city council letter 20141219
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Chief Stracek's weekly letter to the City Council for the the week of December 19, 2014.TRANSCRIPT
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 December 19, 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 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: Today is our deadline for police officer
candidates to submit a supplemental
questionnaire in order to advance in our 2015
police officer hiring process. Over the next
week, we will be reviewing the questionnaires
and narrowing our list of candidates for formal
interviews.
Our newest hire, Nathan Cook, started work this
week with orientation, use of force and
procedural training. Nathan will begin his
formal field training on Monday, December 22.
COMMUNITY SERVICE: On Tuesday, December 16, 2014, Officers from
the Cloquet Police Department, Carlton County
Sheriff's Office, Fond du Lac Police
Department, Esko/Thomson Police Department
and Carlton County Probations (ARC)
participated in the Shop with a Cop program.
The event took place at the Cloquet Wal-Mart.
Twenty middle school students were selected to
go shopping with the officers. Two to four
students were paired with an officer and were
then turned loose to shop at Wal-Mart for
whatever and whoever they wanted to buy gifts
for. They were provided with a $50 Wal-Mart
gift card to pay for their items.
The goals of the program are to allow for the
officers to spend time with students who may
benefit from the positive interaction with the
officers. It also gives them a chance to buy some
gifts they may not otherwise have been able to
purchase.
Not only is this a great event for the students, it's
also a fun time for the officers to watch the
students shop and admire how thoughtful and
caring they are as they chose their gifts. The Cloquet Police Department would like to
thank Wal-Mart, Bernick's Pepsi and the staff at
the Cloquet Middle School for their support!
PATROL/DETECTIVES: On December 11, 2014, a structure fire
was reported at the Golden Gate Motel in
Scanlon. Because of fire damage, 32
tenants were eventually displaced. Our
staff became involved while assisting
other area emergency management groups
who were providing aide to those affected
by the fire. Several tenants were long
term renters at the motel. Through this
past week, the number of those in need of
services was brought below 10 and
housing options are being evaluated for
each of those tenants. A special thank you
goes out to the staff and management at
the Black Bear Hotel who have been
extremely generous in their support by
providing rooms and resources for the
displaced tenants.
On Sunday, December 14, 2014, officers
assisted at a residential fire in the 1300
block of Jean Marie Street. The fire
caused significant damage to the home.
No one was injured.
See you at the Christmas party!
Steven K. Stracek
Chief of Police
Cloquet Police Department
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