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Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt reflects on first year in office

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Dawanna Witt is the first woman and first person of color to lead the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office. She's taken steps to work more closely with youth and to address the county's fentanyl crisis. Witt was elected sheriff in November 2022, and was sworn into office on January 3, 2023.

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Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt reflects on first year in office

Leading the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office was not how Dawanna Witt expected her career to pan out. She grew up in south Minneapolis, and had encounters with law enforcement that “weren’t always pleasant experiences.” She said she was raised in a negative environment, surrounded by drug addiction, alcoholism and mental health issues that were never addressed. Her family members were sent to the very jail she now oversees as sheriff, a post sh…

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