2021 VIOLENT CRIME ENFORCEMENT TEAM (VCET) COMMANDERS
Anoka-Hennepin Narcotics & Violent Crimes TF
Lt Brent Erickson
Anoka County Sheriff's Office
13301 Hanson Blvd NW
Anoka, MN 55304
763-324-5004
Brown Lyon Redwood Renville Gang & Drug TF
Commander Joel Bill
Redwood County Sheriff’s Office
303 East 3rd Street, Box 47
Redwood Falls, MN 56283
507-637-1324
Buffalo Ridge VCET
Commander Chris Lewis
Murray County Sheriff’s Office
2558 29th Street
Slayton MN 56172
Cannon River Drug & Violent Crimes Task Force
Commander Paul LaRoche
Faribault Police Department
25 NW 4th Street
Faribault, MN 55021
507-333-3760
CEE-VI Gang & Narcotics Task Force
Detective Sergeant Ross Ardoff
Kandiyohi County Sheriff's Office
2201 NE 23rd Street – Suite 101
Willmar, MN 56201
320-214-6700 ext. 3314
Central Minnesota VOTF
Sgt Jay Salzer
St Cloud Police Department
101 11TH Avenue N.-PO Box 1616
St. Cloud, MN 56303
320-345-4315
Dakota County Drug Task Force
Captain Chris Melton
Box 21304
Eagan, MN 55121-0304
651-994-6221
East Central Drug Task Force
Commander Drew Abrahamson
325 South Eliot Ave – PO Box 556
Rush City, MN 55069
320-566-4153
Hennepin Cty Violent Offender Task Force
Lt. Matt Steffens
Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office
701 4th Ave S #500
Minneapolis, MN 55415
Lakes to River Drug & Violent Crimes TF
Lieutenant Brad Penas
Moorhead Police Department
915 9th Ave. N.
Moorhead, MN 56560
218-299-5128
Lake Superior Gang & Drug Task Force
Lieutenant Jeff Kazel
Duluth Police Department
2030 N. Arlington Ave.
Duluth, Minnesota 55811
218 730-5463 (Cell: 218-260-5164)
Minnesota River Valley Drug Task Force
Commander Jeff Wersal
Blue Earth County Sheriff’s Office
401 Carver Rd, Box 228
Mankato, MN 56002 -
507- 304 - 4790 (Cell: 507-317-7005)
Northwest Metro Drug Task Force
Sgt. T. Drew Gilmore
3400 Plymouth Blvd
Plymouth, MN 55447
763-509-5179 (Cell: 612-369-5504)
Paul Bunyan Gang & Drug Task Force
Commander Joe Kleszyk
Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office
613 Minnesota Avenue NW
Bemidji, MN 56601
(Cell: 218-766-7877)
Pine To Prairie Drug Task Force
Commander Aeisso Schrage
520
DeMers Ave.
East Grand Forks, MN 56721
218-773-1104 (Cell: 218-280-9054)
Ramsey County VCET
Commander Ryan O’Neill
Ramsey County Sheriff's Department
425 Grove St.
St.
Paul, MN 55101
651-
266-9492 (Cell: 651-755-2968)
South East Minnesota Narcotics & Gang TF
Captain Mike Bromberg
Olmsted County Sheriff's Department
101 4th Street SE
Rochester, MN 55904-3718
507-328-6762
Southwest Metro Drug Task Force
Sgt. Matt Carns
17706 Valley View Drive
Jordan, MN 55352
952-496-8300
South Central Gang & Drug Task Force
Sgt. Andy Drenth
Owatonna Police Department
204 E. Pearl St.
Owatonna, MN 55060
507-774-7223
Washington County Drug Task Force
Sgt. Michael Pearson
Washington County Sheriff’s Office
15015 62nd St. N.
Stillwater, MN 55082
651-430-7893
West Central MN Violent Crime Task Force
Commander Brandon Kruse
Douglas County Sheriff
216 7th Ave W
Alexandria, MN 56308
320-762-8644
OJP STAFF:
Ken Sass - Statewide Gang & Drug Coordinator
Kristin Lail - LE Program Administrator
Office of Justice Programs
445 Minnesota St. - Suite 2300
St. Paul, MN 55101
Updated: 1/12/21
NON - OJP FUNDED:
West Metro Drug Task Force
Sgt. Chris Nybeck
Hennepin County Sheriff's Office
(Cell: 612-919-9793)
Southwest Hennepin
Sgt Sean Sweeney
Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office
(Cell-612-919-4918)
MPD/FBI Task Force
Lt. Thomas Stiller
10 Second Street NE
Minneapolis, MN 55413
612-623-2646
Tribal Investigators Group
Commander Derrick Naumann
Mille Lacs Tribal Police Department
43408 Oodena Drive
Onamia, Minnesota 56359
Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
South Team
ASAIC Robert Nance
North Team
ASAIC Orie Oksendahl
Metro Team
ASAIC Jake May
Minneapolis DEA
Angela von Trytek, ASAIC
NORTH CENTRAL HIDTA
Kent Bailey – Coordinator
North Central HIDTA INTELL
Lt Richard Palaia
CIVIL RESISTANCE AND THE DYNAMICS OF NONVIOLENT CONFLICT UNITED
DINÁMICA DE LAS RELACIONES VIOLENTAS FASES EN EL CICLO
DRAMA COMMUNITY COHESION AND THE PREVENTION OF VIOLENT EXTREMISM
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