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Hennepin County Sheriff Office is so PROUD of their employees that also serve in our Military Forces.

In recent years, Jeff Grates has often worn two different uniforms – a uniform for his sheriff’s office where he works full time and a uniform for his military duty with a reserve unit. Click here for rest of story. Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek on drug trafficking (Minnesota Public Radio)

Meth labs fade, but seizures are up (StarTribune)
""It's just a constant, steady stream," said Rich Stanek, Hennepin County Sheriff. "What little local production remains centers on a ""shake and bake" method ..."

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No Texting And Driving Campaign
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Hennepin County Sheriff's Office and the Insurance Federation of Minnesota have partnered with AT&T in the effort. Stanek pointed out 152 of those who died on Minnesota highways in the past three years were between the ages of 15 and 19 years old.
AT&T tells customers to stop texting while driving (KARE 11)
AT&T, Police Urge Don't Text While Driving (WCCO)

Heroin Use on Rise in Twin Cities Metro - Sheriffs respond to report on heroin use (WCCO)

Heroin Use on Rise in Twin Cities Metro (Fox 9)

Heroin use is up, and so are OD deaths (StarTribune)

Sheriffs say Twin Cities heroin deaths on the rise (KARE 11)

Sheriffs: Twin Cities Heroin Deaths on the Rise (KSTP)

Heroin deaths on rise in metro area, sheriff says (MPR)

YouTube and text messaging encourage tips about suspects

Sheriff on KARE: Violent crime decrease in Henn Co/NNO

Sheriff on FOX: Violent crime down in Henn Co/NNO

FOX: Sheriff shares memories of bridge collapse

Memorial dedicated in Minneapolis honors 35W victims

WCCO: Ntnl Night Out (provides HCSO stat on crime decline)

Channel 12: Violent crime declines in Henn Co (slide play cursor to 6:10 at the bottom of the viewing box)

KSTP: Ntnl Night Out & HCSO medication abuse prevention

National Night Out! Celebrate with your community (KARE)

Millions For New Hennepin County 911 Facility In Plymouth Included In Bonding Bill

Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office Emergency Communications Facility Receives State Support

July 20, 2011 (Minneapolis) – Today, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton signed a bonding bill that includes $4.7 million for the construction of a new Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office Emergency Communications facility.

“I appreciate the partnership of the Hennepin County board and Minnesota state legislators on this critical public safety project,” said Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek, “The bonding approval demonstrates that state legislators recognize that the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office facility has a significant role in regional and statewide emergency communications.”

The current Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office Emergency Communications Facility is one of the largest consolidated 911 dispatch centers in the Upper Midwest, providing dispatch and 911 services for 36 communities in Hennepin County. It also provides the backbone for emergency communications for all 1.2 million residents in Hennepin County, nearly one-fourth of the state’s population.

The current facility is located in Golden Valley and was built in 1948. It must be replaced to ensure uninterrupted emergency services for the nearly 600,000 calls received each year. The state bonding will fund a portion of the construction costs to build a new facility to be constructed on county-owned property in Plymouth, utilizing an existing communications tower.

The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office Emergency Communications Facility is one of six sites in Minnesota which hosts the statewide ARMER radio system and it is an important component in the overall statewide emergency radio network. As part of this statewide system, Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office Emergency Communications Facility is the host for other dispatch centers such as Eden Prairie, Minnetonka, and the counties of Ramsey, Isanti, Renville, Redwood, and Lincoln. The Sheriff’s Office also is host for ARMER radio subsystems for other Minnesota cities located as far west as the Minnesota-Iowa border.

There has been strong support of this project from local elected officials and citizens across Hennepin County. In June, the Hennepin County Board unanimously voted to rank this project as the top priority for state bonding support and it has been long supported by the citizen-led Hennepin County Capital Budget Task Force.

In recent months, the city councils in thirty-four cities in Hennepin County publicly gave their support to the project by approving resolutions for the state bonding request. The cities include: Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Champlin, Corcoran, Crystal, Dayton, Deephaven, Excelsior, Greenfield, Greenwood, Hanover, Hassan, Independence, Long Lake, Loretto, Maple Grove, Maple Plain, Medicine Lake, Medina, Minnetonka Beach, Minnetrista, Mound, New Hope, Orono, Osseo, Plymouth, Robbinsdale, Rogers, Shorewood, Spring Park, St. Bonifacius, Tonka Bay, Wayzata, and Woodland.

Sheriff Stanek thanks the county board for the partnership in supporting this project, the thirty-four city councils for adopting resolutions of support, the legislators for supporting public safety, and employees of the Sheriff’s Office for their hard work and perseverance in gaining state funding for this critical project.

Planning for the project is underway and the cost of the project has been initially estimated at $33.75 million. Hennepin County has included funding for the project in its five year capital budget. The bonding from the state and potential federal grants will reduce the tax dollars needed from Hennepin County.

Next steps for the project will include schematic design approval by the county board followed by public hearings with the City of Plymouth on site design. The anticipated timeline for these public hearings will be this fall with construction to begin in 2012.

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