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Since becoming Sheriff in early 2017, I have worked on behalf of the people of Ramsey County to forge a Sheriff’s Office that not only reflects our community, but engages people through a “heart of service.” My accomplishments include: • Working with the community in Falcon Heights to create a new model of policing for people in the community. • Creating the Community Circle of Race & Equity with community partners to build trust and cooperation between law enforcement and residents. • Eliminating ICE Detention in Ramsey County. Installing asterisk on synology nas.

No more federal Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) prisoners will be held in our jail as long as I am Sheriff. • Eliminating booking fees which were charged to people upon an initial arrest and hurt people who are least able to afford them. • Guaranteeing Fiscal Responsibility. I take the management of your taxpayer dollars seriously. I returned $1.2 million back to the County in budget savings at the end of 2017.

• Hiring to reflect the diversity of our community. We now have the most diverse corrections staff of any jail in Minnesota. Over 53% of our corrections employees are women and people of color. • Promoting an historic number of women and people of color into supervision and management. • Launching the first Women’s Academy for law enforcement career exploration at the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office. • Maintaining excellent standards for employment through our Character Based Model of Hiring, Training, and Promotion.

We hire for character and train for skills. This innovative program has attracted nationwide attention and was featured in Wyatt Cenac’s HBO series in April 2018.

• Solving the long time staffing problems in the Ramsey County Jail. Our Adult Detention Center is now fully staffed and has a new, industry-leading schedule for employees to ensure work/life balance and promote a safer work environment. • Designing a long-term strategy for squad cams, body cams, and stationary cameras for our agency, which is one of the largest law enforcement agencies in Minnesota. • Establishing a Safety and Security Threat Assessment Team for people in our schools, businesses, and places of worship.

• Building a high level of trust and great working relationships with our local public safety and government partners. • Forming the Ramsey County Coalition to address and act on the nationwide opioid crisis.

Our #NotAnotherOverdose Coalition includes local law enforcement, government, and non-profit agencies working together to restore people and their families to health. • Coming together with our communities at Hot Dog With a Deputy neighborhood events in parks across Ramsey County each summer. • Establishing the Care On The Go Initiative for inmates who are in need of basic items when released from custody. This initiative relies 100% on community donations. • Listening and responding to the voices of our many communities.

I recently received the Hmong National Lo/Pha Society Award for Leadership because of my support of the Hmong community both in Minnesota and internationally. In 2017, with great cooperation from the Ramsey County Board, we achieved clearance to hire the greatest number of personnel in the history of the long-understaffed Adult Detention Center; our primary jail. Ahead of schedule, our agency hired, trained, and deployed over 70 new employees into the facility.

Our current staff has done tremendous work to meet the staffing challenges, and applaud them for it. As I promised, the Adult Detention Center reached full staffing levels in December 2017 and continues to be fully staffed today.

Since I took the reins at the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office, each new class of Correctional Officers and Deputies has been over 50% diverse for women and people of color. In 2017, I promoted the first female Chief Deputy in agency history. I also promoted an African American Undersheriff and four women to top-level administration positions. I continue to be fully committed to our racial and gender diversity, and we’ve now achieved racial and gender diversity never before seen in the history of the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office.

We must reflect the people we serve. Sheriff Jack Serier’s Vision for Continuing Forward Progress • We will maintain our focus on Character Based Recruitment, Hiring, Training, and Promotions across the Sheriff’s Office. • We will continue to combat sexual and domestic violence against women and children through support of advocacy programs and holding offenders accountable. • We will work with our partners in criminal justice and public health to improve mental health services in our Adult Detention Center and across our communities. • We will further work for elimination of disparities and alternatives for adult and juvenile detention as Chairperson of the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council in Ramsey County. • We will support sensible gun safety legislation through the Gun Violence Protection Order and Universal Background Check legislation.