Shawn Fielders
MT · Sheriff, Sanders County
Shawn Fielders is Sanders County Sheriff, a retired sheriff's deputy with 27 years of experience, and owns a small business in Plains. His priorities are growing the sheriff's office with more deputies and getting a new building, modern equipment and better training.
Where Shawn Fielders stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (4 records)
Track record
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 4 support
Proposed a secure vehicle entry (sally port) addition at the county jail to hold a new body scanner; commissioners backed it pending cost and engineering review.
May 19, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: co.sanders.mt.us
Asked county commissioners for a dispatch supervisor, a jail commander and an evidence lieutenant; commissioners created no new positions that day.
August 1, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: co.sanders.mt.us
Told county commissioners his sheriff's office had signed an agreement with the U.S. Forest Service and taken on Forest Service equipment.
March 7, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: co.sanders.mt.us
As a Linn County, Oregon, sheriff's sergeant, cornered a driver who had rammed patrol cars in Sweet Home; the man's truck hit his car and he got minor cuts.
October 24, 2012Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: kval.com
Track record — General
General · 1 record
Was endorsed by the Montana Shooting Sports Association, a gun-rights group, in the 2022 primary for Sanders County sheriff.
June 3, 2022
Source: mtssa.org
Past race Shawn Fielders ran in:
- County Sheriff · November 3, 2026 · Sanders County, Montana · incumbent