2025 Officer of the Year Award

DEPUTY SCOTT ANDERSON

Dodge County Sheriff’s Office

 

Deputy Anderson has been a member of the Dodge County Sheriff's Office since July 2019. In that time, he has proven to be a dedicated traffic safety officer and has a passion for impaired driving enforcement. In the fall of 2021, Deputy Anderson became a DRE. In 2025, Deputy Anderson conducted 57 impaired driving investigations resulting in arrests, in addition to that he also completed 15 DRE evaluations for multiple agencies. Deputy Anderson is a leader in his agency in traffic enforcement with over 450 traffic stops in 2025.

Deputy Anderson achieves all of this in addition to being a K9 handler for his K9 partner, Bak. Deputy Anderson deployed K9 Bak 106 times in 2025 resulting in 56 arrests and 95 drug seizures totaling over $45,400 in street value of drugs.  Those drug seizures were primarily during traffic contacts which resulted in large amounts of drugs being taken off of Dodge County streets and highways. During some of those traffic contacts Deputy Anderson also made two arrests for felons in possession of a firearm. One of the firearms happened to be stolen from the state of Kentucky.

Deputy Anderson is also a Field Training Officer (FTO). He was the primary FTO for two trainee deputies in 2025 which took considerable time away from his ability to conduct traffic contacts and impaired driving investigations.

Where Deputy Anderson truly shines is in his ability to teach and mold the next generation of traffic safety officers through his coaching and mentoring during the FTO process. His influence on trainee deputies for traffic safety and impaired driving enforcement is immeasurable. Deputy Anderson’s trainee deputies routinely make traffic contacts and impaired driving arrests. Deputy Anderson relies on his experience as a DRE and ARIDE instructor to teach trainee deputies basic information to help them determine clues of impairment driver's may be exhibiting. His influence and mentoring during the FTO process is proven when trainee deputies move to solo patrol and are active in traffic enforcement and traffic safety.

Deputy Anderson exhibits the highest of standards in traffic enforcement and his commitment to traffic safety is evident in the quality and quantity of traffic contacts and impaired driving arrests he makes. Furthermore, his passion is evident in the way he teaches new deputies about traffic safety and impaired driving as he trains them.

In 2025, Deputy Anderson demonstrated an advanced level of performance in his OWI investigations and subsequent arrests.  Deputy Anderson is a significant asset to the citizens of Dodge County and the State of Wisconsin. Deputy Anderson’s dedication, commitment, and work ethic reflects greatly upon himself as well as the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office, and is therefore awarded the 2025 Wisconsin Traffic Safety Officer’s Association Officer of the Year Award.