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HomeMy WebLinkAbout6A Investiture Ceremony Officer Report Phone 952.447.9800 / Fax 952.447.4245 / www.cityofpriorlake.com 4646 Dakota Street SE Prior Lake, MN 55372 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT MEETING DATE: FEBRUARY 19, 2019 AGENDA #: 6A PREPARED BY: BOOKER HODGES, INTERIM POLICE CHIEF PRESENTED BY: BOOKER HODGES AGENDA ITEM: Investiture Ceremony for Officer Steinhaus, Hageman, Jensen, Lewis GOAL AREA AND OBJECTIVE: High-Value City Services 4. Attract, retain and train a high caliber workforce to ensure high-quality services. PRESENTATION: The City Council has a tradition of formally swearing in the new police officers who are joining the city department. Tonight, Mayor Briggs will swear in Cody Steinhaus, DJ Hageman, Martin Jensen and Hunter Lewis as our newest Prior Lake police officers. Interim Police Chief Hodges will introduce each officer, then the Mayor will administer the Oath. After administering the oath, the Mayor will then recess the meeting temporarily to allow time for pictures and congratulations. Officer Cody Steinhaus has been employed as a part-time Community Service Officer (CSO) with the City of Prior Lake for the last ten months. Before starting as a CSO Steinhaus was a Security Forces Member in the Minnesota Air National Guard and remains a Staff Sergeant. Steinhaus has completed his Law Enforcement bachelor degree from Metropolitan State University. Steinhaus grew up in Prior Lake and enjoys being outside, hunting and spending time with his family, friends and two dogs. Officer DJ Hageman has most recently worked as a Deputy Sheriff with the Wright County Sheriffs Office before that he worked as a Infantry Soldier-Sergeant with the Army National Guard. Hageman has an associates degree in Criminal Justice and an associates degree in Law Enforcement. Hageman was born in Maplewood and has been married for three years with a baby on the way. He enjoys watching football and playing football and basketball. Officer Martin Jensen was in the Army National Guard where he was a Specialist in the infantry. Jensen has an associates degree in Law Enforcement from Alexandria Technical and Community College. Martin has worked at Marshall PD for about two years. He grew up in Bloomington and likes hunting, working out and spending time with his family and friends. Officer Hunter Lewis was most recently working as a Deputy Sheriff at the Logan County Sheriffs Department for the last three and a half years in North Dakota. Lewis holds an associates degree and completed skills from Vermilion Community College. He grew up in Savage and p played football and graduated with the Prior Lake High School. Lewis likes to go hunting and fishing. Three of the officers are filling current and upcoming vacancies in the police department then one officer is filling a new 2019 position. Council members are welcome to offer the officers their best wishes as part of this agenda item. FINANCIAL IMPACT: These staff positions are included in the 2019 budget. OATH OF OFFICE I do solemnly swear That I will support the Constitution of the United States, The Constitution of the State of Minnesota, And the Ordinances of the City of Prior Lake, And that I will faithfully perform And discharge the duties of Police Officer. I will never betray my badge, my integrity, my character, Or the public trust. I will always have the courage to hold myself and others Accountable for our actions, So help me God.