Sheriff Eric Wallen

for Lyon County Sheriff

Contact Me:

Email: ericwallenforsheriff@gmail.com

PO Box 192
Marshall, MN  56258

• Experienced
• Effective Leadership
• Commitment to Lyon County

Paid for by the candidate on his own behalf.

Work Experience:

2019 Elected Sheriff of Lyon County

1998 Correctional Officer-Lyon County Jail

1999 Promoted to PT Deputy-Lyon County Sheriff’s Office

2000 Promoted to FT Deputy-Lyon County Sheriff’s Office

2005 Promoted to Investigator-Lyon County Sheriff’s Office

2008 Promoted to Sergeant-Lyon County Sheriff’s Office

Current Professional Involvements:

• District Director-Minnesota Sheriff’s 5th District
• Minnesota Sheriff’s Association Board
• Brown, Lyon, Redwood, Renville Drug Task Force Board Chair
• SW Regional Emergency Communications Board Chair

Accomplishments:

• Implementation of Body Worn Cameras
• Development of Mental Health Co-Responder Program
• Creation of Safe Swap location at the Law Enforcement Center
• Recipient of several grants with total value over $200,000
• Implementation of Peer Support Program to support deputy mental health
• Recipient of multiple letters of appreciation from local law enforcement agencies
• Minnesota Public Safety Award Winner
• Founding member of Lyon/Lincoln Community Drug Court
• Safe and Sober “Hat Trick” Award
• Multiple promotions within the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office
• Leader in bringing mobile computers into county patrol cars

Education-Go Mustangs!

• 1999-Associates of Applied Science degree in Law Enforcement-Alexandria Technical College
• 2004-Bachelor's of Applied Science degree in Law Enforcement Administration-SMSU (Summa Cum Laude)
• 2017-Masters of Business Administration-SMSU

Volunteer Work:

• New Horizons Crisis Center Board of Directors
  (2 terms as Board Chairperson)
• Lions International of Marshall
  Rotary International of Marshall
• Marshall Area Youth Baseball Association Board

• Member of St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church
• MERIT Center Board Member
• Marshall Yellow Ribbon Committee

Participating in a poverty simulation event hosted by the United Way of Southwest Minnesota

Training to be a volunteer for the United Way of Southwest Minnesota Community
Impact Grants

Promoting the MN Sheriff's Association's/AAA's I Got Caught program by rewarding Minneota students who wear their seatbelts with a free drink coupon from McDonalds