List_of_law_enforcement_agencies_in_Minnesota Knowpia

This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Minnesota.

According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 448 law enforcement agencies employing 9,667 sworn police officers, about 185 for each 100,000 residents.^[1]

State agencies edit

Minnesota Department of Corrections
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
- Law Enforcement Division
Minnesota Department of Public Safety
- Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
- Minnesota State Fire Marshal
- Minnesota Alcohol Gambling Enforcement Division
- Minnesota State Patrol
  - Capitol Security
Minnesota Department of Commerce
- Fraud Bureau
Minnesota National Guard
- Dept. of Military Affairs Security Police
- Military Police
  - 34th Military Police Company
  - 257th Military Police Company
- Security Forces
  - 148th Security Forces Squadron
  - 133rd Security Forces Squadron
    - Phoenix Raven Team

County agencies edit

Aitkin County Sheriff's Office
Anoka County Sheriff's Office
Becker County Sheriff's Office
Beltrami County Sheriff's Office
Benton County Sheriff's Office
Big Stone County Sheriff's Office
Blue Earth County Sheriff's Office
Brown County Sheriff's Office
Carlton County Sheriff's Office^[2]
Carver County Sheriff's Office
Cass County Sheriff's Office^[3]^[4]
Chippewa County Sheriff's Office^[5]
Chisago County Sheriff's Office^[6]
Clay County Sheriff's Office^[7]
Clearwater County Sheriff's Office^[8]
Cook County Sheriff's Office^[9]
Cottonwood County Sheriff's Office^[10]
Crow Wing County Sheriff's Office^[11]^[12]
Dakota County Sheriff's Office
Dodge County Sheriff's Office
Douglas County Sheriff's Office
Faribault County Sheriff's Office
Fillmore County Sheriff's Office
Freeborn County Sheriff's Office
Goodhue County Sheriff's Office
Grant County Sheriff's Office
Hennepin County Sheriff's Office
Houston County Sheriff's Office
Hubbard County Sheriff's Office

Isanti County Sheriff's Office
Itasca County Sheriff's Office
Jackson County Sheriff's Office
Kanabec County Sheriff's Office
Kandiyohi County Sheriff's Office
Kittson County Sheriff's Office
Koochiching County Sheriff's Office
Lac Qui Parle County Sheriff's Office
Lake County Sheriff's Office
Lake of the Woods County Sheriff's Office
Le Sueur County Sheriff's Office
Lincoln County Sheriff's Office
Lyon County Sheriff's Office
Mahnomen County Sheriff's Office
Marshall County Sheriff's Office
Martin County Sheriff's Office
McLeod County Sheriff's Office
Meeker County Sheriff's Office
Mille Lacs County Sheriff's Office
Morrison County Sheriff's Office
Mower County Sheriff's Office
Murray County Sheriff's Office
Nicollet County Sheriff's Office
Nobles County Sheriff's Office
Norman County Sheriff's Office
Olmsted County Sheriff's Office
Otter Tail County Sheriff's Office
Pennington County Sheriff's Office
Pine County Sheriff's Office

Pipestone County Sheriff's Office
Polk County Sheriff's Office
Pope County Sheriff's Office
Ramsey County Sheriff's Office
Red Lake County Sheriff's Office
Redwood County Sheriff's Office
Renville County Sheriff's Office
Rice County Sheriff's Office
Rock County Sheriff's Office
Roseau County Sheriff's Office
Saint Louis County Sheriff's Office
Scott County Sheriff's Office
Sherburne County Sheriff's Office
Sibley County Sheriff's Office
Stearns County Sheriff's Office
Steele County Sheriff's Office
Stevens County Sheriff's Office
Swift County Sheriff's Office
Todd County Sheriff's Office
Traverse County Sheriff's Office
Wabasha County Sheriff's Office
Wadena County Sheriff's Office
Waseca County Sheriff's Office
Washington County Sheriff's Office
Watonwan County Sheriff's Office
Wilkin County Sheriff's Office
Winona County Sheriff's Office
Wright County Sheriff's Office^[13]
Yellow Medicine County Sheriff's Office

City agencies edit

Ada Police Department
Adrian Police Department
Aitkin Police Department
Akeley Police Department^[14]
Albany Police Department
Albert Lea Police Department
Alexandria Police Department
Annandale Police Department
Anoka Police Department
Apple Valley Police Department
Appleton Police Department
Arlington-Green Isle Police Department
Atwater Police Department^[15]
Austin Police Department
Avon Police Department
Babbitt Police Department
Bagley Police Department
Barnesville Police Department
Battle Lake Police Department
Baudette Police Department
Baxter Police Department^[12]
Bayport Police Department
Becker Police Department
Belgrade Police Department
Belle Plaine Police Department
Bemidji Police Department
Benson Police Department
Big Lake Police Department
Bird Island Police Department
Biwabik Police Department
Blaine Police Department
Blooming Prairie Police Department
Bloomington Police Department
Blue Earth Police Department
Bovey Police Department
Boyd Police Department
Braham Police Department
Brainerd Police Department^[12]
Breckenridge Police Department^{[citation needed]}
Breezy Point Police Department^{[citation needed]}
Brooklyn Center Police Department^[16]
Brooklyn Park Police Department^[17]
Brownton Police Department^{[citation needed]}
Buffalo Police Department^{[citation needed]}
Buffalo Lake Police Department^{[citation needed]}
Buhl Police Department
Burnsville Police Department
Caledonia Police Department
Cambridge Police Department
Canby Police Department
Cannon Falls Police Department
Callaway Police Department
Champlin Police Department
Chaska Police Department
Chatfield Police Department
Chisago City Police Department
Chisholm Police Department
Circle Pines Police Department
Clara City Police Department
Clarkfield Police Department
Clearbrook Police Department
Cloquet Police Department
Cold Spring Richmond Police Department
Coleraine Police Department
Columbia Heights Police Department
Coon Rapids Police Department
Corcoran Police Department
Cottage Grove Police Department
Crookston Police Department
Crosby Police Department
Crosslake Police Department
Crystal Police Department
Cuyuna Police Department
Dawson Police Department
Deephaven Police Department
Deer River Police Department
Deerwood Police Department
Detroit Lakes Police Department
Dilworth Police Department
Duluth Police Department
Dundas Police Department
Eagan Police Department
Eagle Lake Police Department
East Grand Forks Police Department
Echo Police Department
Eden Prairie Police Department^[18]
Edina Police Department^{[citation needed]}
Elbow Lake Police Department^{[citation needed]}
Elk River Police Department^[13]
Elko New Market Police Department^{[citation needed]}
Ely Police Department
Emily Police Department
Eveleth Police Department
Fairmont Police Department
Faribault Police Department^[19]
Farmington Police Department
Fergus Falls Police Department

Fisher Police Department
Foley Police Department
Forest Lake Police Department
Fosston Police Department
Frazee Police Department
Fridley Police Department
Fulda Police Department
Gaylord Police Department
Gibbon Police Department
Gilbert Police Department
Glencoe Police Department
Glenwood Police Department
Goodhue Police Department
Goodview Police Department
Grand Marais Police Department
Grand Rapids Police Department
Granite Falls Police Department
Hackensack Police Department
Hallock Police Department
Hancock Police Department
Hastings Police Department
Hawley Police Department
Hector Police Department
Henderson Police Department
Hendricks Police Department
Henning Police Department
Hermantown Police Department
Hibbing Police Department
Hill City Police Department
Hokah Police Department
Hopkins Police Department
Houston Police Department
Howard Lake Police Department
Hoyt Lakes Police Department
Hutchinson Police Department
International Falls Police Department
Inver Grove Heights Police Department
Isle Police Department
Ivanhoe Police Department
Jackson Police Department
Janesville Police Department
Jordan Police Department
Kasson Police Department
Keewatin Police Department
La Crescent Police Department
Lake Benton Police Department
Lake City Police Department
Lake Park Police Department^[14]
Lake Crystal Police Department
Lakefield Police Department
Lakeville Police Department
Lamberton Police Department
Le Center Police Department
Le Sueur Police Department
Lester Prairie Police Department
Lewiston Police Department
Lindstrom Police Department
Lino Lakes Police Department
Litchfield Police Department
Little Falls Police Department
Long Prairie Police Department
Lonsdale Police Department ^{[citation needed]}
Madelia Police Department ^{[citation needed]}
Madison Police Department ^{[citation needed]}
Madison Lake Police Department^[20]
Mankato Police Department
Maple Grove Police Department
Mapleton Police Department
Maplewood Police Department
Medina Police Department
Melrose Police Department
Menahga Police Department
Mendota Heights Police Department
Milaca Police Department
Mille Lacs Band Police Department
Minneapolis Police Department
Minneota Police Department
Minnetonka Police Department
Minnetrista Police Department
Montevideo Police Department
Montgomery Police Department
Moorhead Police Department^[21]
Moose Lake Police Department
Mora Police Department
Morgan Police Department
Morris Police Department
Mound Police Department
Mounds View Police Department
Mountain Lake Police Department
Nashwauk Police Department
Nett Lake Police Department
New Brighton Police Department
New Hope Police Department
New Prague Police Department
New Richland Police Department
New Ulm Police Department
New York Mills Police Department
Newport Police Department

North Branch Police Department
North Mankato Police Department
North St Paul Police Department
Northfield Police Department
Oakdale Police Department
Olivia Police Department
Ortonville Police Department
Osakis Police Department
Osseo Police Department
Owatonna Police Department
Park Rapids Police Department
Parkers Prairie Police Department
Paynesville Police Department
Pelican Rapids Police Department
Pequot Lake Police Department^[12]
Perham Police Department
Pierz Police Department
Pine River Police Department
Plainview Police Department
Plymouth Police Department
Preston Police Department
Princeton Police Department
Prior Lake Police Department
Proctor Police Department
Ramsey Police Department
Red Wing Police Department
Redwood Falls Police Department
Renville Police Department
Richfield Police Department
Robbinsdale Police Department
Rochester Police Department
Rogers Police Department
Roseau Police Department
Rosemount Police Department
Roseville Police Department
Rushford Police Department
Sartell Police Department
Sauk Centre Police Department
Sauk Rapids Police Department
Savage Police Department^[22]
Sebeka Police Department
Shakopee Police Department
Sherburn Police Department
Silver Bay Police Department
Silver Lake Police Department
Slayton Police Department
Sleepy Eye Police Department
South Lake Minnetonka Police Department^[23]
Spring Grove Police Department
Spring Lake Park Police Department
Springfield Police Department
St. Anthony Police Department
St. Charles Police Department
St. Cloud Police Department
St. Francis Police Department
St. James Police Department
St. Joseph Police Department
St. Louis Park Police Department
St. Paul Police Department
St. Paul Park Police Department
Staples Police Department^[12]
Starbuck Police Department
Stewart Police Department
Stillwater Police Department
Thief River Falls Police Department
Tracy Police Department
Truman Police Department
Twin Valley Police Department
Two Harbors Police Department
Tyler Police Department
Virginia Police Department
Wabasha Police Department
Wadena Police Department
Waite Park Police Department
Walker Police Department
Warren Police Department
Warroad Police Department
Waseca Police Department
Waterville Police Department
Watkins Police Department
Wayzata Police Department
Wells Police Department
West Concord Police Department
West St Paul Police Department
Westbrook Police Department
Wheaton Police Department
White Bear Lake Police Department
Willmar Police Department
Windom Police Department
Winnebago Police Department
Winona Police Department
Winsted Police Department
Winthrop Police Department
Woodbury Police Department
Worthington Police Department
Wyoming Police Department
Zumbrota Police Department

Township agencies edit

Breitung Police Department^[24]

Other agencies edit

Leech Lake Tribal Police Department^[3]
Lower Sioux Tribal Police Department
Prairie Island Tribal Police Department
Red Lake Tribal Police Department
White Earth Tribal Police Department
Metropolitan Transit Police Department
Minneapolis Park Police Department
Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport Police Department
Office of the United States Marshal for the District of Minnesota
Three Rivers Park District Police Department
University of Minnesota Police Department
University of Minnesota Duluth Police Department
Upper Sioux Community Police Department
Federal Bureau of Prisons
United States Federal Reserve Police
United States Department of Veterans Affairs Police
United States Federal Protective Service Police
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Department of Defense Police

Fond du Lac Tribal Police Department

References edit

^ 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, by Brian A Reaves, US Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, July 2011
^ "Sheriff Deputy Brett Arthur Berry Caught on Tape Abusing K-9 Dog Partner - Inquisitr". Inquisitr. 27 June 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Drug investigation nets 2 arrests". Brainerd Dispatch. 19 June 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
^ "About Cass County s Sheriff Tom Burch". co.cass.mn.us.
^ "Chippewa County Sheriff's Office". co.chippewa.mn.us.
^ "Sheriff's Office - Chisago County, MN - Official Website". co.chisago.mn.us.
^ "Sheriff's Office - Clay County, MN - Official Website". claycountymn.gov.
^ "Sheriff's Office - Clearwater County, MN". co.clearwater.mn.us.
^ "Sheriff". co.cook.mn.us.
^ "Cottonwood County :: Sheriff". co.cottonwood.mn.us.
^ "Sheriff - Crow Wing County, MN - Official Website". crowwing.us.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Police Blotter". Brainerd Dispatch. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Sheriff: Elk River Officer, Son Killed In St. Michael Home". WCCO. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Belfield, N.D. officer fired for having sex on the job". Park Rapids Enterprise. Forum News Service. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
^ Atwater police chief kills boy’s pet chicken: Fowl were in violation of city ordinance (poll); by Carolyn Lange, West Central Tribune, 1 September 2014
^ "Untitled". Brooklyn Center. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
^ Norfleet, Nicole (11 May 2015). "Brooklyn Park police investigating death of 1-year-old". Star-Tribune. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
^ "Eden Prairie Police Department". Eden Prairie. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
^ Thibodeau, Camey (24 May 2015). "Meet Faribault Middle School's new school resource officer". Faribault Daily News. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
^ "Police - City of Madison Lake". Police. City of Madison Lake. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
^ Lissarrague, Jennie. "Man Pulled from Red River in Moorhead". KSTP. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
^ Barnes, Russell (13 November 2015). "Savage Police Ask Public to Help Find Missing Man". KSTP. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
^ "Official Web Site". Retrieved 11 September 2015.
^ "Breitung Police Department". Breitung. 23 March 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2021.

[1] 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, by Brian A Reaves, US Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, July 2011

[2] "Sheriff Deputy Brett Arthur Berry Caught on Tape Abusing K-9 Dog Partner - Inquisitr". Inquisitr. 27 June 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015.

[auto-3] "Drug investigation nets 2 arrests". Brainerd Dispatch. 19 June 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015.

[4] "About Cass County s Sheriff Tom Burch". co.cass.mn.us.

[5] "Chippewa County Sheriff's Office". co.chippewa.mn.us.

[6] "Sheriff's Office - Chisago County, MN - Official Website". co.chisago.mn.us.

[7] "Sheriff's Office - Clay County, MN - Official Website". claycountymn.gov.

[8] "Sheriff's Office - Clearwater County, MN". co.clearwater.mn.us.

[9] "Sheriff". co.cook.mn.us.

[10] "Cottonwood County :: Sheriff". co.cottonwood.mn.us.

[11] "Sheriff - Crow Wing County, MN - Official Website". crowwing.us.

[auto1-12] "Police Blotter". Brainerd Dispatch. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015.

[auto2-13] "Sheriff: Elk River Officer, Son Killed In St. Michael Home". WCCO. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.

[auto3-14] "Belfield, N.D. officer fired for having sex on the job". Park Rapids Enterprise. Forum News Service. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2015.

[15] Atwater police chief kills boy’s pet chicken: Fowl were in violation of city ordinance (poll); by Carolyn Lange, West Central Tribune, 1 September 2014

[16] "Untitled". Brooklyn Center. Retrieved 12 April 2021.

[17] Norfleet, Nicole (11 May 2015). "Brooklyn Park police investigating death of 1-year-old". Star-Tribune. Retrieved 29 May 2015.

[18] "Eden Prairie Police Department". Eden Prairie. Retrieved 18 December 2018.

[19] Thibodeau, Camey (24 May 2015). "Meet Faribault Middle School's new school resource officer". Faribault Daily News. Retrieved 28 June 2015.

[20] "Police - City of Madison Lake". Police. City of Madison Lake. Retrieved 14 September 2018.

[21] Lissarrague, Jennie. "Man Pulled from Red River in Moorhead". KSTP. Retrieved 14 November 2015.

[22] Barnes, Russell (13 November 2015). "Savage Police Ask Public to Help Find Missing Man". KSTP. Retrieved 14 November 2015.

[23] "Official Web Site". Retrieved 11 September 2015.

[24] "Breitung Police Department". Breitung. 23 March 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2021.

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