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Dedicated to Public Safety Sheriff Richard W. Stanek Presented to: Dayton City Council August 29, 2018

3. Agenda
Overview of the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office and its jurisdiction
Overview of Agency Leadership and Sheriff’s Responsibilities
Overview of Eight Lines of Business
Four Public Safety Partnership Areas :
Forensics Sciences Division: Crime Lab
The Opioid Crisis
Violent Crime
21st Century Policing

4. Sheriff Richard W. Stanek
Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office was incorporated in 1852.
There have been 27 different Sheriffs since 1852.
Only 3 other Sheriffs in the past 70 years (Ryan, Omodt, McGowan).

5. Coordinating Public Safety in Hennepin County
1.3 million residents
556.2 square miles
104 named lakes and 3 rivers
280 miles of lakes and waterways
45 municipalities (+1 unorganized territory)
36 local police departments & 9 Federal law enforcement partners

6. Agency Leadership & Overview
Hennepin County Sheriff
Chief Deputy Jeff Storms
Maj. Pete Dietzman
Enforcement Services Bureau
Maj. Todd Turpitt
Investigations Bureau
Maj. Tracey Martin
Jail/Court Services Bureau

7. State Statute Chapter 387 - SHERIFF 387.03 Powers & Duties:
“The sheriff shall keep and preserve the peace of the county...”
The Sheriff is the chief law enforcement officer in the county.

8. Sheriff’s Office - Eight Lines of Business
1. Jail – HCSO
26 bookings in 2017 & 14 in 2018
Court Security – HCSO
3. Patrol – Dayton and HCSO
204 supporting hours in 2017 & 123 in 2018
Collaborated w/ area police and fire to save horse stuck in Elm Creek Park Reserve
Warrants – HCSO and Dayton
Civil Process – HCSO
Investigations – Dayton and HCSO
41 Part I crimes in 2017 & 7 in 2018
50 Other crimes in 2017 & 22 in 2018
9-1-1 Dispatch – HCSO
8,753 CAD events in 2017 & 4,684 in 2018
Crime Lab – HCSO
8 lab cases in 2017 & 3 in 2018
10 crime lab scene hours in 2017

9. Forensic Sciences Division: Crime Lab
Stakeholder operated
1 of 3 accredited DNA crime labs in MN
Internationally accredited
Property crime evidence collected and processed
8 lab cases in 2017 & 3 in 2018 YTD
10 crime lab scene hours in 2017

10. Hennepin County: Opioid Deaths over 5 Years
2013: 119 (325 statewide)
2014: 108 (335 statewide)
2015: 110 (344 statewide)
2016: 153 (402 statewide)
2017: 175 (statewide #s not yet available)
2018: 59 (through May)

12. Opioids: Public Safety, Public Policy, Public Service
#NOverdose Campaign
Naloxone/ NARCAN advocacy
Drug Take-Back programs (Deterra bags & collection boxes)

13. National Night Out: Aug. 7
Our deputies attended neighborhood parties throughout the county to educate residents about this epidemic and provide them with nearly 15,000 medicine disposal bags.

14. Violent Crime: Guns, Gangs, Drugs, and Kids
Violent Offender Task Force (VOTF)
3 arrests in 2017
Drug Task Forces
Southwest Hennepin (SWHDTF)*
West Metro Drug Task Force (WMDTF)*
Anoka Hennepin Drug Task Force
Northwest Metro Task Force (NWMDTF)
Criminal Information Sharing & Analysis (CISA)
HIDTA designation
JTTF
*Supervised by HCSO

15. 21st Century Policing
Community Engagement is an agency-wide effort and top priority
All levels of agency personnel are engaging with residents and community leaders
Training for all agency personnel
Community Advisory Board and Community Engagement Team
Attend community events, educate residents, recruit diverse candidates, policy development
Educational workshops, for example Women for Peace
1 of 15 demonstration sites to be used as a nationwide model

16. Questions?

17. Richard W. Stanek Hennepin County Sheriff
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