city council letter 03272015
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Chief Stracek's weekly letter to the City Council for the week of March 27, 2015TRANSCRIPT
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Cloquet Police Mission Statement
Provide quality police services to the community; uphold the constitution; enforce state laws and city code; and respond to and deter crime.
We will nurture public trust by striving to attain the highest degree of integrity and professional conduct at all times.
Week Ending March 27, 2015 ADMINISTRATION
Chief Steve Stracek
OFFICERS
Detective Darrin Berg
Detective Scott Holman
Detective Derek Randall
Sergeant Carey Ferrell
Sergeant Rick Benko
Sergeant Jeff Palmer
Sergeant Tom Hallfrisch
Corporal Erik Blesener
Corporal Steve Fiske
Corporal Corey Schneberger
Officer Scott Beckman
Officer Eric Baker
Officer Kerrick Johnson
Officer Adam Reed
Officer Charles Martin
Officer Kristina Kohlmeyer
Officer Nathan Cook
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
Shannon Nelson
Nicole Eckenberg
508 Cloquet Avenue
Cloquet, MN 55720
Phone (218)879-1247 Fax (218) 879-1190
www.ci.cloquet.mn.us
OPERATIONS: This past week, we conducted final interviews
for our open police officer positions. After the
process was completed, we selected three
outstanding candidates and sent conditional job
offers. Pending the finalization of the
psychological and medical assessments, we will
plan to bring the list forward for council review.
We have finished up many housekeeping duties
and continued to improve our workspace by
replacing ceiling tiles, painting, and doing some
general maintenance. This week, we began
dismantling our evidence storage area and are
making way to establish standardized evidence
intake and storage practices.
On March 16, Detective Randall presented
information on internet safety at the FDLTCC
for Mentoring Day 2015 hosted by the
Northern Lights Interagency Council. Several
hundred were in attendance.
On March 18th Detective Randall and Officer
Beckman attended and participated in the
Carlton County Drug Court Open House at the
Carlton County Courthouse. We continue to be
actively involved in the drug court program.
Detective Randall and Officer Beckman are
planning to attend some additional training on
this process in May.
This week our staff partnered with Restorative
Justice staff, School District staff, and Probation
to discuss best practices for dealing with conduct
and behavioral controls in the school system.
We are updating our field training program and
developmental tracking procedures in an effort
to provide the best and most consistent training
for our new officers. At the end of April, five of
our staff will be attending a course for field
trainer officers in Hermantown.
A new initiatve going into spring is our effort to
obtain bicycles and officer bicycle training. We
are currently working on funding ideas.
We hope to get at least 4-6 of our officers
bike certified and out in our
neighborhoods by summertime.
PATROL/DETECTIVES: Over the past month and more intensely in
the past two weeks, we have added
criminal interdiction patrols to our regular
staffing. We have filled over 20 extra
shifts this month with officers primarily
focused on interdicting and targeting drug
traffickers. Results have been notable and
we have arrested several and cited many
more for controlled substance and other
violations. These shift expenses are
reimbursed through a grant agreement.
With spring upon is, we have noticed an
increase in garage burglaries and car
break-ins. We are asking the public to be
alert and aware of suspicious persons or
vehicles and dont hesitate to call 9-1-1.
Checking exterior lighting and locks on
your doors and windows is also a good
idea to harden targets in our
neighborhoods.
This week, we joined efforts with
FDLTCC by taking part in a coordinated
community response in their Grant to
Reduce Sexual Assault, Domestic
Violence, Dating Violence and Stalking
on Campus initiative. This participation
falls in line with our commitment to
improve our response to these types of
crimes on campus and in the greater
Cloquet community.
Steven K. Stracek
Chief of Police
Cloquet Police Department
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