Law Enforcement SERVICES
“To keep and preserve the peace of the county.” In
Minnesota, each county has a sheriff who is elected to office
by citizens of that county to a four-year term. The sheriff is the
chief law enforcement officer within the county.
The Wright County Sheriff’s Office is the third largest sheriff’s
office in Minnesota. It provides law enforcement services to
the unincorporated areas of the county and contract police
services with 13 cities in the county. There are eleven divisions
within the sheriff’s office: administration, bailiff, civil process,
communications, community services, corrections, criminal
investigation, narcotics, recreational enforcement, warrants/
transports, and patrol.
Current Sheriff Sean Deringer began his service to Wright
County in 1997 as a deputy sheriff. Prior to being elected
sheriff in 2018, he served as a investigator, detective,
lieutenant, patrol sergeant, and patrol captain. He grew up
in central North Dakota. He is married, has two children, and
resides in Maple Lake.
Wright County’s location just west of the Twin City
metropolitan area has contributed to its rapid growth in
recent years. The sheriff’s office has continued to meet the
challenge by providing quality law enforcement services to
the citizens of the county.
Contracting with the sheriff’s office
Wright County began offering contract law enforcement
services in 1970 in the city of Cokato. The cities of Waverly,
Delano,
and
Monticello
followed shortly thereafter.
Presently, the Wright County
Sheriff’s
Office
provides
contract law enforcement
services to 13 of the 17 cities
in Wright County. Only the
Wright
County
cities
of
Annandale,
Buffalo,
and
Howard Lake have their own
police departments.
The contract cities pay
an hourly fee as set by the
county board for the number
of hours of coverage they
want. Delano contracts for
Sean Deringer
two eight-hour shifts per day,
Wright County Sheriff
in addition to having a school
resource officer. The regular contracted hours total 5,840
hours of coverage per year within the community. Quadrant
coverage by the sheriff’s office also ensures that emergencies
are responded to 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The cost of the contract includes the salary and benefits
for the assigned deputy, the fully-equipped squad car
and all related law enforcement equipment and supplies,
prosecution by the Wright County Attorney’s Office, the
Criminal Investigations Unit, evidence processed by the Major
Crimes Investigation Unit and Tri-County Lab, Wright County
Sheriff’s Office Emergency Response Team, Recreational
Enforcement Unit and Digital Forensics Unit, Civil Process
and Transport Unit, operating the Wright County Jail, and
secretarial services.
The Wright County Sheriff’s Office can be reached at 763-
682-1162, and is located at 3800 Braddock Ave NE, Buffalo,
MN 55313-1197.
West Hennepin Public Safety
West Hennepin Public Safety (WHPS) is a joint-powers
agreement with the cities of Maple Plain and Independence,
just east of Delano, for police services. Police can be reached
at 763-479-0500 and is located at 1918 Co. Rd. 90, Maple
Plain, MN 55359. The director is Gary Kroells.
In an emergency in any jurisdiction, DIAL 911.
Everything you need to participate in Blue Bag Organics food waste recycling will be
delivered to you as a Delano Resident at no extra charge.
Call 763-972-3335 l RandysEnvironmentalServices.com
SOURCE SEPARATED ORGANICS
DelanoHeraldJournal.com/guide
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