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 June 27, 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 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:

The department is seeing increased overtime

costs in the patrol division mainly due to

officer retirements,vacations, a newly hired

officer in the Field Training Program and

other related personnel matters.

PATROL:

On Monday patrol officers responded to a

residence on Freeman Road within the City

of Cloquet to a report of a family dispute.

During the dispute a 20 gauge shotgun was

brandished. No one was hurt during the

incident and a 23 year old Cloquet man was

arrested and jailed without incident. The

suspect was formally charged with Felony

Terroristic Threats and Assault in the Fifth

Degree. The suspect is currently being held

at the Carlton County Law Enforcement

Center.

Also on Monday of this week patrol

investigated a reported accident in the area

of Spring Lake Road and White Pine Trail

where a vehicle had left the road at what

appeared to be a high rate of speed, striking

a stop sign and a power pole. The suspects

fled the area failing to report the accident.

Evidence was collected at the scene, and the

following day two individuals came forward

stating they were involved in the accident

and left the scene because they were scared

but uninjured. Statements were taken and

the case was referred to the City Attorney's

Office for review of possible charges.

MISCELLANEOUS:

This week I met with representatives

from the Fond du Lac Reservation, St.

Louis County Sheriff's Department and

Carlton County Sheriff's Office as part

of the review committee set up through

our Cooperative Agreement. The

purpose is to discuss and resolve any

issues and/or concerns regarding the

agreement and the way we work

together to provide services.

Recently we have been having issues

with our squad car cameras and video

server. It was learned that updating our

squad car computers from Windows

XP (no longer supported) to Windows

7 has caused functionality issues. A

software update may be required to

resolve the issues and staff has been

working with the vendor (Panasonic).

Friday of this week several department

personnel attended the swearing in

ceremony of newly appointed Sixth

Judicial District Judge Leslie E. Beiers

at the Fond Du Lac Tribal and

Community College.

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

Cloquet Police Department

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