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About Cedarburg Police Department, Wisconsin

Cedarburg is a small town in Ozaukee county in, Wisconsin. It traces its roots back to 1849, when German immigrants started settling.

Today it’s a thriving suburban area with low crime rates but still needs a law enforcement service to protect its 12,000 inhabitants. Cedarburg town has a Police Department to help enforce state and federal laws.

Keep reading to know more about how Cedarburg Police Department maintains law and order.

Cedarburg Police Department, Wisconsin

Located at W75N444 Wauwatosa Rd, Cedarburg, is the Cedarburg Police Station. It has been in operation for over 130 years since its inception in 1885.

It serves its citizens with a mission to provide a protection service while upholding high levels of integrity and treating all people with dignity and respect.

A Police Chief (Currently Michael McNerney) heads the police department. The Police and Fire Commission appoints the Police Chief, including other subordinate appointments. Other staff of the department includes;

  • An administrative secretary
  • A custodian
  • A records clerk
  • 20 police officers who are sworn to uphold the law in the town
  • Six dispatchers who are on a full-time basis employment.

Functions of Cedarburg Police Department

In fulfilling its mission, the department has the following roles.

  • Patrolling the Cedarburg jurisdiction area to maintain law and order
  • Holding offenders in the police station jail as they await appearing before the judicial system
  • Making arrests of suspected lawbreakers and conducting investigations before taking the offenders to court
  • Coordinating with emergency response services like the Fire Department in the town to provide quick response to emergencies.
  • Running programs that increase Cedarburg residents' safety and quality of life. For example, the Block Parent Program offers a short-term refuge for children in an emergency situation.
  • Providing the Wisconsin Department of Corrections Sex Offender Registry and a child safety zone map on its website. It helps to inform parents of sex offenders in the Cedarburg area.
  • Making the public documents available to its citizens, for example, getting a police report copy.

You can reach the police department at (262) 375-7620 or fax (262) 375-7624 to request for more information. For administrative requests, call anytime between Monday to Friday from 8 am to 4 pm. However, if you require emergency assistance, you can reach the department anytime by calling 911.

Warrants and Arrests in Cedarburg, Wisconsin

One of the core functions of the Cedarburg Police Department is serving warrants and making arrests. They do this to detain a suspected criminal while they investigate further into the crime.

After gathering enough evidence, they present the individual together with the evidence in a court of law.

Here is how they go about the process of issuing warrants and making arrests.

Warrants

To make arrests, the police must first provide a written affidavit to a judge. For the warrant to stand, they must provide probable cause for an individual's intent to commit a crime. After the judge approves the affidavit, the police can make the arrest.

If the police show up at your door or work premises to arrest you, there’re several ways of checking whether there’s a warrant to execute the arrest. They include;

  • Physical presentation of a signed warrant document by a police officer. They must introduce themselves and prove they are police from Cedarburg police station.
  • You can check from the Wisconsin Circuit Courts website if you have an active warrant. To do this, you must provide your name, locate the case by clicking on its number, then view case details.

It’s important to note that warrants are valid for many years since they don’t expire. They remain valid until the judge recalls it or the individual in the warrant dies.

Arrests

Cedarburg Police Department has the authority to make arrests in the jurisdiction area of Cedarburg. When they make the arrest, they prepare a police report which contains all details surrounding the crime. The report may contain the following;

  • Name of the perpetrator of the crime
  • Classification of the crime
  • Date and time when the police made the arrest and booked the offender in the police jail
  • Description of the offense
  • Victims of the crime
  • Witnesses
  • Results of any forensic tests done on the perpetrator, victim or crime scene

Depending on the nature of the crime, some police reports are public, and others aren’t, especially when they involve minors.

If you wish to get a copy of a police report in Cedarburg, ensure that you complete a Public records form request. The department processes them in two or three days upon payment of a $0.25 per page fee.

Offender Detainment

In its earlier days, the police station had set aside a tiny room in Turner hall’s basement to serve as the jail. It mainly housed drunk individuals who disturbed the peace. The law enforcers would keep them until they cooled off and then release them.

Today, Cedarburg Police Department houses individuals who commit offenses ranging from infractions, misdemeanors, and felonies.

 

News Headlines

Hunter Safety Field Day

08-23-2017

HUNTER SAFETY FIELD DAY

Hunter Safety Field Day:  Cedarburg Police Department will sponsor a Hunter Safety Field Day on Sunday, October 1, 2017 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.  The Field Day will be held at Ozaukee Fish & Game, 5123 County Hwy Y, Saukville, WI.  This Field Day is being held in conjunction with an internet course offered by the WI Department of Natural Resources.  The online course is a pre-requisite for participation in the Field Day.  Both are required to qualify for a Hunter Safety Certificate.

Interested individuals must complete the online course and obtain a DNR customer ID #.  This number can be obtained by calling 1-888-936-7463. To register for the Field Day, please contact Sgt. Pat Spaeth at the Cedarburg Police Department, 262-375-7620.  Registration for the Field Day must be done with Sgt. Spaeth by phone.  There is a $10.00 Field Day fee payable to the Cedarburg Police Department, in addition to the fees charged by the DNR for the online course.

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Patrol Officer Hiring

The Cedarburg Police Department is accepting applications for the position of Patrol Officer.  The application deadline is June 18, 2017 at 11:59 p.m., Central Standard Time.  For more information or to apply for this position, please go to:

https://www.ci.cedarburg.wi.us/city-government/employment/employment-opportunities/

 

 

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Wisconsin Law Enforcement Accreditation Public Notice

****PUBLIC NOTICE****

The Cedarburg Police Department is scheduled for an on-site assessment as part of a program to achieve accreditation by verifying it meets professional standards.

Administered by the Wisconsin Law Enforcement Accreditation Group (WILEAG), the accreditation program requires agencies to comply with state-of-the-art standards in four basic areas: policy and procedures, administration, operations, and support services.

As part of the on-site assessment, agency employees and members of the community are invited to offer comments by mail, e-mail or phone.

Agency employees and the public are invited to offer comments by calling 262-719-0383 on Wednesday, June 22, 2016 between the hours of 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. Comments will be taken by the WILEAG Assessment Team assigned to conduct this assessment.

Telephone comments are limited to 10 minutes and must address the agency’s ability to comply with WILEAG standards. A copy of the standards is available at the Cedarburg Police Department. The local contact is Chief Thomas Frank, 262-375-7620.

Anyone wishing to submit written comments about the Cedarburg Police Department’s ability to comply with the standards for accreditation may send them to the Wisconsin Law Enforcement Accreditation Group at the following addresses:

[email protected]

or

WILEAG
PO Pox 270693
Milwaukee, WI 53227

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