City of Otsego 2019 Annual Report
Wright County Sheriff’s Office
Activity Report
2019
MISSION
The Wright County Sheriff’s Office, in partnership with the community,
is committed to improving our quality of life.
We uphold the Constitutions of the United States and the State of Minnesota,
and dedicate ourselves to maintaining order, protecting life and property,
reducing the fear of crime and ensuring a safe and secure correctional facility.
We hold ourselves accountable to the guiding principles of
integrity, professionalism, caring, and fairness.
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
INTEGRITY
We pride ourselves on upholding the highest ethical standards that guide us
to serve in a trustworthy, truthful, and honorable manner.
PROFESSIONALISM
We inspire trust and cooperation within the community and the Sheriff’s Office.
We are well-trained, highly motivated, progressive and innovative
while providing responsive and quality service.
CARING
We are compassionate and respectful.
We are approachable, understanding, and considerate of the needs of all people.
FAIRNESS
We are equitable, just and consistent.
We serve the community and each other in an unbiased and impartial manner.
Sheriff Sean Deringer
Mayor Jessica Stockamp, City Council Members Tom Darkenwald,
Jason Warehime, Corey Tanner, Tina Goede and
City Administrator Adam Flaherty.
Citizens of Wright County,
The Wright County Sheriff’s Office is the 3rd largest Sheriff’s Office in the State of Minnesota. We provide law
enforcement services to 13 of the county’s 16 cities along with all unincorporated areas of Wright County. In a
strong partnership with the community, we are able to provide the citizens with reliable service to maintain
the high-level quality of life that we have come to enjoy and expect.
There are five divisions within the Sheriff’s Office: Patrol, Criminal Investigations, Operations, Business
Management and Corrections. Each division is broken down into smaller units such as: administration, court
security, communications, community services, detective, emergency management, emergency response
team, k-9, special investigations, school resource, recreational services, civil/warrants/transports, and traffic
enforcement.
With the help of our community, the Wright County Sheriff’s Office will continue to meet our challenges of
providing high quality, cost effective and efficient law enforcement services to everyone in Wright County.
I look forward to working with and collaborating with our community leaders and citizens to ensure that we
continue to carry out our mission of “keeping the peace” with professionalism, f airness, caring and integrity.
Respectfully,
Sean A. Deringer
Wright County Sheriff
10 year look back at Otsego contracting history
with the Sheriff’s Office:
o Contract rate history:
▪ 2010: $57.50 Hourly Annual Cost $839,500
▪ 2011: $59.00 Hourly Annual Cost $861,400
▪ 2012: $59.75 Hourly Annual Cost $874,740
▪ 2013: $60.50 Hourly Annual Cost $883,371
▪ 2014: $62.50 Hourly Annual Cost $912,500
▪ 2015: $64.50 Hourly Annual Cost $941,700
▪ 2016: $67.00 Hourly Annual Cost $978,200
▪ 2017: $69.50 Hourly Annual Cost $1,014,700
▪ 2018: $72.00 Hourly Annual Cost $1,157,184
▪ 2019: $74.50 Hourly Annual Cost $1,305,240
▪ 2020: $78.25 Hourly Projected Cost $1,374,696
The City of Otsego has been contracting for law enforcement services with the
Sheriff’s Office for over 25 years. Otsego achieved 24 hours a day coverage in
2003 and maintained that level of service until 2005 when the coverage increased
to 32 hours a day. In October of 2007, Otsego again increased their law
enforcement contract to 40 hours a day which was the current level of coverage in
2017. In July of 2018, Otsego increased their coverage to 48 hours a day.
Sheriff Deputies responded to 8,261 calls for service in Otsego in 2019. Of those
calls for service, 4,484 incidents turned into a case report and required further
investigation by the deputies. The summaries below contain a snapshot of
Otsego’s 2019 law enforcement activity.
596
405
399
219
157
144
140
118
117
41
40
38
32
32
22
16
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700
MEDICAL
ALARM
SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY
CIVIL
CHECK WELFARE
ANIMAL
JUVENILE
CITIZEN AID
DOMESTIC
NOISE
LOST PROPERTY
HARASSMENT
DISORDERLY
THREATS
UNWANTED
NEIGHBOR DISPUTE
2019 Otsego Quality of Life Calls
Patrol and School Resourse
2019 Activity
2799
200
162
80
39
35
32
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000
TRAFFIC -STOP
TRAFFIC -
COMPLAINT
MOTOR VEHICLE
ACCIDENT
PARKING
SEASONAL
PARKING
DUI
TRAFFIC -HAZARD
2019 Otsego Traffic Calls
170
74
45
33
29
17
13
5
1
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180
THEFT
FRAUD
CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY
DRUGS
COURT ORDER VIOLATION
BURGLARY
ASSAULT
SEX RELATED
ROBBERY
2019 Otsego Crime Incidents
Patrol and School Resourse
2015 – 2019 City of Otsego Significant Incident Codes
Significant Crime Calls 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Assault 8 11 15 15 13
Burglary 11 18 22 15 17
Court Order Violation 20 19 27 41 29
Criminal Damage to Property 64 70 70 36 45
Drugs 28 32 41 27 33
Fraud Complaint 77 85 88 63 74
Homicide 0 0 0 0 0
Robbery 0 0 1 2 1
Sex Related 10 7 11 17 5
Theft 203 188 217 208 170
Total 421 430 492 424 387
0
50
100
150
200
250
Assault Burglary Court Order
Violation
Criminal
Damage to
Property
Drugs Fraud
Complaint
Homicide Robbery Sex Related Theft
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is part of the Wright County Sheriff’s Office Criminal
Investigations Division. The unit is comprised of a sergeant and two full time deputies. This is
the only plain clothes and unmarked unit within the Sheriff’s Office. Due to SIU’s unique
ability to blend in with the public, they are often utilized in situations where a marked patrol
unit would not be feasible. This includes the arrest of people with warrants who commonly
flee when confronted by a uniformed deputy or conducting surveillance of locations with
suspected criminal activity. One of the main functions of SIU is to investigate drug crimes
within Wright County. This is accomplished through investigative work, speaking with
concerned citizens and informants, collaborating with other law enforcement agencies,
utilizing social media, and through physical and electronic surveillance. SIU serves
approximately 70 search warrants per year within the county along with assisting other local
agencies with some of their search warrants. SIU also handles the civil forfeiture of cash,
vehicles and firearms when their use or possession was related to controlled substance.
3
2
0 1 2 3 4
WARRANT ACTIVITY
DRUGS
2019 Otsego Special Investigations Unit
The Major Crimes Investigation Unit (MCIU) is responsible for documenting and processing
crime scenes and evidence collected from scenes. The unit will respond when needed for
death investigations, assaults, robberies, burglaries, or any scene where advanced skills and
processing techniques are needed to collect and document evidence. MCIU also responds to
motor vehicle crashes resulting in serious injuries or death. Besides documenting the crime
scenes, MCIU is trained in processing evidence for latent prints, DNA evidence, tire and shoe
tread patterns, tool mark evidence, biological stains, and trace evidence. Most of the evidence
collected is sent to the Midwest Regional Forensic Laboratory where further analysis and
comparison is done and hopefully identifications are made.
7
6
5
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
DEATH
THEFT
BURGLARY
SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE
COUNTERFEIT MONEY
SEX RELATED
DISABLED VEHICLE
DOMESTIC
GUN INCIDENT
MEDICAL
MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT
SEARCH WARRANT
STOLEN VEHICLE
2019 Otsego Major Crimes Investigations Unit
18
17
11
7
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
THEFT
FRAUD
SEX RELATED
DEATH
BURGLARY
VULNERABLE ADULT
ABUSE
CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY
CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT
SEARCH WARRANT
GUN
HARASSMENT
MISSING PERSON
STOLEN VEHICLE
2019 Otsego Cases Assigned to Investigations
School Resource Officers
The Wright County Sheriff’s Office works with 8 school districts to provide School Resource
Officers (SRO) services on a contract basis. The 13 SRO’s spend a good portion of their day
making themselves visible and approachable to staff and students. The visibility of the deputy
is a friendly reminder to students, staff and visitors that safety and security is a priority within
the districts they serve. The below summary contains the activity for the 1 SRO assigned to the
schools within the city of Otsego.
28
9
7
4
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
JUVENILE ACTIVITY
MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT
DISORDERLY
THREATS
ALARM
CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY
DRUGS
MEDICAL
ASSAULT
COMPLIANCE LIQUOR
SEX RELATED
DISABLED VEHICLE
FIGHT
SOLICITING
TRAFFIC COMPLAINT
2019 Otsego School Resource Officer Calls
2019 City Comparison
Otsego Monticello St Michael
Significant Crime Calls
Assault 13 23 15
Burglary 17 19 10
Court Order Violation 29 41 10
Criminal Damage to Property 45 84 69
Drugs 33 121 98
Fraud Complaint 74 129 78
Homicide 0 0 0
Robbery 1 0 1
Sex Related 5 34 10
Theft 170 498 195
Significant Quality of Life Calls
Alarm 405 467 357
Animal 144 170 91
Check Welfare 157 325 120
Citizen Aid 118 149 89
Civil 219 372 163
Disorderly 32 77 37
Domestic Disturbance 117 188 97
Harassment 38 87 43
Juvenile Complaint 140 290 214
Lost - Found Property 40 113 61
Medical 596 769 530
Neighborhood Dispute 16 17 16
Noise 41 87 45
Suspicious Activity 399 542 295
Threats 32 61 37
Unwanted Person 22 60 8
Traffic Calls
DUI 35 32 27
Motor Vehicle Accident 162 388 298
Parking 80 133 101
Seasonal Parking 39 185 105
Traffic - Complaint 200 277 285
Traffic - Hazard 32 28 25
Traffic - Stop 2,799 3257 2,810
288
252
194
66
93
130 140
216
309 317
417
482
415
452 436
528 525 539
512
449
394
422
371
314
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
2019 Otsego Calls by Time of Day
1,083
1,176 1,181
1,201
1,179
1,248
1,193
SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT
2019 Otsego Calls by Day of Week
Wright County
Sheriff’s Office
3800 Braddock Ave NE
Buffalo, MN 55313
1-800-362-3667
Fax: 763-682-7610
Command Staff Contact Information:
Sheriff Sean Deringer sean.deringer@co.wright.mn.us
Chief Deputy Matt Treichler matthew.treichler@co.wright.mn.us
Business Manager Shawna Athman shawna.athman@co.wright.mn.us
Operations Captain Todd Hoffman todd.hoffman@co.wright.mn.us
Operations Lieutenant Albert Lutgens albert.Lutgens@co.wright.mn.us
Investigations Captain Annette Habisch annette.habisch@co.wright.mn.us
Investigations Lieutenant Ryan Ferguson ryan.ferguson@co.wright.mn.us
Patrol Captain Dan Anselment dan.anselment@co.wright.mn.us
Jail Captain Pat O’Malley patrick.o’malley@co.wright.mn.us
Patrol Lieutenant Eric Kunkel eric.kunkel@co.wright.mn.us
Patrol Lieutenant Todd Sandin todd.sandin@co.wright.mn.us
District Sergeant Pete Walker peter.walker@co.wright.mn.us