Beltrami County Sheriff's Office

We welcome you to the Beltrami County Sheriff's Office official facebook page. The Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office will use this page to promote community relationships, disseminate information, and share activities within the Sheriff's Office.

Please take a moment to read the information below, which includes posting guidelines and rules.

We believe feedback and communication with our community members is the best way to develop a positive relationship with all of our citizens. We welcome feedback of all types, but we reserve the privilege of moderating what is posted to our facebook page. By visiting and interacting with our page, you agree to the restriction that your post may be deleted, hidden, or moderated at the discretion of the BCSO facebook page administrators. In the event you feel a member of the Sheriff's Office has acted out of their authority or in a manner that would negatively represent the Sheriff's Office, we have a formal complaint process in place. These complaints can be made by contacting dispatch (ph.218.333.9111) and requesting to speak to a supervisor, they will assist you through the complaint process. Personnel complaints will not be handled or received over facebook. Commendations are welcome, and can be officially made by following the same process of contacting dispatch for a supervisor.

Other posts that are not permitted: personal attacks on other citizens or members of the Sheriff's Office, unconfirmed information or speculation, information pertaining to "under investigation" or open cases, profanity, material or content that has been socially deemed lewd or inappropriate, promotion for private gain by any user, business, or organization, and posts that reflect negatively of the Sheriff's Office. We may disable the posting and commenting feature with no notice.

Calls for service or reports cannot be made over facebook. We want to provide the most efficient and professional service to our citizens. While facebook allows us an opportunity to interact with our citizens, we do not want anyone to encounter a delay or diminished services as posts may be missed or not acknowledged timely as this account is not monitored 24/7.

Thank you for your continued trust and partnership in keeping Beltrami County Safe.

~ To protect the lives, rights, privileges, and property of the citizens of Beltrami County. ~