A Message from Chief Knight

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Issue #384: October 5, 2011
A Message from Chief Knight
Chief
Scott M. Knight
Captain
Jon Kehrberg
Executive Officer
Sgt. Ben Anderson
Administrative Assistant
Sona Schneck
Investigations
Det. Sgt. Rob Stock
Det. Rachel Nelson
Det. Kyle Gibbons
Det. Tracy Perlich
Sergeants
Joe Carlson- Patrol
Mike Duzan – Patrol
Officers
Lee McClure
Jamie Personius
Josh Lawrenz
Brady Juell
Greg Reinhardt
Lee Meyer
Elroy Schmidt
Tony Kjorstad
Kelly Boll
Chris George
Chris Pesheck
Robert Moore
School Resource Officers/Gang Unit
Mike Kleber
Trent Wurtz
Community Partnership Specialist
Officer Julie Janke
Records Secretaries
Kathy Hogan
Mary Monteith
Community Service Officer
Marelia Garcia
What: BULLYING PLAY – “Lockdown”
Powerful Learning Opportunity
By Climb Theater (www.climb.org)
This event is sponsored by the Chaska Police Department, Carver County
Library, and the Chaska Human Rights Commission and is FREE of
charge!!!
This project is funded with money from Minnesota’s Arts and
Cultural Heritage Fund.
Climb Theater will be performing a powerful play called “Lockdown,”
which deals with bullying incidents and shows how these incidents affect
the bully, the target, and the bystanders. The desired audience for this
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presentation will be middle school aged students (6 – 9 Grade). The
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play is not recommended for children under 6 grade or above 9
grade. Parents are welcome to attend. We hope that after viewing this
performance kids will challenge themselves in the way that they view
“bullying” and what they can do to stop it from happening to other kids!!!
When: Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
Play begins at 3 PM & ends at 4 PM.
Bus transportation will be provided to children who live in the cities of
Chaska, Chanhassen, Carver, and Victoria. Bus transportation will be
provided by Positive Connections to take children home at the
conclusion of the play.
Where: Chaska Community Center – Theater
(Space is limited to 240 people)
Registration Form:
Name:
___________________________________________________________________________
Address:
___________________________________________________________________________
School/Grade:
___________________________________________________________________________
Email:
___________________________________________________________________________________
Parent/Guardian:
____________________________________________________________________________
Emergency Contact/Telephone:
______________________________________________________________________________________
Do you need bus transportation?____YES
____NO
Please return to the Chaska Police Department – Two City Hall Plaza. Chaska, MN 55318* FAX number: 952448-2307. When faxing in or dropping off at the Police Department please mark this registration to the attention of:
Sona Schneck. Questions: Please call Chaska Police Department at 952-448-4200.
http://www.chaskamn.com/cityhall/ns_publicnotice.cfm
More… Fit to Serve
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On Saturday, September 17 , Administrative Assistant
Sona Schneck ran the YMCA 10k in Prior Lake, MN.
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She finished in 53:45. On Saturday, October 1 , she also
ran the Twin Cities Marathon 10K race. She finished in
56:03. The course originates and ends at the State
Capitol in St. Paul.
Police responded to a residence for a domestic assault in
progress between a father and son. The juvenile son was
upset because his father would not allow him to leave the
residence due to being grounded. The son pushed his
father several times and they both fell to the ground.
Officers arrived and arrested the son for domestic
assault.
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On Sunday, October 2 , Chief Scott Knight ran the
26.2-mile marathon course in 5:00:29. The marathon
course begins at the Metro Dome and ends at the
Capitol, and takes the runners around Lake of the Isles,
Lake Calhoun, Lake Harriet, along Minnehaha Parkway,
Lake Nokomis and the Mississippi River. It is aptly
named, “The Most Beautiful Urban Marathon in America”.
Around the Clock
-Sgt. Ben Anderson
Chaska Officers issued 38 citations
and 29 warnings during this reporting
period.
There were 251 calls for service
DWI:
Officers received a report of a reckless driver on Hwy 41.
The vehicle was located and stopped a short time later.
The male driver was intoxicated and was arrested for
DWI. He had two prior DWI offenses in the past 10
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years. He was charged with 2 degree DWI and his
vehicle is subject to forfeiture.
Officer Reinhardt stopped a vehicle for speeding on
County Road 61. The female driver was intoxicated,
failed field sobriety evaluations and was arrested for
DWI.
Disturbances:
Emergency personnel responded to report of a deck fire
at a residence on Bruers Court. The deck was
smoldering and smoke was visible underneath it as
officers arrived. The Chaska Fire Department
disassembled most of the deck and extinguished the
remaining fire. The deck and a minor portion of the
house siding were damaged. The cause of the fire is
unknown.
Chaska police and fire personnel responded to a
residence on Christian Court for a vehicle fire. The fire
was soon extinguished. There were no injuries.
Notable:
A Purrfect Ending…
A woman entered her vehicle, which had been parked
overnight in her driveway, and attempted to start it one
morning. As she attempted to start it, she heard an
unusual noise and turned the engine off. An inspection
of the engine area revealed a full-grown cat was wedged
between the motor and other vehicle parts under the
hood. Only a portion of the cat’s face was visible. The
cat had most likely crawled under the vehicle and into the
engine area after it was recently parked and turned off.
Cold temperatures the previous night likely led the cat to
the still-warm engine area. The woman and several
neighbors tried unsuccessfully to remove the cat for quite
some time before calling 9-1-1 for assistance.
An officer arrived and observed the cat was fine, but was
stuck tight in the motor area. Tuna was used in order to
entice the cat out. The cat loved the tuna, but still could
not wiggle out. Another police officer arrived to assist
and the officers removed numerous parts from the
vehicle. Eventually, the officers were able to pull the cat
out from the engine area. As this occurred, a woman
was driving past the driveway and stopped upon
observing the cat. She stated she had been watching the
cat for a family member and the cat’s name was Spunky.
Spunky had gotten out of the house the night before and
she had looked for it all evening before giving up at
approximately 11:30 PM.
The officers assisted in bolting all of the vehicle’s pieces
back in place. As the officers left the area, both the cat
and the vehicle were purring like new.
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Emergency:
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Police Service: 952.361.1231
Administration: 952.448.4200
Confidential Tip Line
952.227.2479
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Need Help?
Assistance for Domestic Assault Victims
952.873.4214
Assistance for Sexual Assault Victims
952.448.5425
Statewide Referral Service
1.800.247.0390
24 hour Emergency
Carver /Scott Crisis Program 24hr
952.442.7601
First Call for Help
612.335.5000
Crisis Connection
612.379.6363
Chaska Human Rights Commission
HOTLINE:
952.448.9200 EXT- 7103