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The Point After Community - Integrity - Honor - Courage
September 25, 2020 Volume 9, Issue 33 Administration
Andy Bohlen, Chief
Neal Pederson, Captain
Jason Severson, Captain
Dave Dillon, Captain
Connie Holm, Admin. Assistant
Patrol
Matt Knutson, Sergeant
Mark Krenik, Sergeant
Brandon Gliem, Sergeant
Eric Sammon, Sergeant
Tony Kuchinka
Lisa Petricka
Kara Christensen
Matt Kolling
Josh Sjodin
Chris Tonjum
Adam Marvin & K-9 Cannon
Matt Shuda
Josh Alexander & K-9 Chase
Tony Larson
Sarah Tollefson
Michael Shuda
Sean Smallen
Jacob Holm
Bill Considine
Spencer Angle
Ben Borash
Brad Arens
Lance Ulrich
Reed Bartsch
Investigations
Matt Long, Sergeant
Ben Johns
DJ Skluzacek
Brittany Carstensen
John Gramling
Jeff Burbank
Karl Willers
Records
Janice Bestul
Jackie Remme
Gina Palan
Cheryl Berndtson
Rachel Heinrichs
Community Services
Doug Delesha
Chloe Robinson
Susan Irvin
Yasmeen Mesta
Employee Recognition
5 years:
Connie Holm
New employees:
Brad Arens
Reed Bartsch
Lance Ulrich
While COVID prevented a
citywide employee recognition
get-together this year, City
Administrator Tim Murray,
Mayor Kevin Voracek,
Councilors Peter van Sluis,
Tom Spooner and Royal
Ross came to the police de-
partment on Thursday to rec-
ognize employees for their
service to the city.
The following employees were
recognized:
25 years:
Janice Bestul
Jason Severson
20 years:
Mark Krenik
Neal Pederson
and Emily were very apprecia-
tive of his actions being recog-
nized.
Cody was presented with a
challenge coin, certificate of
bravery and some other good-
ies from the departments. Cody
On Wednesday, Officers Josh
Alexander, Matt Shuda,
Matt Kolling, Bill Considine,
Sarah Tollefson, Spencer
Angle, Brad Arens, Ser-
geant Brandon Gliem, FFD
Firefighter Alex Bolster,
Captain Joel Hansen, and
North Ambulance Medics
Sue Ernste and Matt Mullen-bach met with 7-year-old Cody
Johnson. Earlier this month,
they responded to a medical
emergency involving Cody’s
mom, Emily. After finding his
mom unconscious, Cody was
able to take life-saving action to
help her, and then notified
nearby adults who called 911.
Bravery Recognized
“The road to
success is always
u n d e r c o n -
struction”.
Arnold Palmer
Died September 25, 2016
Questions?
Comments?
Please contact the
Faribault Police
Department at
507-334-4305 or
25 NW 4th Street,
Faribault, MN 55021
Web:
www.faribault.org
Facebook:
FaribaultPoliceDepartment
Twitter:
@FaribaultPolice
Instagram:
faribaultpolice
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This week, Sarah Rysdam of Girl
Scout Troop 27370 and her
brother Adam dropped off a
box of donated Girl Scout cook-
ies. They were very excited to
meet Chief Bohlen!
Cookie Donation
This week, Officer Michael
Shuda was recognized by
MADD with their Bronze
Award. This award is presented
to officers, deputies and troop-
ers who have arrested 25-49
impaired drivers in the past
year.
To help reduce the potential of virus spread, we are accepting
“Permit to Purchase” electronically
as well as in person.
The form can be found at: https://dps.mn.gov/divis ions/bca/bca-
d i v i s i o n s / a d m i n i s t r a t i v e /Documents/Permit-to-Purchase-
Transfer-Application.pdf
When complete, email the form
with a photocopy of your driver’s
license to:
You will receive either your permit
or a denial letter via mail.
Our lobby is back open, but we encourage people to continue
conducting business through phone and/or email. If we can help you through phone/email, we’ll do our
best. Masks are now required in
our public lobby.
We have also removed Take It to the Box to reduce potential spread
of the virus.
Predatory offenders are not ex-cused from updating their infor-mation. They should contact Capt. Pederson at 334-0921 to schedule
an appointment to submit changes.
While the events of the past few weeks may be upsetting, we ask
everyone for a little more patience and a little more calm. We are here to do our part to help every-
one get through this.
Up to date information can be
found on the following websites:
Centers for Disease Control
www.cdc.gov
Minnesota Department of Health:
www.health.state.mn.us
City of Faribault:
www.ci.faribault.mn.us
COVID-19 Information
Officer Awarded
The letter also noted that the
Giarretta’s have sent out
15,500 letters so far! They plan
to continue until their message
is seen by officers across the
country.
On Thursday, we received an
encouraging letter from John &
Barbara Giarretta of New Jer-
sey. The letter, addressed to all
law enforcement agencies
across the USA, expressed
their thanks and well-wishes to
officers.