Review Of Minnesota Conservation Officers Sheriff Bill Ideas. The bill effectively increases sheriff oversight over conservation officers and limits their independent law enforcement powers unless working directly with sheriffs. 980 mandates that conservation officers in minnesota must coordinate all their investigation and enforcement activities with the local sheriff's offices.

980 mandates that conservation officers in minnesota must coordinate all their investigation and enforcement activities with the local sheriff's offices. This bill requires conservation officers to coordinate their investigation and enforcement activities more closely with county sheriffs' offices, introducing several key provisions. Requiring conservation officers to coordinate investigation and enforcement activity with sheriffs;