Police Department History

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Past Chiefs and Years of Service

Chief
 Years of Service
John Seastrand
 1887 - 1891
P.J. Lundquist
 1892 - 1893
Chas Battan 1893 – 1897
F.H. Davis 1897 – 1899
Clarence Lee 1899 – 1901
James Daily 1901 – 1907
Nels Severson 1908 – 1913
Andrew Jackson
 1913 – 1923
Nels Severson 1923 – 1935
Eric Carlson
 1935 – 1964
Warren Lenway 1964 – 1980
Forest Wipperling 1980 – 1986
Edward Krause 1986 – 1997
Richard Rabenort
 1997 – 2003
Timothy Sletten
 2003 – 2012
Roger D. Pohlman
 2012 - 2021
Gordon Rohr 2021 - Present