Sessions
Improving Personal Safety for Medical Personnel
9:35 AM - 10:45 AM Fri
Steve Anderson is the former Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office Program Director for the physical portion
of the Use of Force unit. His responsibilities included all use of force training for approximately 340
licensed deputies and supervisors, 250 detention deputies and supervisors, and approximately 100
volunteers in special assignments (water patrol and emergency squad). He implemented the Hennepin
County Sheriff’s Office Use of Force Unit as a Sergeant in 1995. He has also been a firearms instructor
since 1990.
Prior to his promotion to Sergeant he has served the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office in the Adult
Detention, Court Security, Civil, Warrant, Detective, and Training divisions. He was a SWAT team
member and Sergeant, being on the team from 1980-2005. In those 25 years he also served undercover
for the FBI, MN Fugitive Task Force, and was assigned to the Minneapolis FBI SWAT team as a sniper. He
was promoted to Lieutenant in the Patrol Division prior to his retirement in 2012.
Steve Anderson holds a 5th Degree Black Belt in Combat JuJitsu, JuJitsu, Judo, and Karate with 37 years of
experience. He has been a professional college instructor for the Minneapolis Community College for 16
years teaching beginning and advanced use of force instructors. He has personally trained the trainers of
over 140 Minnesota Police and Sheriff Agencies and has been selected to teach internationally 10 times
for the American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers, International Law Enforcement Educators
Trainer’s Association, and the International Association of Law Enforcement Firearm’s Instructors.