Chaska Police Department

Located in Chaska, Minn., the Chaska Police Department works for the crime prevention, law enforcement and public safety for local residents and visitors. It handles more than 15,500 emergency response calls annually. The department issues warnings and citations and conducts arrests. It investigates illegal drug traffic issues and law compliance in the area of animal control and licensure. The Chaska Police Department also offers street patrol, detective and community policing services, as well as responds to vehicle lockouts. It performs vacation house checkup and monitoring services and provides ordinance permits. Additionally, the department offers community-based gang awareness and crime prevention programs, as well as issues civil citations to underage individuals in possession of tobacco.

The Carver County Jail, opened in 1995, is a direct supervision facility with an approved capacity of more than 110 beds. The Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) licenses the facility and inspects it annually. The jail also maintains a six-bed juvenile detention center. The Carver County Jail provides detention facilities to sentenced, pretrial, awaiting bail or arraignment as directed by laws for either a felony or a gross misdemeanor. It works to receive and safely keep the people lawfully committed and not release any person unless discharged in accordance with the law. The jail employs more than 40 staff members that include nurse, visiting clerk and correctional officers. Located in Chaska, Minn., it also has a team of over 50 community volunteers and civilians who offer services in the areas of religious studies, substance abuse counseling and other valuable inmate programming.