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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 January 23, 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 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

Officer Nathan Cook

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

Shannon NelsonNicole Eckenberg

508 Cloquet AvenueCloquet, MN 55720

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

OPERATIONS:Since my last newsletter, we have gone througha few changes and made progress towards somegoals.

With the help of Less crew, we have continued

to renew our patrol squad room and evidenceintake area. Installation of our new evidencelocker system is done as is the configuration ofthe room to be used as an evidence intake and

packaging area, a report preparation area, and

supervisory workspace. Last week, we installedour new evidence tracking software on theserver and will be up and running very shortly.

As part of our staff development goals, we have

had some personnel movement in 2015.Detective Holman along with his K-9 partner

Raja are now working with a patrol crew.Holman brings years of experience as a detectivecoupled with his success as a street supervisor

and we are looking forward to his integrationinto a new team. Officer Scott Beckman has

been assigned to work alongside our Detectivesto take advantage of an opportunity to furtherdevelop his investigative skills.

We have begun ordering equipment tooutfit two of our newest vehicles for useon the street. We will be rotating out ouroldest Ford sedan that has been starting tofail mechanically.

COMMUNITY SERVICE:Our staff participated in the CloquetSchools in-service training day in lateDecember. Information related to recent

trends in drug abuse was presented toschool staff in two one-hour sessions.

Detective Randall has been actively

engaged with the Carlton County DrugCourt Team. Recently he assisted in a

policy meeting and has been involved in

the weekly drug court process.

Next week I am attending a MinnesotaHousing Institute workshop as a first step

towards our participation on a local teamexploring issues and solutions to Cloquetarea housing needs.

PATROL/DETECTIVES:

This week we had success using NIXLEand Facebook to solve a crime that

occurred at a convenience store inScanlon. An image was captured on videoof an unidentified woman stealing a walletfrom the counter in the store. After the

photo was put out on our social media

outlets, the suspect was quickly identifiedand located in Duluth. The case is stillunder investigation and charges are

pending.

Have a great weekend!

Steven K. StracekChief of Police

Cloquet Police Department

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