He is also a compulsive eater who enjoys fast-food from Kool Kow, especially fries 'soaking in melted goat cheese'. However, he doesn't need to leave his post because his bowels are genetically enhanced. Minnelli also has a synthetic eye, though the history behind this is never explained.