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 April 10, 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 posted our open positions for

two Commanders in the department. The

process closes on Wednesday, April 15th and

includes a resume, leadership statement, and an

oral interview. Interviews are tentatively

scheduled for the week of April 20th.

We continue to make progress towards getting

our three new officers started. This week, our

candidates completed their psychological and

medical assessments. We are planning some

initial training in the next few weeks and hope to

have all officers in squad cars in the last week of

April.

We continue to have a significant amount of

pharmaceuticals and other medicine brought to

our “Take it to the Box” drop box. This week

one of our detectives accompanied Carlton

Sheriff’s Department staff delivering the drugs

to western Minnesota to be properly disposed of.

Each year we collect hundreds of pounds of

drugs and dispose of them as a service to the

community. As a reminder to those using the

service, it should only be used for prescription

drugs and medicines that are brought from

private households. The service does not have

the capacity to take in large quantities from

medical facilities or nursing homes. For more

details related to the use of this service, go to:

http://www.pca.state.mn.us/index.php/waste/was

te-and-cleanup/waste-management/household-

hazardous-waste/program-manager-

information/medication-disposal-toolkit.html

This week I signed up seven of our officers to

attend bike training in Duluth during the first

week of June. Another four of our officers will

be attending Field Training Officer classes in a

couple of weeks in Hermantown.

This week, I attended the second session of the

Housing Institute in Brainerd, Minnesota. The

session is put on by the Minnesota Housing

Partnership and provides direction on best

practices for establishing adequate

housing in rural and small city

communities. The 3rd

of 4 sessions is

planned for July.

On Wednesday, April 15th from 10:00 AM

to 2:00 PM, our staff will be at FDLTCC

to attend the 10th annual Careers in

Criminal Justice Expo. The Expo gives

law enforcement officers an opportunity to

speak with current students and to discuss

the highlights and conditions of a career in

the field.

PATROL/DETECTIVES: On April 9, 2015, officers responded to

the area of the 300 block of 21st street

regarding a fight. Officers arrived and

located a group of males involved in an

altercation. Two of the group fled on foot

from the officers. One was apprehended

and identified as one of the primary

combatants. This male, a 25 year old

Cloquet man had assaulted his brother, a

27 year old Cloquet man and was arrested

for gross misdemeanor domestic assault.

The second brother was also arrested and

charged with misdemeanor domestic

assault.

Steven K. Stracek

Chief of Police

Cloquet Police Department

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