Sheriff’s Office Earns Grant to Work Toward Zero Deaths

Press release

The Washington County Board of Commissioners agreed to accept a Toward Zero Deaths grant from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety for $269,060 on behalf of the Washington County Sheriff’s Office.

The grant dollars will be used to reimburse overtime costs associated with assisting the Minnesota Department of Public Safety in its coordinated patrol saturations as part of the Toward Zero Deaths Enforcement Program. The overtime cost will cover work of the Washington County Sheriff’s Office and the police departments of Stillwater, Bayport, Woodbury, Forest Lake, Oak Park Heights, Cottage Grove, and St. Paul Park.

The Washington County Sheriff’s Office will act as the fiscal agent for this grant, which runs from Oct. 1, 2012, through Sept. 30, 2014.