The League of Minnesota Cities Recognizes Law Enforcement Agencies for Reaching Training Milestones

April 30, 2024

ST. PAUL — The League of Minnesota Cities (LMC) is recognizing 90 Minnesota police and sheriff’s departments for their ongoing commitment to peace officer training through participation in the Peace officer Accredited TRaining OnLine (PATROL) program. 

PATROL is an online training program developed by the League of Minnesota Cities, the Minnesota Counties Intergovernmental Trust, the Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association, and the Minnesota Sheriff’s Association. 373 Minnesota law enforcement agencies participate in this program. 

Officers participating in PATROL can take up to 60 credits of state-accredited training yearly. Courses cover important topics including:

  • Use of force
  • Autism
  • Crisis intervention
  • Mental illness
  • Conflict management and mediation
  • Implicit bias, community diversity, and cultural differences
  • OSHA standards
  • Critical knowledge
  • Management and leadership

PATROL courses are regularly added and updated, ensuring officers have access to accurate information developed by police liability experts, Minnesota-based attorneys, and local law enforcement agencies. Currently, 94% of law enforcement agencies in Minnesota participate in PATROL. 

“We want to make sure every peace officer in Minnesota has access to continuing education and regional support. Laws and standards are constantly changing, and PATROL helps busy agencies stay current with their training,” said Ashley Edwardson, PATROL coordinator at the League of Minnesota Cities. “These departments have reached important milestones, demonstrating commitment to bettering their departments and the communities they serve through their ongoing participation in PATROL.”

One year with PATROL:

  • Akeley Police Department
  • Becker County Sheriff’s Office
  • Centennial Lakes Police Department
  • Fisher Police Department
  • Grant County Sheriff’s Office
  • Maplewood Police Department
  • Morgan Police Department
  • Roseau County Sheriff’s Office

Five years with PATROL:

  • Aitkin County Sheriff’s Office
  • Aitkin Police Department
  • Austin Police Department
  • Brooklyn Center Police Department
  • Cleveland Police Department
  • Cottonwood County Sheriff’s Office
  • Cuyuna Police Department
  • Deerwood Police Department
  • Freeborn County Sheriff’s Office
  • Fulda Police Department
  • Hibbing Police Department
  • Kandiyohi County Sheriff’s Office
  • Lakes Area Police Department
  • Lonsdale Police Department
  • Mankato Police Department
  • Montevideo Police Department
  • Nicollet County Sheriff’s Office
  • Oakdale Police Department
  • Paynesville Police Department
  • Royalton Police Department
  • St. Anthony Police Department
  • Wadena County Sheriff’s Office
  • Walnut Grove Police Department

Ten years with PATROL:

  • Breitung Township Police Department
  • Edina Police Department
  • Farmington Police Department
  • Foley Police Department
  • Frazee Police Department
  • Gaylord Police Department
  • Kanabec County Sheriff’s Office
  • Lake County Sheriff’s Office
  • Minneota Police Department
  • Mounds View Police Department
  • Ramsey Police Department
  • Rushford Police Department
  • Springfield Police Department
  • Staples Police Department
  • White Bear Lake Police Department
  • Wilkin County Sheriff’s Office

15 Years with PATROL:

  • Alexandria Police Department
  • Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office
  • Benton County Sheriff’s Office
  • Big Stone County Sheriff’s Office
  • Breezy Point Police Department
  • Brooklyn Park Police Department
  • Champlin Police Department
  • Clearwater County Sheriff’s Office
  • Corcoran Police Department
  • Crookston Police Department
  • Crystal Police Department
  • East Grand Forks Police Department
  • Fairmont Police Department
  • Faribault Police Department
  • Hill City Police Department
  • Howard Lake Police Department
  • Kasson Police Department
  • Madelia Police Department
  • Martin County Sheriff’s Office
  • Medina Police Department
  • Melrose Police Department
  • Mendota Heights Police Department
  • Minnetrista Police Department
  • New Prague Police Department
  • Nobles County Sheriff’s Office
  • Oak Park Heights Police Department
  • Park Rapids Police Department
  • Redwood County Sheriff’s Office
  • Redwood Falls Police Department
  • Renville Police Department
  • Sauk Rapids Police Department
  • Savage Police Department
  • Scott County Sheriff’s Office
  • South St. Paul Police Department
  • Stearns County Sheriff’s Office
  • Steele County Sheriff’s Office
  • Thief River Falls Police Department
  • Traverse County Sheriff’s Office
  • West Concord Police Department
  • West Hennepin Public Safety
  • Windom Police Department
  • Woodbury Police Department
  • Wyoming Police Department

Full List of PATROL Participating Agencies

In total, 373 agencies participate in PATROL. 

Agency                             Years with PATROL

Big Lake Police Department……………… 1

Akeley Police Department……………….. 2

Centennial Lakes Police Department…. 2

Maplewood Police Department……….. 2

Morgan Police Department……………… 2

Roseau County Sheriff’s Office………….. 2

Becker County Sheriff’s Office…………… 2

Fisher Police Department………………… 2

Grant County Sheriff’s Office…………….. 2

Albert Lea Police Department………….. 3

Caledonia Police Department…………… 3

Department Of Corrections……………… 3

Dodge County Sheriff’s Office…………… 3

Fosston Police Department……………… 3

Pennington County Sheriff’s Office……. 3

Red Lake County Sheriff’s Office……….. 3

Rice County Sheriff’s Office………………. 3

Waseca Police Department………………. 3

1854 Treaty Authority…………………….. 4

Alexandria Technical And Community College……………….. 4

Brownton Police Department…………… 4

Cold Spring – Richmond Police Department……………………. 4

Columbia Heights Police Department.. 4

Commerce Fraud Bureau…………………. 4

Dps Alcohol And Gambling Enforcement……………………….. 4

Dundas Police Department………………. 4

Eden Prairie Police Department……….. 4

Fridley Police Department……………….. 4

Glyndon Police Department…………….. 4

Grand Rapids Police Department……… 4

Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office………. 4

Houston County Sheriff’s Office………… 4

Houston Police Department…………….. 4

La Crescent Police Department………… 4

Lewiston Police Department…………….. 4

Lino Lakes Police Department………….. 4

Lyle Police Department……………………. 4

Mpolice Department………………………. 4

Minnesota Lake Police Department….. 4

Mower County Sheriff’s Office………….. 4

Pelican Rapids Police Department…….. 4

Pipestone County Sheriff’s Office………. 4

Rock County Sheriff’s Office……………… 4

St. James Police Department……………. 4

Sebeka Police Department………………. 4

St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office………… 4

Tyler Police Department………………….. 4

Warroad Police Department…………….. 4

Watonwan County Sheriff’s Office…….. 4

White Earth Police Department………… 4

Winona County Sheriff’s Office…………. 4

Apple Valley Police Department……….. 5

Audubon Police Department……………. 5

Babbitt Police Department………………. 5

Becker Police Department……………….. 5

Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office………. 5

Chisholm Police Department……………. 5

Coleraine Police Department…………… 5

Ely Police Department…………………….. 5

Faribault County Sheriff’s Office……….. 5

Floodwood Police Department…………. 5

Gilbert Police Department……………….. 5

Henderson Police Department…………. 5

Hutchinson Police Department…………. 5

Itasca County Sheriff’s Office……………. 5

Kenyon Police Department………………. 5

Koochiching County Sheriff’s Office…… 5

Lake Of The Woods County Sheriff’s Office…………………….. 5

Leech Lake Tribal Police Department… 5

Menahga Police Department……………. 5

Murray County Sheriff’s Office………….. 5

New Hope Police Department………….. 5

Slayton Police Department………………. 5

Swift County Correctional Officers…….. 5

Um Duluth Police Department…………. 5

Washington County Sheriff’s Office…… 5

Waterville Police Department………….. 5

Aitkin County Sheriff’s Office……………. 6

Aitkin Police Department…………………. 6

Austin Police Department………………… 6

Brooklyn Center Police Department….. 6

Cleveland Police Department…………… 6

Cottonwood County Sheriff’s Office…… 6

Cuyuna Police Department………………. 6

Deerwood Police Department………….. 6

Freeborn County Sheriff’s Office……….. 6

Fulda Police Department…………………. 6

Hibbing Police Department……………… 6

Kandiyohi County Sheriff’s Office………. 6

Lakes Area Police Department………….. 6

Lonsdale Police Department…………….. 6

Mankato Police Department…………….. 6

Montevideo Police Department……….. 6

Nicollet County Sheriff’s Office…………. 6

Oakdale Police Department……………… 6

Paynesville Police Department…………. 6

Royalton Police Department…………….. 6

St. Anthony Police Department………… 6

Wadena County Sheriff’s Office………… 6

Walnut Grove Police Department……… 6

Annandale Police Department…………. 7

Appleton Police Department……………. 7

Arlington Police Department……………. 7

Atwater Police Department……………… 7

Bagley Police Department……………….. 7

Barnesville Police Department…………. 7

Belgrade/ Brooten Police Department. 7

Belle Plaine Police Department………… 7

Braham Police Department……………… 7

Canby Police Department………………… 7

Chaska Police Department……………….. 7

Danube Police Department……………… 7

Deer River Police Department………….. 7

Eagan Police Department………………… 7

East Range Police Department…………. 7

Eden Valley Police Department………… 7

Eveleth Police Department………………. 7

Glencoe Police Department……………… 7

Glenwood Police Department………….. 7

Goodview Police Department…………… 7

Granite Falls Police Department……….. 7

Hastings Police Department…………….. 7

Henning Police Department…………….. 7

Hokah Police Department………………… 7

International Falls Police Department.. 7

Keewatin Police Department……………. 7

Lac Qui Parle Sheriff’s Office…………….. 7

Lakeville Police Department…………….. 7

Litchfield Police Department……………. 7

Madison Lake Police Department……… 7

Meeker County Sheriff’s Office…………. 7

Montgomery Police Department………. 7

Nashwauk Police Department………….. 7

New Richland Police Department……… 7

New York Mills Police Department……. 7

North Mankato Police Department…… 7

Osakis Police Department………………… 7

Owatonna Police Department………….. 7

Parkers Prairie Police Department…….. 7

Perham Police Department……………… 7

Pierz Police Department………………….. 7

Plymouth Police Department…………… 7

Pope County Sheriff’s Office……………… 7

Post Board……………………………………… 7

Rosemount Police Department………… 7

Stillwater Police Department……………. 7

Swift County Sheriff’s Office……………… 7

Wayzata Police Department…………….. 7

Wells Police Department…………………. 7

Willmar Police Department……………… 7

Winsted Police Department…………….. 7

Yellow Medicine County Sheriff’s Office…………………………. 7

Buffalo Lake Police Department……….. 8

Hector Police Department……………….. 8

Spring Lake Park Police Department….. 8

Blooming Prairie Police Department…. 9

Bloomington Police Department………. 9

Brainerd Police Department…………….. 9

Brownsdale Police Department………… 9

Cambridge Police Department…………. 9

Cook County Sheriff’s Office……………… 9

Duluth Police Department……………….. 9

Fairfax Police Department……………….. 9

Fillmore County Sheriff’s Office………… 9

Forest Lake Police Department…………. 9

Gibbon Police Department………………. 9

Hallock Police Department………………. 9

Hawley Police Department………………. 9

Inver Grove Heights Police Department 9

Isanti Police Department…………………. 9

Isanti County Sheriff’s Office…………….. 9

Kittson County Sheriff’s Office………….. 9

Minneapolis Park Police…………………… 9

Pillager Police Department………………. 9

Polk County Sheriff’s Office………………. 9

Preston Police Department………………. 9

Renville County Sheriff’s Office…………. 9

Rice Police Department…………………… 9

Roseau Police Department………………. 9

St. Paul Park Police Department……….. 9

Shakopee Police Department…………… 9

Silver Bay Police Department…………… 9

St. Francis Police Department…………… 9

Todd County Sheriff’s Office……………… 9

Truman Police Department………………. 9

Twin Valley Police Department…………. 9

University Of Minnesota Police Department………………….. 9

Virginia Police Department………………. 9

Wabasha County Sheriff’s Office……….. 9

Waseca County Sheriff’s Office…………. 9

West St. Paul Police Department………. 9

Westbrook Police Department…………. 9

Cass County Sheriff’s Office………………. 10

Crosby Police Department……………….. 10

Crow Wing County Sheriff’s Office…….. 10

Dilworth Police Department…………….. 10

Fergus Falls Police Department………… 10

Hubbard County Sheriff’s Office………… 10

Jackson County Sheriff’s Office…………. 10

Lake Shore Police Department…………. 10

Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office………….. 10

Long Prairie Police Department………… 10

Lower Sioux Police Department……….. 10

Mapleton Police Department…………… 10

Marshall County Sheriff’s Office………… 10

Morrison County Sheriff’s Office……….. 10

Motley Police Department………………. 10

Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community…………………… 10

Sibley County Sheriff’s Office……………. 10

Sleepy Eye Police Department………….. 10

Tracy Police Department………………….. 10

Upper Sioux Community Police Department………………….. 10

Wadena Police Department……………… 10

Waite Park Police Department…………. 10

Walker Police Department……………….. 10

Winthrop Police Department…………… 10

Breitung Township Police Department. 11

Edina Police Department…………………. 11

Farmington Police Department………… 11

Foley Police Department…………………. 11

Frazee Police Department……………….. 11

Gaylord Police Department……………… 11

Kanabec County Sheriff’s Office………… 11

Lake County Sheriff’s Office……………… 11

Minneota Police Department…………… 11

Mounds View Police Department……… 11

Ramsey Police Department……………… 11

Rushford Police Department……………. 11

Springfield Police Department………….. 11

Staples Police Department………………. 11

White Bear Lake Police Department….. 11

Wilkin County Sheriff’s Office…………… 11

Ada Police Department……………………. 12

Adrian Police Department……………….. 12

Anoka Police Department………………… 12

Blue Earth Police Department………….. 12

Breckenridge Police Department………. 12

Crosslake Police Department……………. 12

Dawson Police Department……………… 12

Dayton Police Department………………. 12

Duluth Township Police Department…. 12

Fond Du Lac Tribal Police Department. 12

Grand Meadow Police Department…… 12

Heron Lake Police Department…………. 12

Lake City Police Department…………….. 12

Le Center Police Department……………. 12

Minnetonka Police Department……….. 12

Moose Lake Police Department………… 12

New Ulm Police Department……………. 12

Pine County Sheriff’s Office………………. 12

Pine River Police Department…………… 12

Richfield Police Department…………….. 12

Rogers Police Department……………….. 12

Stevens County Sheriff’s Office…………. 12

Um Morris Police Department………….. 12

Avon Police Department………………….. 13

Battle Lake Police Department…………. 13

Blackduck Police Department…………… 13

Buffalo Police Department……………….. 13

Carver County Sheriff’s Office…………… 13

Lakefield Police Department…………….. 13

North St. Paul Police Department……… 13

Pequot Lakes Police Department………. 13

Sherburne County Sheriff’s Office……… 13

South Lake Minnetonka Police Department…………………… 13

Winnebago Public Safety…………………. 13

Metropolitan Airports Commission…… 14

Albany Police Department……………….. 14

Bayport Police Department……………… 14

Bemidji Police Department………………. 14

Brown County Sheriff’s Office…………… 14

Cloquet Police Department……………… 14

Cottage Grove Police Department…….. 14

Elko New Market Police Department… 14

Lake Park Police Department……………. 14

Le Sueur Police Department…………….. 14

Lester Prairie Police Department………. 14

Milaca Police Department……………….. 14

Nisswa Police Department……………….. 14

Norman County Sheriff’s Office………… 14

North Branch Police Department……… 14

Northfield Police Department………….. 14

Osseo Police Department………………… 14

Plainview Police Department……………. 14

Prairie Island Tribal Police Department 14

St. Joseph Police Department…………… 14

Sherburn Welcome Police Department 14

Wabasha Police Department……………. 14

Worthington Police Department………. 14

Isle Police Department…………………….. 15

Jordan Police Department……………….. 15

Mountain Lake Police Department……. 15

Olivia Police Department…………………. 15

Onamia Police Department……………… 15

Roseville Police Department…………….. 15

St. Charles Police Department………….. 15

Sauk Centre Police Department………… 15

Alexandria Police Department………….. 16

Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office………… 16

Benton County Sheriff’s Office………….. 16

Big Stone County Sheriff’s Office………. 16

Breezy Point Police Department……….. 16

Brooklyn Park Police Department……… 16

Champlin Police Department…………… 16

Clearwater County Sheriff’s Office…….. 16

Corcoran Police Department……………. 16

Crookston Police Department………….. 16

Crystal Police Department……………….. 16

East Grand Forks Police Department…. 16

Fairmont Police Department ……………..16

Faribault Police Department ……………. 16

Hill City Police Department………………. 16

Howard Lake Police Department………. 16

Kasson Police Department……………….. 16

Madelia Police Department……………… 16

Martin County Sheriff’s Office…………… 16

Medina Police Department………………. 16

Melrose Police Department……………… 16

Mendota Heights Police Department… 16

Minnetrista Police Department………… 16

New Prague Police Department……….. 16

Nobles County Sheriff’s Office………….. 16

Oak Park Heights Police Department… 16

Park Rapids Police Department………… 16

Redwood County Sheriff’s Office………. 16

Redwood Falls Police Department…….. 16

Renville Police Department……………… 16

Sauk Rapids Police Department………… 16

Savage Police Department……………….. 16

Scott County Sheriff’s Office……………… 16

South St. Paul Police Department……… 16

Stearns County Sheriff’s Office………….. 16

Steele County Sheriff’s Office……………. 16

Thief River Falls Police Department…… 16

Traverse County Sheriff’s Office………… 16

West Concord Police Department…….. 16

West Hennepin Public Safety……………. 16

Windom Police Department…………….. 16

Woodbury Police Department………….. 16

Wyoming Police Department……………. 16

Baxter Police Department……………….. 17

Benson Police Department………………. 17

Cannon Falls Police Department………. 17

Carlton County Sheriff’s Office………….. 17

Chisago County Sheriff’s Office…………. 17

Deephaven Police Department…………. 17

Little Falls Police Department…………… 17

Mille Lacs Tribal Police Department….. 17

Orono Police Department………………… 17

Princeton Police Department…………… 17

Prior Lake Police Department…………… 17

Starbuck Police Department…………….. 17

Two Harbors Police Department………. 17

Wright County Sheriff’s Office…………… 17

Chatfield Police Department……………. 18

Clearbrook Police Department…………. 18

Coon Rapids Police Department……….. 18

Detroit Lakes Police Department………. 18

Elk River Police Department…………….. 18

Goodhue County Sherriff’s Office……… 18

Hermantown Police Department………. 18

Hopkins Police Department……………… 18

Janesville Police Department……………. 18

Lyon County Sheriff’s Office……………… 18

Maple Grove Police Department………. 18

Marshall Police Department…………….. 18

New Brighton Police Department……… 18

Proctor Police Department………………. 18

Red Wing Police Department…………… 18

St. Louis Park Police Department………. 18

St. Peter Police Department…………….. 18

Three Rivers Park District Police Department…18

Zumbrota Police Department…………… 18