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Wright County Sheriff ’ s Offi ce serves , protects
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 .
The Sheriff ’ s Office contracts law enforcement services to every city within the county , with the exception of Buffalo , Annandale and Howard Lake , which have their own police departments .
There are five divisions within the sheriff ’ s office : operations , patrol , criminal investigations , business administration and corrections .
Sheriff Sean Deringer began his service in Wright County in 1997 as a deputy sheriff . He successfully ran for sheriff in 2018 and assumed office in 2019 . Deringer grew up in central North Dakota before moving to Wright County in 1994 . He and his family live in Maple Lake .
Deringer heads the office of over 300 staff members including 170 sworn deputies . The command staff is managed by Chief Deputy Matt Treichler and consists of the operations captain , patrol captain , investigation captain , jail captain , office administrator and the divisional lieutenants .
WRIGHT COUNTY SHERIFF ’ S OFFICE 3800 Braddock Ave . NE Buffalo , MN 55313 sheriff @ co . wright . mn . us 763-682-7622
24 HOUR NON-EMERGENCY LINE 763-682-1162
HOURS 8 a . m . to 4:30 p . m . Monday through Friday
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