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Tom Homan, White House Border Czar speaks at a press conference at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building on February 12, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Hennepin County Sheriff: Dramatic change in federal immigration enforcement tactics under border czar Homan

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Hennepin County Sheriff says there's been no change in policy when it comes to immigration enforcement
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Hennepin County Sheriff says there's been no change in policy when it comes to immigration enforcement

"Our office is operating in the exact same way as it did when I took office here," said Sheriff Dawanna Witt
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ICE officials acknowledge the Minnesota Department of Corrections is actually cooperating with Federal government
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ICE officials acknowledge the Minnesota Department of Corrections is actually cooperating with Federal government

VP JD Vance and federal officials say cooperation is taking place, but argue counties don't always do the same
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A Hennepin County Sheriff walks towards a police car at the entrance of a parking lot next to the Henry Bishop Whipple Federal building on January 18, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Hennepin County Sheriff: Immigration enforcement tactics fracturing law enforcement relationships with the community

"Treating people poorly, and violating people's rights, it affects all law enforcement," says Sheriff Dawanna Witt
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Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt links vaping and social media to a surge in juvenile crime.
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Hennepin County Sherriff Dawanna Witt is expressing concern over youth crime tied to social media posts

"You have kids that are posing on Snapchat with guns," Witt said regarding thefts of weapons from cars
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The Hennepin County Sheriff and several other Hennepin County police chiefs had strong, negative reaction to County Attorney Mary Moriarty's new policy not to pursue prosecutions in cases that stem from "low-level" traffic pullovers.
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Reckless, harmful, overreach: Hennepin County law enforcement very critical of Moriarty's policy on traffic stops

"We're not supposed to chase, we're not supposed to pull them over. Criminals are paying attention people"
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City leaders and police had become concerned about, with rampant drug use and unhealthy, dirty conditions - and especially violence - after two shootings in less than 24 hours at two separate locations Monday.
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Violence, drug use, unsanitary conditions push Minneapolis to clear homeless encampment on private property

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Minneapolis police Chief Brian O'Hara and Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt in Minneapolis. Witt spoke to WCCO Radio Friday about the importance of the role women play in law enforcement on National Police Woman Day.
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LISTEN: Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt on the importance of women in law enforcement

Friday is National Police Woman Day, a day to recognize the growing impact women are making in the profession
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Minneapolis has decided to encrypt their police scanners, a move that Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt says helps protect the privacy of both law enforcement and citizens.
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Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt defends Minneapolis' decision to encrypt police scanners

"It is about privacy. There's a lot of information that is provided on our radios," Witt tells WCCO
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A message to drivers who attempt to flee when pulled over in Hennepin County and it's become a troubling trend: Do not flee if you've been pulled over by law enforcement.
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It happens more than you think and the Hennepin County Sheriff says it has to stop: Do not flee if you're pulled over

"We had to chase and they surprisingly would say 'you're not supposed to chase us,'" says Sheriff Dawanna Witt
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Some community activists are calling for the termination of two Hennepin County sheriff's deputies after video showed them punching a man while trying to make an arrest.
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Activists call for termination of Hennepin County sheriff's deputies after video surfaces of them punching suspect

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Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt says new Supreme Court ruling that states your car is a "public place" doesn't mean you can be pulled over or searched without "probably cause."
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Sheriff Witt says ruling that says cars are "public places" doesn't mean they don't need "probable cause"

"You can't just go eeny, meeny, miny, moe, I'm choosing you and searching your car"
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The Justice Department is directing its federal prosecutors to investigate any state or local officials who stand in the way of beefed-up enforcement of immigration laws under the Trump administration.
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Justice Department directs prosecutors to probe local efforts to obstruct immigration enforcement

Report suggests state, local officials who stand in the way of immigration enforcement could be under scrutiny
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Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt expressed displeasure with President Donald Trump's pardoning and commuting of sentences for the large group of pro-Trump protesters who stormed the Capitol grounds on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC.
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Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt displeased with pardons for Jan. 6 rioters who attacked law enforcement

"There are people who should remain in jail and we just emboldened a certain type of behavior," she says
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Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt stands by the stance that immigration is not part of her agency's job.
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Hennepin County Sheriff stands by stance that enforcement of immigration policy not part of agency's job

"We have not been asked and I anticipate we probably will. I will stand by that that is not part of our job."
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Hennepin County Sheriff Dewanna Witt is addressing ongoing issues at the Hennepin County jail in the wake of several deaths there since 2022.
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Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt responds to overcrowding and inmate safety issues at county jail

Department of Corrections gives Hennepin County a Dec. 6 deadline to reduce population by over 200 inmates
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The Hennepin County Public Safety Facility.
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Hennepin County settles with family of inmate who died in jail for $3.4 million

Lucas Bellamy died in 2022, allegedly after begging guards to be taken to the hospital
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