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Retired Deputy Sheriff * Current Hamburg Resident * Hamburg City Council Member 2013 - 2017
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RICHARD ODOMS
MAPLE PLAIN
POLICE OFFICER (Retired)
1967 - 1969
HENNEPIN COUNTY
DEPUTY SHERIFF (Retired)
1969 - 1984
Attained The Rank Of Sergeant In Two Departmental Divisions
EMERGENCY
MEDICAL TECHNICIAN (Retired)
1975 - 1982
Registered Both Statewide & Nationally
AIRCRAFT CRASH/RESCUE
FIREFIGHTER
1963 - 1969
U.S. Air Force Fire Protection Specialist - Air Force Specialty Code: 57150
NATIONWIDE CRIME INFORMATION &
DRUG ACTIVITY TIP LINE NETWORK
1991 - 2012
HAMBURG CITY COUNCIL MEMBER
2013 - 2017
HAMBURG MAYORAL CANDIDATE
2023 - 2027
ELECTION 'MEDDLING' ABOUNDS !! City Residents Re-Elect INCUMBENT MAYOR CHRIS LUND who
CONTINUES to REFUSE to PROVIDE ANSWERS & EXPLANATIONS for his UNWORTHINESS
as MAYOR, has been ARRESTED for DWI, CONVICTED of CARELESS DRIVING,
AND
CONVICTED OF DOMESTIC ASSAULT !!
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I began my long, impressive and rewarding Law Enforcement Career on April 1, 1967; with the
On September 30th, I met up with SERGEANT RICK DENNESON of the WEST HENNEPIN DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY and, while most people 'Waltz Down Memory Lane, I spent 7 1/2 hours that day 'RIDING Down Memory Lane'
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WHAT'S TAKEN PLACE UNNOTICED IN THE CITY OF HAMBURG IS
QUITE POSSIBLY THE BIGGEST ABUSE OF AUTHORITY AND
VIOLATION OF THE PUBLIC TRUST INVOLVING PUBLIC
OFFICIALS IN THE SOUTHWESTERN METRO AREA
since
and
HERE ARE LINKS TO MY WEBSITES ABOUT:
What Really Happened And Who Is Involved
Because I Wasn't Involved In What's Taken Place And Is STILL TAKING PLACE, I Was The
ONLY CANDIDATE That Could Have Returned HONESTY & INTEGRITY To Our City
But Instead, The Residents Of The City Of Hamburg
Who Has Been ARRESTED For DWI, CONVICTED Of CARELESS DRIVING,
As Well As ARRESTED For, And CONVICTED Of, DOMESTIC ASSAULT !!
By A Prominent City Resident Who Led Me To Believe, FOR YEARS, That He Was My Very Close Friend
The 'Genie Out Of The Bottle'; The 'Cat Out Of The Bag'
TOO MUCH AUTHORITY; NO ACCOUNTABILITY; HOW TAX DOLLARS ARE WASTED
They ALL Should Be In JAIL






COPYRIGHT 2023
RICHARD ODOMS
Retired Deputy Sheriff * Current Hamburg Resident * Hamburg City Council Member 2013 - 2017
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BECAUSE OF WHAT I WAS 'UNCOVERING'; THE CITY'S WACONIA BASED ATTORNEY ADVISED THE CITY TO 'ENSURE' ME, TWICE; BAN ME FROM ALL CITY (PUBLIC) PROPERTY, TAKE AWAY MY 'CITY KEYS', AND BAN ME FROM TALKING WITH CITY EMPLOYEES; THINKING THAT I'D RESIGN. I DIDN'T !! THAT WAS THE CITY'S FIRST FAILED EFFORT TO 'FORCE' MY RESIGNATION'.
IN THEIR SECOND FAILED EFFORT TO 'FORCE' MY RESIGNATION', THE CITY'S WACONIA BASED ATTORNEY ADVISED THE CITY TO GET AN 'ORDER OF PROTECTION' AGAINST ME SO THAT IF I 'VIOLATED' ANY OF THE CITY'S 'GUIDELINES' IMPOSED UPON ME, THEY COULD HAVE ME ARRESTED !!
IN THEIR THIRD FAILED EFFORT TO 'FORCE' MY RESIGNATION' THE CITY'S WACONIA BASED ATTORNEY ADVISED THE CITY TO FILE A 'BOGUS' FORMAL CRIMINAL COMPLAINT AGAINST ME WITH THE LOCAL SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THINKING THAT I'D RESIGN INSTEAD OF UNDERGOING A THOROUGH CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION !! I DIDN'T RESIGN & THE FULL, VERY REVEALING FORTY-FIVE PAGE TYPEWRITTEN TRANSCRIPT OF MY TWO HOUR SHERIFF'S INTERROGATION IS CONTAINED IN MY BOOK !!
IN THEIR FOURTH FAILED EFFORT TO 'FORCE' MY RESIGNATION', WHEN THE SCOTT COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE RULED AGAINST THE CITY, THE CITY'S WACONIA BASED ATTORNEY REPORTEDLY ASKED THE SCOTT COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO CHANGE THEIR MIND !! THE SCOTT COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE REFUSED THE REQUEST BY THE HAMBURG'S WACONIA BASED 'CONTRACT' CITY ATTORNEY !! (THAT ACTION SEEMS TO ME TO BE A 'VIOLATION' OF THE 'RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT' TO WHICH LAWYERS MUST COMPLY !!)
YET, THE WACONIA BASED LAW FIRM, MELCHERT, HUBERT & SJODIN, GOT PAID $50,000.00 TAXPAYER DOLLARS BY HAMBURG RESIDENTS FOR THE FOUR FAILED EFFORTS LISTED ABOVE, OF THE ATTORNEY THAT THEIR FIRM PROVIDED TO THE CITY, KELLY C. DOHM; ACTING AS HAMBURG'S 'CONTRACT' CITY ATTORNEY WHO PROVIDES LEGAL ADVICE AND 'DIRECTION' TO THE CITY OF HAMBURG !!
I SERVED MY ENTIRE FOUR YEAR TERM; I SUBMIT THE CITY NEEDS A NEW 'COMPASS' !!



After they read about my book, I received
a few 'baseless' comments from some UNINFORMED people; one of which
said I should 'Calm down'!
Here's how a SECOND reader about my book, replied with to the FIRST reader's comment:
"Calm Down? Really? Our state is headed in the wrong direction and here you have someone who took the time to dig up the dirt on public officials (so the rest of us don't have to) and you
think he should 'calm down'.
You must be a Democrat! Take your head out of the sand and entertain the
possibility that exposing all this is a
good thing for our state! Minnesota is
now being called the California
of the mid-west! UGH!"
Here's my PUBLIC response to ANOTHER UNINFORMED person who didn't
like me writing my book:
First, if somebody thinks it’s OK
for someone to 'SABBOTAGE' the CITY'S FIRE TRUCKS thereby DELAYING RESPONSE
TIMES and PUTTING FIREFIGHTER'S LIVES
AT RISK and the CITY DIDN'T FILE A POLICE REPORT with the CARVER COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE, then; I guess
THIS BOOK ISN'T INTENDED FOR THEM !!
Second, if a person thinks it’s OK
for a City to SPEND $50,000.00 TAXPAYER
DOLLARS trying (UNSUCCESSFULLY) to FORCE A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER to RESIGN because of all of the GOVERNMENT
WASTE and INEFFICIENCY in his City that
he’s UNCOVERING, I guess THIS BOOK
ISN'T INTENDED FOR THEM !!
Third, if a person thinks it’s OK
for a CITY OFFICIAL to have RECEIVED
TENS of THOUSANDS of TAXPAYER DOLLARS over the years to which they
WERE NOT ENTITLED
TO RECEIVE, then, I guess; THIS BOOK
ISN'T INTENDED FOR THEM !!
(The City DID NOT seek to recover ANY of the TAXPAYER DOLLARS WRONGFULLY PAID !!)
Fourth, if a person thinks
that PUBLIC OFFICIALS AREN'T
RESPONSIBLE for their MISCONDUCT
and should NOT HELD TO THE SAME STANDARDS that YOU and YOUR
NEIGHBORS are, then; I GUESS THIS
BOOK ISN'T INTENDED FOR THEM !!
Fifth, if a person thinks
they are MORE INFORMED and BETTER QUALIFIED to MAKE A JUDGMENT of what
I’VE PERSONALLY OBSERVED and EXPERIENCED taking place for the past
TEN YEARS, then; I GUESS THIS
BOOK ISN'T INTENDED FOR THEM !!
Sixth, if somebody doesn’t take the time to learn the true facts BEFORE 'running their mouth' and making
their RECKLESS COMMENTS, then they have LOST ANY CREDIBILITY
that may have ever had !!
Seventh, when someone has ALL of the facts, as my book DOES; then, and ONLY then; will they be QUALIFIED to
make ANY VALID COMMENTS
about the content of my book.
THANK YOU FOR VISITING
MY WEBPAGE
announcing the release of
my new book about the
CITY OF HAMBURG, MN. 55339
"PUBLIC OFFICIALS
BEHAVING BADLY"
If this is your FIRST VISIT
because you received a
'flyer' in the mail that was
recently mailed out
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or if you're one of the
OVER 108,000LONG TIME VISITORS
of my Websites & weekly
Internet Show, WELCOME !!
For those of you visiting this Website about the CITY OF HAMBURG that don't know anything about me, I am a retired Law Enforcement Officer, soon to be 80 YEARS OLD (in August; no cards, please) whose career began in 1966; my much cherished 'P.O.S.T. License' (Minnesota Police Officer Standards
& Training Board) remained
active until mid-1997.
I retired in September 1984 after attaining the rank of 'SERGEANT" in both the COMMUNICATIONS and the WARRANT/FUGITIVE DIVISIONS within MINNESOTA'S LARGEST
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY; the
HENNEPIN COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
I also worked for the Minneapolis based SMITH AMBULANCE SERVICE back in the 1970's
when the EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN/PARAMEDIC concept was first introduced in Minnesota, and also served my country as a UNITED STATES AIR FORCE FIRE PROTECTION SPECIALIST (everybody has to have a 'title'; I was just a 'plain old Fireman' in the Air Force!!) from 1963 to 1969.
Upon retiring from the Sheriff's Office in1984, I worked part-time for the MINNEAPOLIS EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER
(now referred to as MINNEAPOLIS 9-1-1),
ANOKA COUNTY CENTRAL COMMUNICATIONS (now referred to as ANOKA COUNTY 9-1-1)
and as a Dispatcher for the WEST METRO DISTRICT of the MINNESOTA STATE PATROL.
CLICK HERE to find out about my very successful company that ASSISTED LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES in their 'crime fighting efforts' for
article by the WACONIA PATRIOT NEWSPAPER many years ago.
My complete resume is available at
SOME OF MY WEBSITES MAY HAVE 'ISSUES' WHEN BEING DISPLAYED. MY WEBPAGES STILL REMAIN FULLY FUNCTIONAL, THE HOSTING COMPANY IS WORKING TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE.
"PUBLIC OFFICIALS
BEHAVING BADLY"
MY BOOK DIVULGES WHAT TOOK PLACE IN A MINNESOTA CITY THAT THE
TWIN CITIES MEDIA REFUSES TO REPORT
BECAUSE OF THE IDENTITY OF THE
PUBLIC OFFICIALS INVOLVED !!
Details At
You've SEEN THE WEBSITE; Now READ THE BOOK !!
AN 80 YEAR OLD (in August, NO CARDS please), RETIRED DEPUTY SHERIFF FROM
MINNESOTA'S LARGEST SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS ELECTED TO A LOCAL,
SMALL TOWN. CITY COUNCIL AND STARTS DOING SOME 'DIGGING' &
"GOES WHERE NO MAN HAS EVER DARED TO GO BEFORE"
IN THE CITY OF HAMBURG !!
A Minnesota City With A Population Of 566 (Mostly Good) Residents.
"THOSE WHO ABUSE THEIR POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE."
Joshua L. Kaul
Wisconsin Attorney General





"PUBLIC OFFICIALS BEHAVING BADLY"
You'll Be MORTIFIED of what takes place in a small Minnesota City of just 566 residents !!
BOOK NOW AVAILABLE !!
READ WHY THE CITY OF HAMBURG DIDN'T NOTIFY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WHEN
IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE CITY'S FIRE TRUCKS HAD BEEN 'SABOTAGED' !!
READ ABOUT MULTIPLE INCIDENTS OF EMBARASSING, INAPPROPRIATE, UNACCEPTABLE
BEHAVIOR AND MISCONDUCT OF A CITY HALL EMPLOYEE THAT TOOK PLACE AT
CITY HALL THAT THE MAYOR & CITY COUNCIL, FAILED TO TAKE ANY ACTION
ABOUT AND, INSTEAD; 'SWEPT EVERYTHING UNDER THE RUG' !!
READ THE TRUE FACTS ABOUT THE 'CONTROVERSY' INVOLVING AN ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR FROM THE CITY OF CARVER, READ THE ACTUAL LETTERS SENT TO
THEM AND READ ABOUT THE EMBARASSING, HIGHLY INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR
OF A HAMBURG CITY OFFICIAL THAT TOOK PLACE AT CITY HALL IN FRONT OF A
ROBB'S ELECTRIC REPRESENTATIVE !! (WHICH WAS ALSO 'SWEPT UNDER THE RUG' !!)
READ WHY THE CITY NEVER QUESTIONED WHY A COMPUTER HARD DRIVE CONTAINING CITY DATA THAT WAS SENT TO THE FBI FOR 'SAFEKEEPING', CONTAINED NO DATA WHEN
IT WAS RETRIEVED FROM THE FBI BY THE CITY !! (HAND/COOKIE JAR 'THING' !!)
READ WHY IT WAS SO IMPERATIVE FOR CURRENT AND FORMER CITY OFFICIALS TO PREVENT
ME FROM BEING ELECTED AS THE NEXT MAYOR OF HAMBURG AND, INSTEAD; RE-ELECT
CARELESS DRIVING AND ARRESTED & CONVICTED OF DOMESTIC ASSAULT !!
WHAT HAS TAKEN PLACE IN THE CITY OF HAMBURG IS PROBABLY THE
BIGGEST ABUSE OF AUTHORITY & VIOLATION OF
THE PUBLIC TRUST INVOLVING PUBLIC OFFICIALS
in the
MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL SOUTHWESTERN METRO AREA
since the likes of
FORMER SCOTT COUNTY ATTORNEY KATHLEEN MORRIS
(GOOGLE: Former Scott County Attorney Kathleen Morris)
&
FORMER CARVER COUNTY SHERIFF'S CHIEF DEPUTY JAMES CASTLEBERRY
(GOOGLE: Former Carver County Chief Deputy James Castleberry)
READ, IN MY BOOK, OVER 150 PAGES Of DOCUMENTS, THAT I'M
PUBLICLY RELEASING; MANY OF WHICH HAVE NEVER BEEN
SEEN BEFORE, AND INCLUDES CRUDE, RUDE, VULGAR, &
DEMEANING TEXT MESSAGES SENT BETWEEN
HAMBURG CITY OFFICIALS 'TARGETING' A CITY EMPLOYEE
THEY WERE TRYING TO FORCE TO QUIT, SO THE SON OF FORMER
HAMBURG MAYOR, MIKE BUCKENTIN, COULD BE HIRED BY THE CITY !!
AND HE WAS !!!
(SOUND FAMILIAR ??
It WILL When You Read My Book !!)
Messages Extracted From OVER FIFTY PAGES Of INTERNAL CITY DOCUMENTS That I Obtained !!
Revealing, Divulging & Describing, In Detail; What Takes Place In
A Small Minnesota City Where There's NO ACCOUNTABILITY !!
SERGEANT RICHARD ODOMS, Author
RETIRED POLICE OFFICER & DEPUTY SHERIFF
Former Hamburg City Council Member (2013 - 2017) & 2023 Mayoral Candidate




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