The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office serves the county’s 1.2 million residents. State law mandates most of the sheriff’s office duties, including managing the county jail and providing security to the district court. The sheriff’s office also creates initiatives including undercover narcotics investigations and homeland security activities in line with the office’s mandate to “keep and preserve the peace of the county.” While your participation on this page is encouraged, comments that contain the following may be removed: Obscenity Defamation Threats Spam Illegal activity Malware links Promoting illegal discrimination Copyright of another