Scott County Sheriff-Patrol

The Scott County Sheriff s Office is a full-service law enforcement agency that promotes public safety, identifies and solves criminal cases and safeguards citizens rights. It maintains a citizens police academy that offers training programs related to local laws, defensive tactics, firearms instruction, patrol procedures, first aid and investigations. The Scott County Sheriff s Office has a civil process unit that provides legal papers received from individuals, private attorneys, the court and other county agencies. The office supports and conducts several youth events and neighborhood and vacation watch programs. Located in Shakopee, Minn., the Scott County Sheriff s Office provides online crime statistics and maps, as well as crime reporting applications.

The Police Department is managed by the City of Shakopee in Minnesota. The department works to protect citizens through the enforcement of the law, as well as responds to more than 19,000 service calls. It manages a patrol division that provides solutions for progress, traffic crashes and medical emergencies. The Police Department also operates a detective division that is responsible for investigating felony, gross misdemeanor, assault, robbery and personal crimes. The department offers crime prevention, educational, and residential and business premise surveying solutions. In addition, it administers Safety camps and neighborhood crime watch programs. The Police Department assists students with certain topics, such as gun control and civil rights.

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.