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SEBEKA POLICE DEPARTMENT
SERVING SINCE 1898
HISTORY OF THE SEBEKA POLICE DEPARTMENT
IN 1898 THE CITY OF SEBEKA WAS INCORPORATED. PRIOR TO THAT, LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS OFTEN THE TASK OF THE SHERIFF. THE OFFICE OF CONSTABLE WAS AN ELECTED POSITION IN MANY TOWNS UP UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. THE CONSTABLE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING THE PEACE AND LAW AND ORDER IN A TOWN OR TOWN SHIP.
WHEN SEBEKA BECAME INCORPORATED, THE POSITION OF CONSTABLE WAS CREATED. THERE WERE TWO CONSTABLES IN SEBEKA AND THEY WERE ELECTED ON ALTERNATE YEARS.
LISTED BELOW HELD THE OFFICE OF CONSTABLE UNTIL 1959:
1898 DELL ROBBINS AND R.G. MAYNARD
1899 R. G. MAYNARD AND L. O. NYBERG
1902 F. C. HAVEKAST AND FRANK ROBBINS
1903 L. O. NYBERG AND SAM BUCKLEY
1904 FRED HAVERKOST
1905 J. J. SHARRATT
1906 N. C. HANSON
1907 JESSE O. HAMLIN
1908 A. E. STOLQUIST AND GEORGE KONKLER
1909 LINCOLN McCORMICK AND W. M. TABERY
1911 GEORGE KONKLER
1912 L. G. McCORMICK
1913 GEORGE KONKLER AND JOHN J. JOHNSON
1914 L. G. McCORMICK
1915 J. J. JOHNSON
1917 FRED KRAYWINKLE
1918 FRED KRAYWINKLE
1919 JOHN McCALLUM
1920 JOHN J. JOHNSON
1922 CHAS WALTERS
1923 TOM McNURLIN
1925-1927 CHAS WALTERS
1928 AUGUST HOVELA
1930-1933 JACOB BLOM
1932-1933 AUGUST SAVELA
1934-1939 LEWIS BIRKHOLZ
1940-1942 ARVID BENGTSON
1943-1949 A. E. PEARSON
1949 PAUL SIEGAL
1950 ERLAND PAJARI
1951-1955 NORMAN ARILDSEN
1955-1957 W. M. McCORMICK
1958 POSITION UN FILLED
1959 THE CITY OF SEBEKA DISCONTINUED THE POSITION OF CONSTABLE WITH THE FORMATION OF THE SEBEKA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
1959-1979 CHIEF MARK UTTERMARK
PATROLMAN WHO SERVED WITH CHIEF MARK UTTERMARK INCLUDE:
TIM DANN (FULL-TIME)
PAUL BOWERMAN (FULL-TIME)
DAVE VOLDEN (FULL-TIME)
FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ (FULL-TIME)
STAN GORDAN (FULL-TIME)
HARRY ROUSU (FULL-TIME)
BARRY SWANSON (FULL-TIME)
HOLGER NIELSON (FULL-TIME)
ED NISKA (FULL-TIME)
EINO SAARELA (PART-TIME)
IVAN POMEY (PART-TIME)
1979-1984 CHIEF ROBERT HINCE
PATROLMAN WHO SERVED WITH CHIEF ROBERT HINCE INCLUDE:
CLARK WEBBER (FULLTIME)
MIKE HERBERT (FULL-TIME)
ARNIE OLSON (FULL-TIME)
IN 1984 THE SEBEKA POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS REDUCED IN SIZE TO TWO FULL TIME OFFICERS.
1984 CHIEF ARNIE OLSON
PATROLMAN WHO SERVED WITH CHIEF ARNIE OLSON INCLUDE:
NORMAN PETTIS (FULL-TIME)
1985-2006 CHIEF NORMAN PETTIS
PATROLMAN WHO SERVED WITH CHIEF NORMAN PETTIS INCLUDE:
ANDY OLSON (FULL-TIME)
ERIC SWENSON (FULL-TIME)
CHAD SWANSON (PART-TIME)
RANDY ATHMAN (PART-TIME)
CORY CARR (PART-TIME)
NAOMI KIMBER (PART-TIME) (ALSO FIRST WOMAN OFFICER)
JOESEPH SCHOON (PART-TIME)
AMY THOMPSON (PART-TIME)
2006-2014 CHIEF ERIC SWENSON
IN 2006 THE SEBEKA POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS REDUCED TO ONE FULL TIME OFFICER CONSISTING OF THE CHIEF.
PATROLMAN WHO SERVED WITH CHIEF ERIC SWENSON INCLUDE:
STEVE LECY (PART-TIME)
JEREMY PAPE (PART-TIME)
DERICK DETERMAN (PART-TIME)
RONALD IMGRUND (PART-TIME)
BRIAN BURKE (PART-TIME)
JEFFREY GREENIG (PART-TIME)
ERIKA PENNER (PART-TIME)
BRADLEY THIESING (PART-TIME)
TYLER WHEELER (PART-TIME)
BENJAMIN VITULLI (PART-TIME)
TIGHE LANE (PARTTIME)
JEFF ARHENS (PART TIME)
JASON WORM (PART TIME)
JAMIE WILTS (PART TIME)
2014-Present, Chief Tighe Lane
In 2014 Chief Eric Swenson retired after 28 years of service. Officer Tighe Lane assumed responsibilities as Chief of Police
Officers serving under Chief Lane.
Jason Worm (Part Time)
Lucas Dahlseng (Part Time)
Joshua Matteson (Part Time)
Benjamin Vitulli (Part Time)
OTHER HISTORY
IN THE EARLY YEARS THE CITY OF SEBEKA DID NOT PROVIDE ANY KIND OF UNIFORM OR VEHICLE, THE CONSTABLE USUALLY USED WHAT EVER HE HAD THAT LOOKED DECENT OR WORKED UNTIL ABOUT THE 1930’S.
FIRE ARMS USED BY THE CONSTABLE WAS WHATEVER PERSONAL FIRE ARM THEY HAD. THE LIST OF EQUIPMENT IS LOST TO TIME BUT ONE OF THE FIRST CONSTABLES DELL ROBINS OR R.G. MAYNARD ALLEGEDLY WALKED AROUND TOWN WITH AN 1897 WINCHESTER PUMP SHOT GUN, A LEATHER SAPP AND A PAIR OF DARBY HAND CUFFS. VARIOUS OTHER OFFICERS USED WHAT THEY HAD OR BORROWED INCLUDING A NINE SHOT H&R 22LR PISTOL FOR DUTY.
THE CITY OF SEBEKA PROVIDED ITS OWN JAIL AT THE TIME AND HAD TWO CELLS WITH A WOOD STOVE IN THE OLD FIRE HALL; IT WAS DISCONTINUED IN THE 1950’S.
ACCORDING TO ACCOUNTS, THE FIRST CITY OWNED PATROL CAR WAS A 1961 PONTIAC TEMPEST. LATER CARS INCLUDED A 1970’S CHEVROLET NOVA,
VARIOUS FORD LTD’S AND CROWN VICTORIA’S.
IN THE 1980’S THE DEPARTMENT HAD A 1983 AND 1987 CHEVROLET CAPRICE.
IN THE 1990’S THE DEPARTMENT HAD A 1990 AND 1996 CHEVROLET CAPRICE.
IN THE 2000’S A 2004 AND 2006 DODGE INTREPID.
IN THE 2010’S A 2006 INTREPID AND A 2011 FORD CROWN VICTORIA.
DEPARTMENT PATCHES WERE GENERIC CONSISTING OF AN EAGLE OF SOME KIND. IN 1959 THE DEPARTMENT PATCH CHANGED TO THE SCHOOL MASCOT CONSISTING OF THE HEAD OF A TROJAN. IN THE EARLY 1980’S THE DEPARTMENT WENT BACK TO A GENERIC EAGLE PATCH. IN 1985 THE DEPARTMENT WENT TO A SHIELD PATCH WITH THE CITY SLOGAN AND THE STATE OF MINNESOTA IN THE CENTER. IN 2007 THE DEPARTMENT CHANGED AGAIN TO A SHIELD STYLE PATCH WITH THE STATE SEAL IN THE CENTER. IN 1990 A NON PUBLIC LOGO WAS ALSO USED FOR OFF DUTY WEAR ONLY. THE V & I STANDS FOR “VINCO INVICTUS” LATIN FOR “DO THE IMPOSSIBLE”.
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