Members of the Winsted Police Department include Police Chief Justin Heldt, Officer Jim Lammers, Officer Tyler Bruns, and
Officer Andrew Traeger.
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Winsted
The Winsted Police Department’s current members include
Police Chief Justin Heldt and three full-time police officers
(James Lammers, Tyler Bruns, and Andrew Traeger). The
department is located at Winsted’s City Hall at 201 1st Street
North.
In addition to office space at city hall, the department
has an interview room where people can report crimes or be
questioned about crimes. The room has equipment available
to document the interview on tape – both audio and visual. The
police department is also equipped with a secure evidence/
prep room, and a two-stall garage. This police garage has been
designed so that it can securely store vehicles for evidence
processing. Currently, the police department has three squad
cars for patrol use.
This is Heldt’s thirteenth year as part of the Winsted Police
Department. He became police chief in 2014. Officer Lammers
is in his twelfth year of employment with the city, Officer Bruns is
in his sixth year of employment with the city, and Officer Traeger
is in his first year of employment with the city. In addition to these
full-time officers, the city has a roster of four part-time officers
who help provide the city with police services when needed.
reserve officer (Josiah Rehmann), and a roster of three part-
time officers who help provide the city with police services when
needed.
Some of the programs that the Winsted Police Department is
involved with include Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE),
National Night Out, child fingerprinting, a bike safety program at
Holy Trinity and Winsted elementary schools, talks to students on
any other safety issues the school might request, talks with the
Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts to enable them to earn their merit
badges, and other community safety talks throughout the year.
In addition to his jobs as police chief, Heldt is also Winsted’s
emergency management director. As the director, he works
with the Winsted City Council to have a plan in place for disaster
response and for conducting at least one emergency drill a
year.
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