Winsted Police Department
The Winsted Police Department ’ s current members include Police Chief Justin Heldt , and three full-time police offi cers – James Lammers , Paige Vick and Tyler Nelson . The department is located at Winsted City Hall at 201 1st Street North .
In addition to offi ce 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 – both audio and visual .
The police department is also equipped with a secure evidence / prep room , and a two-stall garage that can securely store vehicles for evidence processing . Currently , the police department has three squad cars for patrol use .
Heldt has been a member of the WPD since 2007 . He became police chief in 2014 .
Offi cer Lammers became a member of the police department in 2008 , Offi cer Vick in 2020 , and Offi cer Nelson in 2021 .
In addition to these full-time offi cers , the city has a roster of four part-time offi cers who help provide the city with police services when needed .
The WPD is involved in programs including Drug Abuse Resistance Education ( DARE ), Winsted Night Out , child fi ngerprinting , a bike safety program at Holy Trinity and Winsted elementary schools , talks to students on safety issues the school requests , talks
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Members of the Winsted Police Department are : Chief of Police Justin Heldt , Police Officers Andrew Traeger , James Lammers , and Paige Vick .
with the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts to enable them to earn their merit badges , and other community safety talks throughout the year .
Heldt is also Winsted emergency manager , and works with the Winsted City Council to have a plan in place for disaster response and conducting emergency drills that incorporate other fi rst responder agencies .
MCLeod County Sheriff
Sheriff Tim Langenfeld is the 27th sheriff of McLeod County .
The sheriff is the chief law enforcement offi cer of McLeod County , and is responsible for both common and statutory law to keep and preserve the peace of the county . Also , the sheriff is an offi cer of the McLeod District Court , and has charge and custody of the county jail .
McLeod County is 503 square miles , and has a population of approximately 34,898 people . The county is comprised of 14 townships and nine cities . The county seat is Glencoe .
Major highways that run through the county include US Highway 212 , and State Highways 7 , 15 , and 22 .
McLeod County Sheriff ’ s Offi ce is a 24 / 7 law enforcement agency providing services to all of the cities and townships in the county . We also contract law enforcement service to the cities of Silver Lake and Stewart .
The McLeod County Sheriff ’ s Offi ce has
approximately 55 full-time employees , 13 part-time staff , and approximately 25 posse members . Communications Division The McLeod County Sheriff ’ s Communications Division acts as the public safety answering point , more commonly known to the public as the 911 emergency system answering point , for all municipalities in McLeod County .
The Sheriff provides the public safety radio network for all police departments , fi re departments and ambulances in the county . Tip line McLeod County anonymous tip line ( 24 Hours ):
320-864-4524 Southwest Metro Drug Task Force tip line : 952-496-
8909 Email : SWMDTF @ co . scott . mn . us Text : Send an anonymous tip to SWMDTF by texting the word SWMDTF and your message to 847411 ( tip411 )
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