Cook County Sheriff Pat Eliasen attended new sheriff orientation in Carver County last week, joining 23 other newly elected sheriffs for training unique to the sheriff’s office.
Cook County Sheriff Pat Eliasen joined 23 other newly elected sheriffs for a weeklong orientation and training last week in Carver County. The Minnesota Sheriffs’ Association (MSA) provides this training every four years to orient and acclimate the new sheriffs to the office of sheriff.
Randy Willis, deputy director for professional development for MSA said, “In pursuit of its mission to legislate and educate for the office of sheriff, the MSA provides over 100 trainings throughout the state every year on topics unique to a sheriff ’s office. These include jail training, court security, civil process, and dispatching. The MSA works to provide high-quality and low-cost training to its sheriffs.”
Sheriff Eliasen said, “The training was great and will be very beneficial going into the future.”
Eliasen said a variety of topics were covered including presentations from the Minnesota County Attorneys Association, Department of Corrections, Homeland Security, Emergency Management and what he called the “federal government acronym agencies”—FBI, DEA, ATF, etc. He said data privacy for public safety was discussed at length as well as legislative updates and ethical decision making.
“Every presentation had bearing on the Office of Sheriff and the connections made with other sheriffs from across the state are priceless,” said Eliasen.
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