The West Metro District is arguably one of the busiest Districts in the State of Minnesota.  The District is surrounded by the Rochester and Mankato Districts along the South, the St. Paul District to the East, the St. Cloud District to the West, the Duluth and Brainerd Districts to the North.

Minnesota State Patrol
West Metro District-2500
2005-North Lilac Drive
Golden Valley MN  55422

Phone: (763) 591-4672
Fax: (763) 591-4676

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2500 is comprised of these stations

2540- includes the northern half of Anoka county and all of Isanti County in the Northern part of the district.   

4560- includes western Ramsey county and the southern half of Anoka county.

2520- includes northern and northwestern Hennepin county, including the cities of Brooklyn Park, Brooklyn Center, Maple Grove, Rogers, Plymouth.

4550-includes the city of Minneapolis and parts of Richfield and Edina.   

4570- includes south west metro/Hennepin county, including the cities of Mnnetonka, Eden Prairie.

2510- includes the counties of Scott and Carver.  The 2510 beat has had the highest fatal accident rate in the state.

4580/Dog watch- covers the entire district.  The dog watch is   a straight shift and currently has 11 Troopers assigned to it.  The average is approximately 5 or 6 any given night covering the entire district.  

The day and afternoon shifts  have approximately 50 troopers rotating between days and afternoons. 

The district has 5 full time clerical staff, a captain and an administrative Lt.  Additionally there are 4 other road Lts.  The district has one full time investigator and safety education officer.  I believe we also have 1 civil weight trooper.

The dog watch Lt. is a district 2400 Lt that supervises both east and west Dog watches, approximatley 22 troopers.  In 1997 these 22 troopers accounted for 28% of the entire departments DUI arrests. 

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Last updated on Tuesday, April 04, 2006