It’s time to clean out your medicine cabinet. Bring your unwanted or expired medicine to
our disposal locations on Saturday, April 30 during National Prescription Drug Take Back
Day.
For added convenience, through a partnership with the DEA, we are
operating a “drive-through” drop off location in downtown Minneapolis, near the
Hennepin County Government Center from 10am-2pm. Vehicles may drive to 4th Avenue
and 6th Street and they will be directed to stop and hand off their medicines
for proper disposal.
There are also several permanent medicine drop off locations
throughout Hennepin County at Sheriff’s Office facilities. For locations, visit ww.hennepin.us/medicine
or call 612-348-3777 .
Thank you to all the parents, teens, and community members
who joined us for our Drug Prevention Town Hall in Hopkins on April 25th. The Sheriff’s Office, Hopkins Public Schools, Hopkins
Police Department and Minnetonka Police Department – held the event to raise
awareness about substance abuse prevention. If you missed the meeting, we urge
you to take a few moments to watch this video and understand how medication
abuse is a danger to youth.
Hennepin
County Sheriff Rich Stanek provided closing remarks at the Leaders
in Counter-Terrorism Alumni Association’s 2016 Annual Conference. Currently, Sheriff serves at the president of the organization.
Conference
attendees had the opportunity to learn from many of the world’s subject matter
experts on counter-terrorism.
During
opening remarks, Sheriff Stanek said, “This week’s conference could not be more
important or timely, following in the wake of horrendous terror attacks in Brussels
and Lahore. In the past two years, since the Islamic State declared its
caliphate, there have been more than 75 Islamic State-inspired terror attacks
around the world.”
The
Leaders in Counter-Terrorism is a joint leadership project between the FBI, Scottish Police
College, the Police Service of Northern Ireland, the Royal Canadian Mounted
Police, Harvard University and St. Andrews University.
This event is free and open to the public. We encourage families, kids, and residents of
all ages to meet our deputies and learn about their work in public safety. Watch demonstrations involving our K9s, Water
Patrol, Mounted Patrol and “jaws of life” vehicle extrication. Free gun locks will be provided to visitors, while supplies last.
Saturday, May 14, 2016
11am-2pm
Enforcement Services Division
(9401 83rd Ave., Brooklyn Park, MN)
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