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Snowmobile Patrol
The snowmobile patrol program
began during our 1999-2000 winter season. Sheriff Deputies are
responsible for enforcing all laws pertaining to regulations of traffic
emphasizing on snowmobile safety.
Boat Patrol
The
Boat Patrol runs approximately from May to September. Sheriff Deputies
are responsible for patrolling all bodies of water in the County
enforcing all laws pertaining to regulations of traffic on the waters.
Each year the Wabasha County Sheriff's Department leases a Jet Ski and
recently purchased a 2000 Proline 19' Sport patrol boat.
Emergency Response Team (ERT)
The
ERT is a joint team serving Goodhue and Wabasha County area which
consists of 1 full-time Wabasha County detective, Goodhue County
deputies, Lake City and Red Wing officers. The team was created to
handle high-risk incidents such as barricaded subjects, narcotics,
search warrents, and high risk warrants.
Safe & Sober Program
The
Safe & Sober Program is federally funded by the National Highway
Traffic Safety Association. The main goal of the program is to educate
and enforce laws pertaining to seatbelt use, DUI, not a drop law,
speed, child restraints, and minor consumption in effort to obtain
voluntary compliance from the motoring public. In 1999, the Wabasha
County Sheriff's Department received an award recognizing their efforts
toward this program.
K-9 Program
The
Wabasha County Sheriff’s Office has two full-time K-9 Units. The K-9
units are available for situations that arise 24 hours a day. The K-9
units assist in situation such as detecting narcotics, tracking, and
apprehending dangerous criminals.
Each K-9 unit consists of one
full-time deputy and one K-9. Before a K-9 is suitable for service to
the public they go through a thorough screening and training process.
The current K-9 units for the Wabasha County Sheriff’s Department are:
1. Deputy Jason Lorenson and K-9 Kutter
2. Deputy Jason Bade and K-9 Ringo
Keep Kids Clean Program
The
Wabasha County Sheriff’s Office along with the Plainview, Wabasha, and
Lake City Police are proud to announce a new tool available for parents
in our county. The tool is a kit called KEEP KIDS CLEAN that will be
used for drug or alcohol testing in the privacy of your own home.
For
sometime now, Law Enforcement in the county has been thinking about a
new way to combat the drug problem with our youth. They realize that
the reactive approach doesn’t necessarily fix the problems with
addiction. The arrests for drugs are going up and the jails and prisons
are getting overcrowded. The feeling is that if parents are more
involved with their youth and let them know up front that there will be
consequences for their actions, the youth will be less likely to use
drugs.
The kit includes: 1 alcohol test kit, 1 drug test
kit, and instructions. The tests are available at your local Police
Departments and the Sheriff’s Office. The cost is $20 for the kit and
some of the proceeds are going to benefit the Wabasha County Substance
Abuse Court. The kits are saliva based which should make for easy use.
These tests can only be used once.
Sheriff Rodney Bartsh
commented, “ Our society has changed in so many ways. One of the
changes is the different drugs available to our kids and the potency in
those drugs. Today, marijuana can be up to 10 times stronger than it
was in the 1960’s and 1970’s. Also, the meth epidemic in America is
still ongoing and does not appear to be going away any time soon. Our
goal in providing this drug testing kit is not to be intrusive into
your lives.
We hope if you obtain a kit and your kid
tests positive, you get them the help they need. We also hope that if
you keep a kit on hand as a preventative measure, that your youth may
acknowledge that by not using drugs. We believe that if we help at
least one youth by our program, it will be considered a success!!
If
you would like to purchase a Keep Kids Clean Kit, stop by the Wabasha
County Sheriff’s Office or one of the Police Departments in the county.
Kits are available for $20 and the profits will go to benefit the
Wabasha County Drug Court Program.
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