After 26 years of law enforce-

ment service, Sergeant Russ

Hartwig is retiring from the

Faribault Police Department on

May 31st. Currently a patrol

sergeant, Russ has also served

as the School Resource Officer

at Faribault High School for

several years, creating many

lasting relationships with stu-dents. We will be hosting an

open house, here at the police

department, on Friday, May

30th from 2pm to 4pm for eve-

ryone to come and thank Russ

for his service. We wish Russ

and his wife, Connie, all the

best!

Congratulations

May 23, 2014 Volume 3, Issue 14

The Point After “Work Hard - Be Safe - Have Fun”

Administration

Andy Bohlen, Chief

Neal Pederson, Captain

Jason Severson, Captain

Pat Huset, Secretary

Patrol

Russ Hartwig, Sergeant

Matt Knutson, Sergeant

Mark Krenik, Sergeant

Matt Long, Sergeant

Jeff Larson

Tony Kuchinka

Todd Hanson

Lisa Petricka

Justin Hunt

Maggie Hunt

Matt Kolling

Ben Johns

Mike Thul & K-9 Chase

DJ Skluzacek

Tom Mueller

Brittany Owen

Josh Sjodin

Dustin Delmonico

Chris Tonjum

Adam Marvin

John Gramling

Matt Shuda

Mallory House

John Pesta

Investigations

Dave Dillon, Sergeant

Brandon Gliem

Cadie Spicer

Scott Duncan

Kara Christensen

Eric Sammon

Records

Janice Bestul

Jackie Remme

Gina Palan

Carole Friesz

Community Services

Paula Wadekamper

Doug Delesha

Marsden Powell

On Thursday, May 22nd, Of-

ficer Mike Thul and his K9

partner, Chase, graduated from

Police Dog 1 training, presented

by the St. Paul Police Depart-

ment. Ofc. Thul and Chase

completed the grueling 12-week

course, along with 16 other

officers and dogs from the up-

per Midwest, and are now ready to start patrolling the

streets. Ofc. Thul and Chase

will continue their training this

fall during a one-month narcot-

ics course. Chief Andy

Bohlen and Sergeant Matt

Long attended the graduation

ceremony in St. Paul. Ofc. Thul

and Chase will make their pub-

lic debut next Saturday, May

31st from 10am to 2pm at the

MADD fundraiser at the former

city shop site - 601 NE 1st Ave-

nue.

Graduation Day

L to R: St. Paul PD K9 Supervisor Jason Brodt, Chief Andy Bohlen, Officer Mike Thul,

Chase, St. Paul PD Chief Tom Smith.

“If you’re always

battling against

getting older,

you’re always

going to be

unhappy, because

its going to

happen anyhow.”

Mitch Albom

Born May 23, 1958

Questions?

Comments?

Please contact the

Faribault Police

Department at

507-334-4305 or

25 NW 4th Street,

Faribault, MN 55021

abohlen@ci.faribault.mn.us

npederson@ci.faribault.mn.us

jseverson@ci.faribault.mn.us

www.faribault.org

Facebook:

FaribaultPoliceDepartment

Twitter:

@FaribaultPolice

Page 2 The Point After

In conjunction with Faribault

Beyond the Yellow Ribbon, the

Faribault Police Department

hosted training on “De-

Escalation Strategies for Minne-

sota Veterans in Crisis”. Nearly

40 public safety members, and

over half of FPD officers, at-

tended this informative train-

ing. The course was presented by the Upper Midwest Com-

munity Policing Institute.

Training

On Thursday, May 15th, De-

tective Cadie Spicer, RCSO

Investigator Blaine Smith,

Northfield PD Investigator

Bill Houts and ATF Special

Agent Steve Foreman of

the Cannon River Drug and

Violent Offender Task Force

executed a search warrant in

Northfield, looking for Shannan Mitchell, 31. Mitchell had an

outstanding warrant for 5th

Degree Controlled Substance.

While searching, officers saw

Kevin Kurz, 41, drive up to the

residence. Familiar with Kurz,

Detective Eric Sammon,

who was assisting the task

force, knew that Kurz’s driver’s

license status was “cancelled”.

Kurz was arrested, and was

found in possession of a glass

pipe that tested positive for

methamphetamine. Kurz was

charged with 5th degree Con-

trolled Substance, Possession

of Drug Paraphernalia and

Driving After Cancellation. His

bail was set at $10,000 without

conditions. Mitchell was also

found and arrested pursuant to

the arrest warrant.

TJT (Thrown in Jail Thursday)

On Saturday, May 17th, the

department assisted with the

Lace Up for Life 5K run/walk at

the Rice County Fairgrounds.

Reserve Officers Doug De-

lesha, Jenny Tonjum, Der-

rik Quinlan and Jonah Bau-

er, and Explorers Yasmeen

Mesta, Tyler Johnson, Mi-

chae l Shuda , Lu ke Friedstrom, Chloe Robin-

son and Grace Cannon all

helped to make it a safe event

for the approximately 100

participants.

Lace Up for Life

L to R: Instructor John Baker (USMC, ret.), Chief Andy Bohlen, Instructor Bill

Micklus (Burnsville PD, Ret.)