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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 October 24, 2014

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 Mark Laine

Corporal Erik Blesener

Corporal Steve FiskeCorporal 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 AvenueCloquet, MN 55720

Phone (218)879-1247Fax (218) 879-1190www.ci.cloquet.mn.us

COMMUNITY SERVICE:Our patrol staff spent some time at theChildrens Fall Festival at the Cloquet MiddleSchool. Students had the opportunity to talk with

officers and sit in a squad car. A nice card wassent to our staff by Joy Nelson from CloquetCommunity Education.

FACILITIES:We have continued to spruce up the building byapplying a new coat of stain to the fence at the

entry to our main desk. This should completeour exterior projects before the snow flies.

We have ordered our locker system that will beinstalled in the evidence intake area of the

building. Recently, in a meeting with ChiefBogenholm, Chief Ojibway and Sheriff Lake,we discussed the need for a standardized

computer program to track our evidence intakeand retention (also based on the L.E. study

recommendation). We have selected a productthat will likely work for all agencies and iscurrently being assessed by Sheriff Lake.

County Attorney Thom Pertler has generouslyagreed to provide funding for the project. Once

in place, the locker system and tracking softwarewill allow us to more effectively meet requiredstandards.

We now have our daily bulletin system up and

running. The bulletin is accessed by our staff ina shared electronic folder and displayed in a user

friendly PowerPoint format. This system is usedby our supervisors during officer briefings andprovides for a consistent and detailed flow of

information related to notable calls for service,wanted persons, blight and problem property

tracking. The information in the system isupdated daily and has already become a valuableinformation sharing tool.

PATROL/DETECTIVES:On Sunday, October 19, 2014, two of ourdetectives assisted the St. Louis County Sheriffs

Department and the BCA in a death

investigation that had been reported on the

Fond du Lac Reservation. Our staffassisted with three search warrants thatwere served in the City of Cloquet. Theend result led to two arrests in the case.The investigation is on-going.

On Friday, October 17, 2014, officersresponded to a vehicle crash near 8thStreetand Carlton Avenue. The driver of one ofthe vehicles, a 23 year old Cloquet

woman, reportedly left the scene with twosmall children. The driver was located a

short time later and it was determined thatthere was probable cause to arrest her fordriving under the influence of a controlled

substance, believed to be Methadone. Thedriver was lodged at the Carlton County

Jail and charged by the Carlton CountyAttorneys office on October 20, 2014.

On Friday, October 17, 2014, officersresponded to a vehicle crash near 17th

Street and Cloquet Avenue. A businessnear that location had been struck by a

vehicle causing significant damage to thestructure. The driver in this incident also

fled the scene and was not located at thetime of the event. The investigation iscontinuing into this case.

On Friday, October 24, 2015, officersresponded to the report of a robbery near

10thStreet and Doddridge Avenue. Thevictim reported being struck in the headwith a brick and having his wallet taken.The case is still under investigation.

Steven K. Stracek

Chief of Police

Cloquet Police Department

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