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Police Chief Wesley D. Revels

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K-9 Unit

K-9 Jager - STARTED ON OCTOBER 5, 2009

Officer Hintz has been selected as the next Canine Handler for the Tomah Police Department.  Officer Hintz has attended a four-week school in North Carolina, where he has trained with a newly acquired Police Dog, K-9 Jager.  Upon returning to Tomah from training, Officer Hintz and K-9 Jager replaced Sergeant Weaver and his K-9 partner Sierra. K-9 Sierra retired after a great 9.5 years of Service. We thank Sergeant Weaver and K-9 Sierra for their dedication to the City of Tomah Police Department.


(K-9 Jager in front of K9 Police Tahoe - Taken February 2010)

** CHECK BACK OFTEN FOR NEW INFORMATION ON THE NEW POLICE K-9 PROGRAM **

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K-9 Sierra - RETIRED ON OCTOBER 5, 2009

The Tomah Police Department Canine Unit is a partnership between Sgt. Chris Weaver and his partner, K-9 Sierra. Sgt. Weaver has been with the Department since December 1997 and raised Sierra from a puppy. K-9 Sierra is a male black and tan color German Sheppard dog and joined the Department in June of 2000. Sgt. Weaver and K-9 Sierra completed Basic Patrol Dog School at the Ramsey County, MN Sheriff's Office Regional K-9 Training Center in St. Paul, MN. Sgt. Weaver and K-9 Sierra attended training together for 12 weeks. By investing this amount of time Sgt. Weaver was able to gain the necessary skills to provide on going training, testing and evaluation of the Canine Unit.

Sgt. Weaver and K-9 Sierra not only work their scheduled shift (10 PM - 8 AM), but are also on-call to assist the members of the Police Department with a wide variety of tasks. K-9 Sierra is a dual-purpose patrol dog. While the term "dual-purpose" implies two jobs, it is somewhat deceiving. First, K-9 Sierra is trained as a patrol dog, which involves handler protection, criminal apprehension, tracking, building search, area search, and evidence recovery search. Secondly, K-9 Sierra is trained as a drug detector dog and he is trained to detect marijuana, cocaine/crack, methamphetamine, heroin and ecstasy. In addition to these trained jobs K-9 Sierra serves as a community relations ambassador for the Department. Sgt. Weaver and K-9 Sierra attend many community events, conduct demonstrations, walk in parades and many other activities.

(K-9 Sierra During 2008 National Night Out Demonstration)

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Monroe County Combined Tactical Unit

 

The Monroe County Combined Tactical Unit (CTU) is a Multi-Jurisdictional SWAT Team staffed by members of the Tomah Police Department, Sparta Police Department, and Monroe County Sheriff’s Department.  The member agencies have entered into an agreement to staff the team in this manner to allow for the most efficient use of each department’s resources.

 

The Monroe County Combined Tactical Unit was activated five times in 2007.  Officers assigned to the unit are also frequently used by their individual agencies when the entire unit is not required for a particular assignment. 

 

 

 

 

2009 Tomah Police Department Combined Tactical Unit Members

 

Sergeant Christopher Weaver	CTU Co-Commander / Team Leader
Sergeant Eric Pedersen	Entry Team Member
Officer Aaron Hintz	Entry Team Member
Officer Jacob Jones	Entry Team Member
Officer Dustin Walters	Entry Team Member

 

Tomah CTU Members - Summer 2008
Pictured (Left to Right): Officer Jones, Officer Hintz, Sergeant Weaver & K-9 Sierra, Officer Walters, Officer Pedersen

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School Resource Officer (S.R.O.) 

This program was started in the 2008 school year.  Officer Marshall is the current S.R.O. and is directly involved with school activities.  Officer Marshall has an office at the Tomah High School, but also serves the other schools in the City of Tomah.  The Tomah High School has about 1500 students, serving grades 9 - 12.

Tomah School District Website

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DARE 

Officer Marshall is the DARE Officer.  Officer Marshall teaches DARE to students in Elementary school within the City of Tomah.  See the DARE website for more information about DARE.

DARE

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