WACONIA
COMMUNITY | GUIDE 2025
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The City of Waconia partners with the Carver County Sheriff’ s Office to provide policing in the community and meet the public safety needs of its citizens. Through a contract, the Sheriff’ s Office provides preventive patrol, traffic, ordinance enforcement, and following up on minor crimes. Citizens should call 911 for any police, fire, or medical response from public safety personnel.
SHERIFF’ S RESPONSIBILITIES
In addition to statutory requirements, the county board has authorized the Sheriff to operate a 911 dispatch center, maintain a jail, and field a patrol unit to meet the basic statutory requirements of responding to emergencies and investigating major crimes within the county. These services are provide to all Carver County residents and are paid for by property taxes paid to Carver County.
CITY’ S RESPONSIBILITIES
The city has the responsibility to manage the policing issues in its community and to furnish police service to handle calls for service. To meet this responsibility, the City has statutory authority to create their own police department, join a joint powers police department, or contract for police services.
WHY CONTRACT FOR POLICING? Contract policing allows the city to leverage resources to share and reduce costs for supervision, administration, training, clerical support, vehicles, and equipment with the county. It also improves communication and coordination creating an efficient, effective, and affordable policing for our community.
ANIMAL CONTROL
Any resident having a problem with stray dogs should contact the Carver County Community Service Officer at 952-361- 1231.
Pet owners please follow the animal control ordinance:
• Dogs and Cats must be leashed whenever they are off their owner’ s property. This includes city parks. Dogs and cats are prohibited in city Square Park.
• Owners must clean up any feces left behind by their pets on all public or private property.
• In consideration of neighbors and the general public, no dog may habitually bark or otherwise create a disturbance.
• Pets must wear their identification tags affixed to their collars. The city strongly recommends that pet owners microchip their animals in order to aid in identification and safe return in the event they become lost.
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