Updates from the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office

In 2022, Hennepin County voters overwhelmingly selected Sheriff Dawanna Witt to be the next Hennepin County Sheriff. She campaigned on her years of experience and a platform of safer communities, improved law enforcement recruitment and retention, reform, collaboration, and transparency. Sheriff Witt serves seasonally as a Minnesota State Fair Police Officer and has served on advisory panels, including the State of Minnesota Legislative Task Force on Child Protection and the State of Minnesota Task Force on Law Enforcement Education Reform. She is a committee member of the Major County Sheriffs of America (MCSA) Nomination and Award Committee, which recognizes outstanding employees and units from MCSA member Sheriff’s Offices. She also works as an adjunct professor at Inver Hills Community College, teaching Juvenile Justice and American Corrections.