The Bottineau County Sheriff’s Office operates with the Sheriff and 10 Deputies. Duties include making arrests, enforcing all state and local laws, transporting prisoners and mentally ill patients, serving legal papers, holding public sales of property under court orders, and attending district court. 

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Sheriff’s Deputies have the authority to enforce laws in cities and towns as well as rural areas within Bottineau County. While many of the responsibilities are regulated by the state and federal government, the Sheriff's primary role is still to preserve peace and order in the county.

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The Sheriff’s Office operates a new state-of-the-art 911 Dispatch Center covering Bottineau and Renville Counties. The Bottineau/Renville 911 Dispatch Center is staffed 24/7 with at least two Dispatchers at a time. Serving as the primary link between the public and Law Enforcement, Fire, and EMS, with Next-Generation 9-1-1 services including Text-to-911. All dispatchers are certified Emergency Medical Dispatchers with several other incident specific trainings to give life saving instructions during an emergency. All Dispatchers are also cross-trained certified Correctional Officers.

 

The Sheriff’s Office also operates a state-of-the-art 26 bed Correctional Center housing both sentenced and pre-sentenced inmates for Bottineau and neighboring counties. 

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Bottineau County utilizes the NDTip service for citizens to submit annonomous tips to the Sheriff's Office. For more information click the image link below to navigate to our NDTip Web Page.