4 TO PROTECT AND SERVE TO PROTECT AND SERVE Oelwein Daily Register Oelwein Daily Register September 2016 September 2016 9 TO PROTECT AND SERVE TO PROTECT AND SERVE Oelwein Daily Register Oelwein Daily Register September 2016 September 2016 forfeiture money. In the future Sheriff Fisher said his de- partment will be looking to continue using the latest technology such as drones, which would be used for search and rescue as well as identifying marijuana grows. Sheriff Fisher encourages all of his depu- ties and jail staff to take on extra training and certification and as a result he has been able to have two deputies specialized in each of the 23 different training certifications which in turn allowed the department to form their own sexual response team and sex offender registry team, to name a few. Chief Deputy James Davis said, “Just look at the news, we go out and do it. He (Fisher) supports us, we got the people to do it and we don't ignore anything and it shows. We stay on top of it and I think for anyone wanting to be a cop that's the agency you want to be in.” The smallest entity within the Fayette County Sheriff's Department is the support services. But, despite being small they are still cru- cial to the department's seamless operation. Included within the support servic- es is the kitchen. In the past, before the 2002 con- struction, meals used to be brought in for the in- mates, but, now with a staff of two full-time cooks and one part-time cook the Fayette County Sheriff's Department kitch- en is large enough to do 47 hot meals as well as accommodate the jail if it doubles in size. The largest part of the Fayette County Sheriff's Department is the jail. Housed in a 275 lb. double door system the jail acts as the control center and pivot point. With 11 staff members they re able to regulate every aspect of the inmates days in- cluding scheduling exercise, visitation, and doctor appointment. “This staff is very important because that's a part of my job as sheriff, there's two and a half pages in the Iowa book, and one of the most important things is taking care of these prisoners and that's what these staff do,” said Sheriff Fisher, “Not only are they in charge of taking care of their (inmate's) health and needs and everything else why they're in here, because they're citizens, so they take care of them, and the other thing is these folks (jail staff) here are also security of this building.” Although the jail staff is not consid- ered to be officers they do enforce the law in the jail and will do what they have to do to protect the people. The Fayette County jail is known to have the most trained jail staff in Iowa, and as a result the jail is always kept very struc- tured, clean, and quiet; it is a facility based on control, fol- lowing policy and proce- dure, no ex- ceptions. Work- ing cohe- sively, the five de- partments that make up the sheriffs' office - 911 com- munication center, civil department, deputy offices/officials, support services, and the jail – ensure the public's safety and well be- ing. “They (staff) share my vision of what we'd like to see done here and they agree with and do a great job. All five departments I'm very pleased with. I'm very proud and honored with the staff I have here and they all do a good job,” stated Sheriff Fisher. 106 Center Street • Elgin, IA 563-426-5811 We respect our Law Enforcement people for protecting us! VAN DENOVER JEWELRY 1 E. Charles St., Oelwein, IA 319-283-3023 www.vandenoverjewelry.com Over 54 years of superior quality, service and dependability! 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Fayette County Sheriff's Office Civil Department employees Roxanne Brug- man (seated) and Susan Wolfs. Chief Deputy James A. Davis (left) and former Oelwein High School graduate Sergeant Allen Hendershott. By DREW CURTIS Staff Writer WEST UNION – One of the newest departments in the county, the West Union Police Department's longest tenured officer is Sergeant Mike Tobin, who has been apart of the agency for three years. West Union Police Chief, Dylan Schauer joined the de- partment back on April first and said since then it's been, “Good so far. We've had some growing pains; I feel you're going to have that in any department or agency especially if you're trying to make changes and you're trying to refocus in a couple different areas. All in all I think it's been going really well and we're on track where we want to be at this point and we're definitely on pace to reach out next set of goals.” The West Union P.D. staff consists of Chief Schauer, three officers, two reserve officers, and a canine officer named Xena, who is a Belgian Malamute. Canine officer Sierra Fox is Zena's handler, and in this role has become an asset to the force since joining back in June of 2015. Working side by side with Xena, Fox and the West Union Police Department takes on a huge responsibility in keeping their canine officer on the force. Completely supported off of donations and fundraisers, much of the money that goes to having and supporting Xena comes from collecting and taking in cans as well as t-shirt sales. Currently certified in both detection and aggression, Schauer said they have been applying for grants in an effort to purchase a vest for Xena as well as other training aids. “We think she adds a value to the community and what she can add to our department,” said Schauer, “It's a great tool. It's a tool thats not only valuable when it comes to drug interdiction as well as education and protection. There's just a lot of avenues where we can utilize and can only be brought to the table through the use of a canine.” Since taking on his new role as Chief, Schauer said, “The thing that I've learned the most is that my position is a little bit different than what I'm used to, hav- ing to take a little bit more of an adminis- trative role, dealing with budgets and the political side of things it's been a little bit of a learning curve but I wouldn't say it's been too harsh. We've got really great people that are spokesman for our city and I think all in all they come together as a very good team, a very good unit, and they've done a good job in helping me out in trying to get to a common goal.” Although there are new goals set in place the West Union Police Department still faces a common problem in their community but one that's not uncommon to other departments. “I think what we see come up time again, and it's established itself as a pat- tern, is contact with drugs and illegal substances,” said Schauer, “I think that's probably the biggest plight that we're facing at this point and I don't think that that's something unique to this area, I think it's a common plight. “I think it's something we're dealing with nation wide as law enforcement agencies. It's a matter of combating that, trying to stay ahead of the curve, and it doesn't just start and end with the actual drug interdiction from a law enforce- ment standpoint.” In an effort to combat the communities problem of drugs and illegal substances Schauer and his fellow officers are looking to new avenues of educating the public as well as local youths. “We're trying to be proactive about it not only in our en- forcement but also in our educating,” stated Schauer, “We're in the process of implementing a couple different programs in the schools throughout the entire age range where we can hopefully try to reach out to students, reach out to children, in a way that's appropriate for each age group and I think behind that a lot of it is just education.” As the West Union Police Department tries to expand their efforts in educating youths about the troubles and K-9 Handler Sierra Fox and Xena Police, City working hand in hand
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forfeiture money.In the future Sheriff Fisher said his de-
partment will be looking to continue using the latest technology such as drones, which would be used for search and rescue as well as identifying marijuana grows.
Sheriff Fisher encourages all of his depu-ties and jail staff to take on extra training and certifi cation and as a result he has been able to have two deputies specialized in each of the 23 different training certifi cations which in turn allowed the department to form their own sexual response team and sex offender registry team, to name a few.
Chief Deputy James Davis said, “Just look at the news, we go out and do it. He (Fisher) supports us, we got the people to do it and we don't ignore anything and it shows. We stay on top of it and I think for anyone wanting to be a cop that's the agency you want to be in.”
The smallest entity within the Fayette County Sheriff's Department is the support services. But, despite being small they are still cru-cial to the department's seamless operation.
Included within the support servic-es is the kitchen.
In the past, before the 2002 con-s t r u c t i o n , meals used to be brought in for the in-mates, but, now with a staff of two full-time cooks and one part-time cook the Fayette County Sheriff's Department kitch-en is large enough to do 47 hot meals as well as accommodate the jail if it doubles in size.
The largest part of the Fayette County Sheriff's Department is the jail.
Housed in a 275 lb. double door system the jail acts as the control center and pivot point.
With 11 staff members they re able to
regulate every aspect of the inmates days in-cluding scheduling exercise, visitation, and doctor appointment.
“This staff is very important because that's a part of my job as sheriff, there's two and a half pages in the Iowa book, and one of the most important things is taking care of these prisoners and that's what these staff do,” said Sheriff Fisher, “Not only are they in charge of taking care of their (inmate's) health and needs and everything else why they're in here, because they're citizens, so they take care of them, and the other thing is these folks (jail staff) here are also security of this building.”
Although the jail staff is not consid-ered to be offi cers they do enforce
the law in the jail and will do what they have to do to protect the people.
The Fayette County jail is known to have the most trained
jail staff in Iowa, and as a result the jail is always kept very struc-
tured, clean, and quiet; it is a facility based
on control, fol-lowing policy
and proce-dure, no ex-ceptions.
Wo r k -ing cohe-sively, the fi ve de-partments that make up the she r i f f s ' offi ce - 911 com-
munication center, civil department, deputy offi ces/offi cials, support services, and the jail – ensure the public's safety and well be-ing.
“They (staff) share my vision of what we'd like to see done here and they agree with and do a great job. All fi ve departments I'm very pleased with. I'm very proud and honored with the staff I have here and they all do a good job,” stated Sheriff Fisher.
106 Center Street • Elgin, IA
563-426-5811
We respect ourLaw Enforcement people
for protecting us!
VAN DENOVER JEWELRY1 E. Charles St., Oelwein, IA
319-283-3023 www.vandenoverjewelry.comOver 54 years of superior quality, service and dependability!
Thank you
for your service keeping
our community safe
ECONOMICAL FOOD
STORES
Copyright 2016
102 2nd St. S.E. Oelwein, IA102 2nd St. S.E. Oelwein, IAMeat Dept. 319-283-3139Meat Dept. 319-283-3139
Grocery Dept. 319-283-2872Grocery Dept. 319-283-2872
We supportWe supportthe shieldthe shield
N.E. Iowa Auto Sales119 S. Main St., Hazleton, Iowa
Phone 319-636-9070
CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE:www.neiowaautosales.com
Thank you forThank you forprotecting protecting the publicthe public
Like us on facebook & on the web www.cornermarketgreenhouse.com2 Miles North of Oelwein at Hwy 3 W & 150 N 319-283-1905
Hours: Monday-Saturday: 9:00-5:00 • Sunday: 10:00-5:00
CORNER MARKET & GREENHOUSECORNER MARKET & GREENHOUSE
Fall HarvestFall HarvestPotatoes • Squash • OnionsPotatoes • Squash • Onions
Apples • PearsApples • PearsHoneycrisp Apples .... .... $$1.99 1.99 lb.lb.
HUGEHUGE Selection of Selection of Fall Decor for Inside & OutFall Decor for Inside & Out
Pumpkins of All Sizes & Color + Gourds + Straw
MUM MADNESSMUM MADNESSMedium .................................................................................$7.99 or 2/$15Large ..................................................................................$10.99 or 2/$20Xtra Large Tri-Color ............................................................$14.99 & $16.99Mega Mums ...................................................................... $19.99 - $24.99Asters .................................................................................................$16.99
We supportour local
law enforcement
Selected “Red Dot” in storeSelected “Red Dot” in storeFall & HalloweenFall & Halloween6060%%
OFFOFF
Sheriff Martin Fisher
Fayette County Sheriff's Offi ce dispatchers (l-r) Jean Larson and Kelly Fink monitor one of their several computer screens for activity.
Fayette County Sheriff's Offi ce Civil Department employees Roxanne Brug-man (seated) and Susan Wolfs.
Chief Deputy James A. Davis (left) and former Oelwein High School graduate Sergeant Allen Hendershott.
By DREW CURTISStaff WriterWEST UNION – One of the newest departments in the
county, the West Union Police Department's longest tenured offi cer is Sergeant Mike Tobin, who has been apart of the agency for three years.
West Union Police Chief, Dylan Schauer joined the de-partment back on April fi rst and said since then it's been, “Good so far. We've had some growing pains; I feel you're going to have that in any department or agency especially if you're trying to make changes and you're trying to refocus in a couple different areas. All in all I think it's been going really well and we're on track where we want to be at this point and we're defi nitely on pace to reach out next set of goals.”
The West Union P.D. staff consists of Chief Schauer, three offi cers, two reserve offi cers, and a canine offi cer named Xena, who is a Belgian Malamute.
Canine offi cer Sierra Fox is Zena's handler, and in this role has become an asset to the force since joining back in June of 2015.
Working side by side with Xena, Fox and the West Union Police Department takes on a huge responsibility in keeping their canine offi cer on the force.
Completely supported off of donations and fundraisers, much of the money that goes to having and supporting Xena comes from collecting and taking in cans as well as t-shirt sales.
Currently certifi ed in both detection and aggression, Schauer said they have been applying for grants in an effort to purchase a vest for Xena as well as other training aids.
“We think she adds a value to the community and what she can add to our department,” said Schauer, “It's a great tool. It's a tool thats not only valuable when it comes to drug interdiction as well as education and protection. There's just a lot of avenues where we can utilize and can only be brought to the table through the use of a canine.”
Since taking on his new role as Chief, Schauer said, “The thing that I've learned the most is that my position is a little
bit different than what I'm used to, hav-ing to take a little bit more of an adminis-trative role, dealing with budgets and the political side of things it's been a little bit of a learning curve but I wouldn't say it's been too harsh. We've got really great people that are spokesman for our city and I think all in all they come together as a very good team, a very good unit, and they've done a good job in helping me out in trying to get to a common goal.”
Although there are new goals set in place the West Union Police Department still faces a common problem in their community but one that's not uncommon to other departments.
“I think what we see come up time again, and it's established itself as a pat-tern, is contact with drugs and illegal substances,” said Schauer, “I think that's probably the biggest plight that we're facing at this point and I don't think that that's something unique to this area, I think it's a common plight.
“I think it's something we're dealing with nation wide as law enforcement agencies. It's a matter of combating that, trying to stay ahead of the curve, and it doesn't just start and end with the actual drug interdiction from a law enforce-ment standpoint.”
In an effort to combat the communities problem of drugs and illegal substances Schauer and his fellow offi cers are looking to new avenues of educating the public as well as local youths.
“We're trying to be proactive about it not only in our en-forcement but also in our educating,” stated Schauer, “We're in the process of implementing a couple different programs
in the schools throughout the entire age range where we can hopefully try to reach out to students, reach out to children,in a way that's appropriate for each age group and I thinkbehind that a lot of it is just education.”
As the West Union Police Department tries to expand their efforts in educating youths about the troubles and
K-9 Handler Sierra Fox and Xena
Police, City working hand in hand
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