Hennepin County Sheriff Dave Hutchinson
Dave has been HC Sheriff for 11 months; he’s a member of the newly formed Veterans Rotary Club.
Priority has been employee wellness, healthy cops and deputies.
Treating all employees with respect.
36 police chiefs in Hennepin County.
Top in the nation Crime Lab and Special Services in HC.
Added a Tri-level program = mind, body spirit; first ever staff psychologist.
Updated jail gyms for staff to use.
Three chaplains of different faiths to assist staff.
Changed tattoo policy which prevented employment in the past.
Working on Opioid treatment and aftercare programs for addicts; addiction is an illness; use of meth is picking up; STOP = Survival through Opioid Prevention.
Teaching kids to swim on the north side.
855 deputies and support staff total 1100 staff he oversees.
5 Canine handlers; he hopes to increase that number to 12; formerly only two.
Deputies include 10 water patrol and two extra deputies in the summer along with 24 volunteers; 31 boating DUI last summer down from 40 in 2018.
Violent crime is down and property crime is up.
Sheriff Dave and Tim Stout passed out bags to safely dispose of narcotics to all present.
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