Richard Cook, Sheriff

Rice County Law Enforcement Center

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Sheriff's Office Mission

        "Protection with Integrity, Service with Empathy"

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• Minnesota Toward Zero Deaths

• Rice County Crime Map

• CodeRED - Emergency Notification System
  • Community Notification Enrollment (CNE) Page
  • Flyer
  • Newsletter

Divisions

• Administration
• Patrol/Investigations/Recreation/Civil/Courts
• Jail/Warrants/Transports

Department Overview

• Mortgage Foreclosure Sales
• Guiding Principles and Values
• Contact and Hours
• Victims Assistance
• In Jail List
• Most Wanted
• Maps

The Sheriff's Office has a long history dating back to early English system of government where the “shire reeve” or Sheriff was liaison between the people and the Monarch. The Sheriff settled disputes, dispensed advice and generally kept the peace of the land before and after the Common Law era. The Office of Sheriff is one of the longest standing traditions of the English law system dating back to the seventh century A.D., imported to the colonies and subsequently adopted and democratized by the states.

Today in Minnesota and throughout the United States the tradition continues with the Sheriff elected by popular vote of the citizens of the county every four years maintaining a direct connection between the populace and the Chief Law Officer of the County. The Sheriff’s Office provides law enforcement protection and service throughout the county, operates and maintains a detention facility (Jail), act as officers of the court provide courthouse security and prisoner conveyance, directs emergency management, conduct search and rescue operations and oversees recreational education and enforcement.

External Links

• Minnesota Department of Public Safety
• Minnesota Department of Corrections
• AAA
• DARE
• GREAT
• Explorer Post
• Medication Disposal Program: Take It To The Box
• Minnesota Crime Statistic
• Minnesota Department of Health
• Minnesota Level 3 Predatory Offender Registry
• Minnesota Office of Traffic Safety
• Minnesota Permit to Carry Firearm Law
• National Crime Statistics
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Office of National Drug Control Policy
• Traffic Safety for Children

Most Requested Forms

• Permit to Acquire Firearm
• Permit to Carry Firearm
• Commendation Form
• Complaint Form