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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 May 16, 2014

ADMINISTRATION

Interim Chief Terry Hill

OFFICERS

Detective Darrin Berg

Detective Scott Holman

Detective Derek Randall

Sergeant Carey Ferrell

Sergeant Rick Benko

Sergeant Jeff Palmer

Sergeant Tom Hallfrisch

Corporal David Hallback

Corporal Mark Laine

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

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

PERSONNEL:

A reminder to all:

PATROL:

On May 10, 2014, at about 6:30 PM patrol

officers received a call of a missing 84-year-

old Alzheimer's patient who was last seen on

the 800 block of Larch Street in Cloquet at

about 5:00 PM.

After an extensive search, at about 9:00 PM

the man was located safe and in relatively

good health near Morning Star Lane in the

city of Cloquet, approximately 3 miles from

his residence. Cloquet Area Fire District

paramedics assessed the person and

transported him to a local hospital for an

evaluation.

The Cloquet Police Department was assisted

in the search by the Cloquet Area Fire

District, Fond du Lac Police Department and

a K-9 unit from the Department of Natural

Resources.

DETECTIVES:

As reported in last week's letter,

Cloquet detectives and Cloquet

officers responded to a residence on

Stephen Road involving a report of a

door being kicked in and a computer

monitor and possibly a keyboard were

stolen. This week detectives followed

up on some information that was

provided to them and identified a

suspect. The suspect was questioned

regarding the burglary. Information

received from that interview along

with other evidence has been

submitted to the Carlton County

Attorney's Office for review of

potential charges.

TRAINING:

One of the recommendations out of the

law enforcement study was to develop

or purchase training system software to

track and document the training of

staff in house. The administrative staff

has created an Excel spreadsheet that

electronically documents individual

officer training from year-to-year.

There may be some growing pains

with this at first, but it will give us the

ability more accurately track

individual officer's training moving

forward.

Several of the department's personnel

took part in the annual mandated

Defensive Tactics training. This

training took place at the Carlton

County Transportation Building and

was put on by Deputy Sheriff Randy

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Roberts and Corporal Mark Laine of our department.

Both Roberts and Laine are certified in providing

this mandatory training. There will be a second

Defensive Tactics class offered towards the end of

this month or the first part of June for those who

could not attend. Both staff from our department and

the Carlton County Sheriff's Department attended

this training.

MISCELLANEOUS:

On Thursday a resident of Wheat Ridge, Colorado

who happened to be in Cloquet visiting her mother

stopped into the Police Department and made a

donation in the amount of $100 to the K-9 fund. The

resident stated that she follows our K-9 program and

the progress of Raja, and felt it is a worthwhile

program and wanted to show her support. A great

gesture indeed!

COMMUNITY SERVICE:

On Thursday Detective Darrin Berg was asked to

give a presentation on the effects of illegal drugs on

people. The presentation was requested from the

Human Development Center (HDC). The

presentation focused on the ability to recognize

certain signs of impairment in individuals who the

staff at HDC may come into contact with. Detective

Berg also shared safety tips with the staff for dealing

with people who are potentially under the influence

of drugs.

If you have any questions about the information

provided, feel free to contact me at the police

department.

Respectfully Submitted,

Terry Hill

Interim Chief of Police