Sheriff Scott Rose talks George Floyd, defund the police, bad cops, student resource officers and much more.

1996 Started as a volunteer on the Posse with the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office

1997 Started working as a Part-time Officer for the Kasson Police Department

1999 Went back to school to get his Law Enforcement Degree at RCTC in Rochester

1999 Helped Kasson PD develop and fund the county’s 1st K9 Program

99-01 Full-time Civilian Employee for Rochester PD in Crime Prevention

01-02 Dodge County Dispatcher

2002 Hired by Bill Weber as a full-time Patrol Deputy

02-11 Patrol Deputy

Helped develop the Sheriff’s Office’s first Website

Developed DCSO’s first Crime Prevention Program

Worked with DCIT and State of MN to develop DCSO’s first In Squad Computer System

Developed and helped fund Sheriff’s Office’s first Taser Program

Developed DCSO’s first Warrants Unit

2011 Promoted to Investigator

2014 ran for Sheriff and was elected in November

2015 Sworn in as Dodge County’s 26th Sheriff

15-present Currently in 2nd Term at DCSO

Vice Chair of the SE MN Violent Crimes Enforcement Task Force

Vice Chair of the Law Enforcement Memorial Assoc of SE MN

2nd Term Board of Director for the MN Law Enforcement Memorial Association

Board of Directors for SE MN Radio Advisory Committee

Member of the Minnesota Sheriff’s Association & National Sheriff’s Association serving in Minnesota on their Awards Committee and Communications Committee in St Paul

NOTE: Second career for Scott. Originally attended the Ron Bailie School of Broadcast in Phoenix Arizona after graduating from Kasson Mantorville in 1987 and worked in radio in several states before getting involved in law enforcement. Scott’s father Bob Rose was a long time teacher at KM who also served in law enforcement for both the Kasson Police Department and Dodge County Sheriff’s Office from 1968 to 2000. Scott’s oldest son is also a State Trooper in Colorado and his grandfather was a Special Deputy for the Divide County Sheriff’s Office in North Dakota.