With parent’s permission gather the following:

• Old magazines from around your home that are okay to cut up
• Scissors
• Glue Sticks
• Base: construction paper, tag board, old shoe boxes, etc.

Once you have the materials needed for this project, begin paging through your magazines and cut out anything that makes you HAPPY! Using the glue stick paste all things that make you HAPPY on to your base.

This project is intended to help you focus on things that bring you joy and put a smile on your face. Once you have completed your collage, and get your parent’s permission, feel free to send us a photo of you and your project to vco@sartell.com to be showcased on our website next week.

Sidewalk Chalk. We want to see your best designs!

Here is a local family’s masterpiece, designed with nothing more than a rope and level!

Please join Reserve Officer Cole Thoma and Patrol Officer Jordan Miller for story time!

Our officers are always finding ways to stay active.

Join Officer Batterberry — Drop and give us 10!

Calling all kids! Show your creativity and you may be a prize winner! With your parent’s permission, print this coloring sheet and use your favorite crayons, markers or colored pencils to color it in. We can’t wait to see your creativity! Submit a photo of your finished project (along with your name and age) to our email at vco@sartellmn.com. The deadline for entry is Monday, April 27th at 5 PM. Winners will be announced at the end of next week.

Today we will be starting a weekly guessing game! It’s called: Guess where the officer is! Every Monday you have the chance to guess the location of one of our officers.

Today’s photo features Community Service Officer Katie Wild. Guess the officer’s location within our city for a chance to win a prize.

Email your weekly guess to vco@sartellmn.com by Thursday each week and you may be a winner!

Do you like getting snail mail? Of course you do! (Especially if it’s not the water or electric bill, right?) Today’s activity is a way you can stay connected with someone you love. You’ll need a pen, paper, a stamp, and a few minutes to write a letter. Yes, snail mail! We challenge you (no matter how young or old you are) to write a letter to a loved one asking how they are feeling and what they’re doing to stay active during the quarantine. And you can always invite them to participate in our twice-a-week activities on the Sartell Virtual Community Outreach page, even if they don’t live in our city limits. We welcome everybody to join in the fun!

Round two of Guess where the officer is!

HELP! Reserve Officer Radi is on the wrong end of a hungry, hungry hippo! Where is she? Can you guess the location? Please send us your answers so we can go rescue her.

Every Monday you have the chance to guess the location of one of our officers. Email your weekly guess to: vco@sartellmn.com by Thursday each week and you may be a winner!

Today’s activity is a video tour of one of Sartell Police Department’s new squad cars. A special thanks to Sergeant Kelly Mader for showing us around!

Peek-a-boo! We see you. Can you guess where Officer Bonfield is? Email your best guess to vco@sartellmn.com by Thursday for a chance to win a prize.

Happy Thursday!

On Monday, we released our third “Where is the officer?” contest. This week’s winners are Autumn (Becky Brovitch) and April Benner. Officer Bonfield was by the blue bridge in Watab Park. Thanks to all who participated. Keep checking in to the Sartell City’s website and our Virtual Community Outreach page for more activities every Monday and Thursday.

For today’s activity, we challenge you to get outside and enjoy some fresh air. Our officers are always looking for new ways to stay active. Sometimes we take walks or shoot hoops. Other times we lift weights or go fishing. We would love to see what you are doing to stay active too! With your parent’s permission, email us an action shot of you. Our email address is: vco@sartellmn.com

Officer Lane is on the move! What is her location? Email your best guess to vco@sartellmn.com

Please watch the video below for instructions on today’s activity!

Throwback! Can you guess where Reserve Officers Thoma and Radi were supporting Sabre Athletics this past fall? Email your best guess to vco@sartellmn.com

Below is a message from Reserve Officer Jeff Miller.

Happy Monday! We are kicking off this week with another “Guess where the officer is” contest. School Resource Officer Lundquist is excited for summer and is ready to get outside and enjoy the sunshine in nature. Where is she? Email your best guess to vco@sartellmn.com for a chance to win a prize!

For today’s activity, we are featuring this helpful device pictured below. What is it? Give us your best guess! You know the drill – send your guess to vco@sartellmn.com for a chance to win a prize!

Reserve Officer Fettig loves exploring a variety of parks but his favorite park in Sartell is…? Send your guess to vco@sartellmn.com for a chance to win a prize. We encourage you to get out and enjoy one of our city’s 28 active parks!

A friendly reminder that Sartell parks close at 11 PM

Calling all Junior Officers! Are you feeling creative? Do you like to color or draw? We’d like to see your creative police badge ideas. Go to the city of Sartell’s virtual community outreach page where you can print off a blank police badge sheet. Then start designing! We can’t wait to see your unique design.

Officer Frieler is loving his location. Any guesses as too where he is? Send your best guess to vco@sartellmn.com for a chance to win a prize!

It’s quiz time!

Please send your responses to vco@sartellmn.com by Sunday, June 21st for a chance to win a prize.

Since starting the Sartell Police Department’s Virtual Community Outreach project 12 weeks ago, we have gotten to know you—our wonderful community members—on a deeper level. And yes, we think you are awesome! Many of you have asked lots of great questions about what we do. So for the next few weeks, we will post a quiz on the website page each Thursday to see how well you know our department’s staff and officers. You might be surprised at what you learn about us. We’ll share the correct answers with you on Mondays. Thanks for joining us in the fun! We appreciate you.

Many of you have asked lots of great questions about what we do. So for the next few weeks, we will post a quiz on the website page each Thursday to see how well you know our department’s staff and officers. You might be surprised at what you learn about us. We’ll share the correct answers with you on Mondays. Thanks for joining us in the fun!

We hope you had fun with quiz #2 and are excited to release quiz 3 on Thursday!

Many of you have asked lots of great questions about what we do. So for the next few weeks, we will post a quiz on the website page each Thursday to see how well you know our department’s staff and officers. You might be surprised at what you learn about us. We’ll share the correct answers with you on Mondays. Thanks for joining us in the fun!

We hope you had a safe, fun and festive 4th of July.

We are busy brainstorming ideas for upcoming activities, but we want to hear from you about what activities you like or want to see in the upcoming weeks. If you have any new ideas, feel free to send them our way via email, vco@sartellmn.com

Below are the answers to VCO Quiz #3. Thanks to all that participated!

Happy Thursday! Below is VCO Quiz #4. We look forward to seeing your answers!

Below are the answers to VCO Quiz #4. Thanks to all that participated!

Many of you have asked for more games and contests, and want to learn more about what we do. So we have created another fun guessing game for you. It is called…drumroll, please…”Guess What’s in Our Squad Cars.” Over the next few weeks, we will be releasing pictures of items in our squad cars that help our officers safely protect and serve the community.

Send your best guess to vco@sartellmn.com for a chance to win a prize!

It’s time for another round of ”Guess What’s in Our Squad Cars.” Over the next few weeks, we will be releasing pictures of items in our squad cars that help our officers safely protect and serve the community. Below is today’s photo.

Send your best guess to vco@sartellmn.com for a chance to win a prize!

The photo we featured on Monday displays a radar monitor. This shows both patrol speed and oncoming traffic speed. We have the ability to track speed from the front of our car as well as the rear.

We want to thank those of you for sending your guesses to vco@sartellmn.com but unfortunately, there was no winner this week. Keep guessing for more chances to win!

Time for another round of “Guess What’s in Our Squad Cars.”

You know the drill…Send your best guess to vco@sartellmn.com for a chance to win a prize!

We may have stumped you with Monday’s “Guess What’s in Our Squad Car.” Unfortunately, there was not a winner this week. The featured item was our microphone pacs or “mic pacs.” These are designed for our officers to wear on their uniform shirt or outer vest carrier so that if they are on a call and are not by their squad car, conversations are still being recorded. With the flip of a switch, our mic pacs also have the ability to activate squad cameras too. Pretty sweet technology, eh?!

Happy Monday! You know what that means… time for another round of “Guess What’s in Our Squad Car!” The photo is featured below.

Send your best guess to vco@sartellmn.com for a chance to win a prize!

Wow! This was a record week for your participation. We are impressed with the number of creative guesses, but unfortunately, we are not cool enough to have a flux capacitor or disco lights (although if we do say so ourselves our red and blue flashy lights are pretty sweet!). This past Monday we featured squad spotlights. Each squad car has spotlights on both the driver and passenger side of the vehicle. Spotlights are helpful at night for visibility and officer safety.

Stay tuned to our website for more activities!

A new week means a new chance to win by participating in Sartell Police Department’s “Guess What’s in Our Squad Car” contest. Below is a photo of a tool that is in our squad cars.

Send your best guess to vco@sartellmn.com for a chance to win a prize!

Happy MOVING DAY! Yes, that’s right. After many months of watching progress on our new Public Safety Facility, we finally got to move into our new building today. We are so excited to have space to properly and productively serve our community.

Today we are grateful for ice packs (so. many. boxes.), Marnantellis Pizza for providing us a very yummy lunch, our wonderful Public Works staff for helping us move, and you, our community for supporting us during this transition.

You can expect to see a Virtual Community Outreach Activity posted this coming Thursday.

It’s time for another round of Sartell Police Department’s “Guess What’s in Our Squad Car” contest. Send your best guess to vco@sartellmn.com for a chance to win a prize!

This past Thursday we featured squad radios. Each squad car is equipped with a radio and each officer carries a personal radio on their duty belt too. Our radios are our primary way of communicating with dispatch and fellow officers.

Stay tuned to our website for more activities!

Can you “Guess What’s in Our Squad Car?”

Please send your best guess to vco@sartellmn.com for a chance to win a prize!