Click It or Ticket Campaign

The Minocqua Police Department to mobilize for Click It or Ticket safety belt enforcement from May 20 to June 2

The Minocqua Police Department will join hundreds of law enforcement agencies throughout Wisconsin for the annual Click It or Ticket safety belt enforcement mobilization from May 20 to June 2.
The Minocqua Police Department will be on the lookout day and night for unbuckled motorists. If you're not wearing a safety belt, officers may stop your vehicle and you may receive a ticket. During the Click It or Ticket mobilization and throughout the year, the Minocqua Police Department enforces Wisconsin's mandatory safety belt law to motivate motorists to buckle up every time they drive or ride in a vehicle. Tragically, too many people are needlessly injured or killed because they believed a crash would never happen to them so they do not buckle up.
In Wisconsin, approximately one out of five motorists does not buckle up, according to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. More than half of the drivers and passengers killed in Wisconsin traffic crashes in 2011 were not wearing safety belts. In 2012, there were more than 100,000 convictions for failure to fasten a seat belt.
Consistent safety belt use is the most effective protection against being ejected from a vehicle during a crash or thrown around violently inside it and possibly hitting another person in the vehicle with massive force. The Minocqua Police Department takes safety belt enforcement seriously in an effort to reach the ultimate goal of zero preventable traffic deaths in Wisconsin.

Contact Person:

David J. Jaeger, Lieutenant of Police
(715) 356-3234
djaeger@minocquapd.com

###

The Minocqua Police Department is very pleased to announce the hiring of Matthew Tate to the position of Police Officer. 

Matthew started on April 3, 2013.  He will spend the next 17 weeks in the Department’s Field Training Program before being assigned solo patrol duties.   

Prior to joining the Minocqua Police Department, Matthew was employed with Spring Green Police Department as a part- time Police Officer.

Matthew is a 2008 graduate of River Valley High School in Spring Green, WI. Matthew obtained his Bachelor of Arts Degree(s) in Criminal Justice and Sociology from Lakeland College in 2012. Matthew attended the 520-hour basic recruit academy in 2012 at Nicolet College in Rhinelander, WI.

When Matthew is not working he enjoys the outdoors, hunting, fishing, snowmobiling, and four-wheeling. Matthew now resides in the Minocqua area.  

Contact Person:       Andrew R. Gee, Chief of Police
                                                            (715) 356-3234
                                                             agee@minocquapd.com

Domestic Violence and Fire Investigation

On January 23, 2013 at 1:59 a.m. the Minocqua Police Department was called to the report of a subject damaging vehicles with a hammer on Back Bay Rd in the Town of Minocqua. Upon investigation, it was determined that this was part of an ongoing Domestic Violence incident that started at a residence on Back Bay Rd.

As a result of the initial investigation, Jonathan MD Thorman, 29 years of age from Livingston, Wisconsin was taken into custody and is currently being held at the Oneida County Jail.

A female subject was transported to Howard Young Medical Center by ambulance with substantial injuries. She was treated and released. One Police Officer suffered minor injuries while attempting to apprehend a resistive Thormann.

While on scene, officers discovered that the residence at 11537 and 11539 Back Bay Rd was on fire. The Minocqua Fire Department along with assisting agencies of Woodruff Fire Department and Arbor Vitae Fire Department responded to extinguish the fire. The investigation further identified two vehicles and a third residence damaged by force.

Several aspects of this incident are still under ongoing investigation, including the fire. The Minocqua Police Department is being assisted in this investigation by the Wisconsin Department of Justice, Division of Criminal Investigation. Other agencies assisting in the initial response include Woodruff Police Department, Vilas County Sheriff's Office and Lac Du Flambeau Tribal Police Department.

Contact Person:
Andrew R. Gee, Chief of Police
(715) 356-3234
agee@minocquapd.com