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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 May 16, 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 David Hallback
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:

A reminder to all:



PATROL:

On May 10, 2014, at about 6:30 PM patrol
officers received a call of a missing 84-year-
old Alzheimer's patient who was last seen on
the 800 block of Larch Street in Cloquet at
about 5:00 PM.

After an extensive search, at about 9:00 PM
the man was located safe and in relatively
good health near Morning Star Lane in the
city of Cloquet, approximately 3 miles from
his residence. Cloquet Area Fire District
paramedics assessed the person and
transported him to a local hospital for an
evaluation.

The Cloquet Police Department was assisted
in the search by the Cloquet Area Fire
District, Fond du Lac Police Department and
a K-9 unit from the Department of Natural
Resources.


DETECTIVES:

As reported in last week's letter,
Cloquet detectives and Cloquet
officers responded to a residence on
Stephen Road involving a report of a
door being kicked in and a computer
monitor and possibly a keyboard were
stolen. This week detectives followed
up on some information that was
provided to them and identified a
suspect. The suspect was questioned
regarding the burglary. Information
received from that interview along
with other evidence has been
submitted to the Carlton County
Attorney's Office for review of
potential charges.

TRAINING:

One of the recommendations out of the
law enforcement study was to develop
or purchase training system software to
track and document the training of
staff in house. The administrative staff
has created an Excel spreadsheet that
electronically documents individual
officer training from year-to-year.
There may be some growing pains
with this at first, but it will give us the
ability more accurately track
individual officer's training moving
forward.

Several of the department's personnel
took part in the annual mandated
Defensive Tactics training. This
training took place at the Carlton
County Transportation Building and
was put on by Deputy Sheriff Randy
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Roberts and Corporal Mark Laine of our department.
Both Roberts and Laine are certified in providing
this mandatory training. There will be a second
Defensive Tactics class offered towards the end of
this month or the first part of June for those who
could not attend. Both staff from our department and
the Carlton County Sheriff's Department attended
this training.

MISCELLANEOUS:

On Thursday a resident of Wheat Ridge, Colorado
who happened to be in Cloquet visiting her mother
stopped into the Police Department and made a
donation in the amount of $100 to the K-9 fund. The
resident stated that she follows our K-9 program and
the progress of Raja, and felt it is a worthwhile
program and wanted to show her support. A great
gesture indeed!

COMMUNITY SERVICE:

On Thursday Detective Darrin Berg was asked to
give a presentation on the effects of illegal drugs on
people. The presentation was requested from the
Human Development Center (HDC). The
presentation focused on the ability to recognize
certain signs of impairment in individuals who the
staff at HDC may come into contact with. Detective
Berg also shared safety tips with the staff for dealing
with people who are potentially under the influence
of drugs.

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