Jai Hanson Announces Independent Campaign for Hennepin County Sheriff
BLOOMINGTON, MN – Bloomington police officer Jai Hanson (@Jai4Sheriff) today announced his independent candidacy for Hennepin County Sheriff, setting up a challenge to DFL-endorsed incumbent Sheriff David Hutchinson in the November 2022 general election. Hanson, 36, was born in India and adopted and brought to Minneapolis when he was just two years old. He was raised […]
Not an either/or: Minnesota police officer and dad find common ground on race and policing
Jai Hanson sat in his Bloomington squad car and focused on the police radio. A police precinct was burning. Rioters were looting. Looking north from his quiet suburb, he saw black clouds pluming from the city where he’d grown up. Hanson felt his profession was under assault. He worried about police officer friends in Minneapolis, […]