Brownton Police Department

02/11/2021

Please be on the lookout for Homie, might have been seen in Brownton by the grain bins.

10/26/2020

Brownton Family and Friends, please be on the lookout for Otis. He was last seen in the area of 120th Street and Page Avenue. Either call this number or the Sheriff's Office at 320-864-3134 with any info. The family is asking for nobody to approach him so he doesn't continue to run away. Thanks everyone!

04/10/2019

My bet is Luke will make this happen for this family! Don't drink and drive, it's more than your life on the line.

Wolf Pack, assemble! We have been approached with an incredible opportunity to help a grieving family from Lakeville who recently lost a loving sister, daughter, and member of our armed services, Mollie Mahowald.

03/25/2019

Anybody know who owns this boy that was found on the north end of town? Please call 320-864-3134 and let dispatch know that you have info on the dog found in Brownton if you can help. Thanks in advance!

12/23/2018

Anybody know who is the parents to this girl? Please call the sheriffs office at 320-864-3134 if you have any info. Thanks in advance!

09/12/2018

Officer Anderson stopped by Little Crow Shooting Sports today to pick up some supplies. While inside he had the opportunity to meet Grayson! Grayson's mom said he loves all things law enforcement related and has been getting pictures with squad cars. Here is the picture we were able to get together! Thank you so much for your support, Grayson! Thank you Grayson's mom for raising such upstanding young man!

09/11/2018

08/31/2018

Be smart and have a great weekend!

08/23/2018

Hello friends!

We just wanted to give some information about scams. Recently and over the last couple years we and law enforcement agencies around the country have taken a large number of reports regarding people getting scammed out of money.

One of the most common scams is someone claiming to be from the IRS. They state you are delinquent on your taxes and threaten to send local law enforcement to arrest you if you do not pay. I have received one of these calls on my personal cell phone. I went along with it for close to an hour to understand all the tactics they may use on someone. Eventually they got the idea that they were not going to get money from me and hung up.

Here is what I learned:
-They are very persistant.
-Will ask you how much money is in your bank account.
-Ask you for sesitive information such as drivers license photo, social security number, banking account information.
-They are very threatening if you dont give them what they want. Tell you again and again they will send the local police if you don't cooperate.
-They will ask you to go to the bank and get thousands of dollars out in cash. Tell you to go to a local store such as Best Buy to purchase ITUNES gift card.
-At this point they will ask you to read off all the numbers on the back of those cards.
-In some cases when they have gotten money out of someone they will call day after day until the person finally says no to getting more money out or their entire bank account is drained.
-If the IRS is truly after you for tax debt this is not the way they will handle that business with you.

Once the numbers have been given to the scammer they can get all the money that was on it in seconds and it's is extremely difficult to find out where it went to. Most cases the money is in another country and law enforcement here cannot do a whole lot about it.

This is just one type of scam we have dealt with. Others include someone claiming to be the Sheriff and a family member of yours is in jail and the Sheriff will release them if they get money and put it on ITUNES gift cards.

The common denominator here is they will ask you to pay a debt through some type of gift card. This is not a practice that any legitimate business uses for payment. Please be aware. If something does not seem right then do not go through with it. Call the police department or the Sheriff's Office and speak with an officer if you have concerns. Don't allow these terrible people to victimize you or your family. Please pass this information along to everyone you know so this trend stops!

Have a wonderful day everyone!

Stay safe!

06/01/2018

Officer Anderson had the pleasure to meet a few awesome kids tonight. They got a chance to turn on the lights and hear the siren. To see their faces and smiles after was so great! This is why we do this job! We appreciate the support from this great community! Have a safe and wonderful day everyone!

05/09/2018

Anyone know who owns this handsome boy? He was found on the east side of town. Please call the McLeod County Sheriff's Office if you have information on the owners and request to talk to the Brownton Police Officer on duty.