City Administration & Services - Police Department

Seeking economical performance, the city purchased Chevrolet Nova police cars in September 1975, which doubled the life of the tires while using half as much gasoline as the larger police cars. Lt. Henry "Hank" Nolan stands beside one of the Novas.…

Capt. Kirsten Eriksson, 18, Lt. Robert Artola, 17 and Sgts. Michael Macko, 19, and Michael McLean, 20, were living out a realistic nighttime scenario where they had to search a darkened building and catch a suspect hiding inside. Their performance…

The SWAT team was formed in 1993 to assist with executing high-risk search warrants, high-risk arrest warrants of dangerous subjects, barricaded suspects, building searches for suspects, hostage situations, or any incident in which there is an…

Officer Robert "Bobby" Wummer (left), with K-9 Kris, and officer Glenn Wright (right), with K-9 Aran, were the city's first canine officers. Officer Wummer has been with the department since April 1984 and with the canine unit since it began in 1994.…

In 1971, a new two-story municipal complex was constructed to house the police department; city clerk; city manager; the finance, building, and recreation departments; and the city council chambers. In 1974, six air-conditioned cars patrolled the…