Cloquet Police Department

Weekly Newsletter
Week Ending February 6, 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 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

This week we received most of our new officer

candidate background materials from our
prospective officers. Packets are being assigned
to our current staff and we hope to do interviews
near the end of February or the first week of
March.

Last week, I attended the first of four

sessions of the Minnesota Housing
Institute. I will be working with six other
Carlton County area representatives to
identify greatest needs and facilitate for
growth in housing opportunities in our
community.

STAFF:

PATROL/DETECTIVES:

Congratulations to Officer Charlie Martin and

his wife Julia on the birth of their son Henry.

Our detectives and officers met with

Thom Pertlers staff to go over final
preparation for the John Bemis trial slated
to begin next week.

OPERATIONS:

Our detectives have also been working

with Carlton County deputies on a case
involving a sexual assault that occurred on
I-35 near Esko on Tuesday night.

COMMUNITY SERVICE:

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
Shannon Nelson
Nicole Eckenberg

This week, Detective Randall presented to a

large group of students and staff at the Cloquet
Middle School regarding on-line safety, Cyber
Bullying, the proper use of social media and
how it affects them today and in the future.

We had a visitor knocking on our doors

this week. This little fella showed up
wanting to get in to the police department.
He spent about 2 hours with Shannon
keeping her feet warm. Friends of
Animals came over and picked him up and
returned him to his family. We called him
Buddy but apparently his real name was
Rascal. We were hoping maybe he could
become our house dog but it was not to
be.

508 Cloquet Avenue

Cloquet, MN 55720
Phone (218)879-1247
Fax (218) 879-1190
www.ci.cloquet.mn.us

Steven K. Stracek
Chief of Police

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.