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The Anoka County Sheriff's Office provides a wide variety of services to all residents and communities in the county as well as specific, contracted services to some municipalities.

Serving all of Anoka County

The Sheriff's Office is responsible for:

• the Anoka County Jail, which is the primary intake and booking facility for all county law enforcement agencies,
• service of legal court documents, such as domestic abuse orders for protection and orders for seizure,
• investigation of felony-level crimes not assumed by local police departments,
• law enforcement training to all police agencies in the county,
• crime lab services, and
• many other services. See Organization and Structure for more information about these and other services.

Serving as the primary law enforcement agency

The Sheriff's Office is also the primary law enforcement agency for Andover, Nowthen, Columbus, East Bethel, Ham Lake, Linwood Township, and Oak Grove. For these municipalities, the Sheriff's Office is responsible for:

• response to 911 citizen requests for service related to accidents, misdemeanor and felony-level crimes, traffic complaints, and domestic disputes, and
• community policing services such as Neighborhood Watch and Operation ID, and victim services. For more information about these and other services, see Patrol Division.

Local police departments in Anoka County

Local police departments are responsible for providing primary law enforcement services in: