History of the Department
In the year 2025, there are five full time police officers, a police chief and an office manager employed by the City of Eagle River Police Department. (If anyone has further documention of previous officers of the city police, please forward it to our department. We have used the
information courtesy of the Eagle River Historical Society Compilation "Eagle River, Wisconsin: It's History & People", published by Hahn Printing.)
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OUR TEAM MEMBERS OF THE PAST
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Retired Full Time Officers
Charles Smith
Robert Ziebell
Robert Dyer
G. L. Carter
Anton Poisman
Louis Cook
Kenneth McIntyre
Art Sparks, Chief of Police 1945-1967
Francis Morgan
James Merical
Allen Ervin
Delbert Hayden
Peter Lambert
Harvey Wolter
Erwin Bueschel, Chief
Ernie Lind, Sgt.
Red Neir
Ken Eidness
Joe Jellen
Jack Seyfert
Jim Williquette
William Slizewski, Chief
Frank Tomlanovich Jr.
Edward Faust, Sgt
Donald "Pike" Dyer, Chief
Wesley LaCrosse, Captain
Jim Estes, Sgt.
Mac Barnekow
Phil Petruzates
Marv Elliott
Erv Ellis
Karen Wesley, Retired
Rob Minx
Todd Budde, Retired
Michael Olkowski, Retired
Mark Vander Bloomen, Retired Chief
Anthony Justice, Det. Sgt. Retired
Mark Collins, Sgt. Retired
Christine Dobbs, Retired Chief
Past Officers Part Time
Fred Wolfer
Ed Morgan
Joe Casey, Sr.
Dan Katzner
Ryan Rezny
Lee Lech
Don McDonald
Bill Krenzke
Michael Gough, Jr
Brad Rhodes
Brady Peterson
George Crabtree
Dan Semmerling
Kory Dahlvig
Kim Maney
Scott Lea
Sig Hjemvick, Part-time Chief
Dustin Pace
Tom Maillette
Chad Christensen
Special Officers
Harry Hawhts
James Carver
Eugene O'Dell
William Murphy
Frank Steui
George Thompson
Henry Steinmetz
Jess Welsch
J.A. Walsh
J.L. Walsh
J. Cavanah
James Oberholzer
F. Stein
A. Kenneth Royal
Chaplains
Jim Fosdick, Retired Senior Chaplain
Andrea Fluegel, Retired
Gary Dixon, Retired