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 July 18, 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 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:

This week I officially provided the City a
letter of retirement. My last day with the
City will be Friday, August 8, 2014.

Staff worked on employee performance
evaluations during the week.

PATROL/DETECTIVES:

On Saturday, July 12 and Sunday, July 13,
the department received multiple vandalism
complaints around Carlton Avenue in the
300 through 1000 blocks. Officers noted that
several items, including cars, had been
painted. More than 30 cars were vandalized.
The paint appears to be a light tan color
from a can and not spray paint. Officers
went door to door waking residents as the
paint was still wet asking them to wash their
cars and property so as to not further
damage it. The department is asking for the
public's help. Anyone having information
regarding the vandalism is asked to contact
our office at 218-879-1247 or through our
social network sites, Nixle tool via our
Facebook page or by texting "cloquetpd" to
888-777 on your cell phone.


In the early morning hours on Tuesday,
officers responded to the Savanna Pallet
Company where it was reported that an
employee witnessed a former employee
jump the chain-link fence onto the business
property. The witness confronted the man
who then ran to his vehicle driving
away towards 14
th
Street. The witness
then noticed one of the garage doors to
the business was open and that pieces
of steel had been moved and pushed
through the fence. Through the
investigation officers were able to
identify a residence in the City of
Cloquet where they spoke to the
suspect's girlfriend who told them that
her boyfriend was in the basement of
the residence. Officers entered the
home where they found the suspect in
the the basement hiding under a fuel
tank.

The suspect was arrested and taken to
the Carlton County Law Enforcement
Center. A search warrant was obtained
for the residence by detectives and
they were able to locate several items
taken during a previously reported
burglary at Savanna Pallet in June of
2014. The suspect, a 30-year-old
Cloquet man, was formally charged
with Burglary in the Third Degree and
Felony Theft.

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

Cloquet Police Department
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