**ANNOUNCEMENTS** Sex Offender Information Bulletin Sex Offender Community Notification and Education Meeting: click for date, time, location. You can visit the Wisconsin Department of Corrections Sex Offender Registry database.  Besides being able to search for registered offenders by name or location, the site has an area for Frequently Asked Questions.

The City of Menasha Police Department is focused on working with our citizens to provide the best police services possible. We hope that by maintaining a site on the web, we can pass on information about our department to our visitors. We also hope that citizens will use our web site to provide us with information to help us better serve the Menasha community.

In the summer of 2007 the Menasha Police Department, with the help of 2 student interns, conducted a community survey for aldermanic districts 1,3, and 8.  Click here to view the results of the survey.

K-9 Corps At the end of 2007 the Menasha Police Department put out a Help Wanted request to the community to assist us in problem solving a growing drug trend and the recent issues of gang activity in the parks. Our initial request was followed by a group of citizens, neighborhood watch participants, citizen academy alumni and local business leaders who answered the call. Since January of 2008 they have developed a group and are working on a strategy to fundraise $35,000 for the upfront costs of initiating a K-9 unit in Menasha. Feel free to check out their website: www.k-9Corps.org They would greatly appreciate your support. Click here to view the introductory press release. Logo by Karen Salm

Recent Events

2007 Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics. Officers again participated in the Law Enforcement Torch Run which benefits Special Olympics. (pictured are l-r Officer Zak Albrecht, Victim Crisis Response Team Executive Director Barb Bigalke, and Investigator Mark Mauthe.) This years runners are Mark Mauthe, Pete Sawyer, Bev Sawyer and Barb Bigalke and that pledeges can be done on-line through this link. www.specialolympicswisconsin.org/

LOCK UP A COP A HUGE SUCCESS. Officers raise over $8,000 for Special Olympics. On September 8 & 9, 2006 law enforcement from across the Fox Valley area spent the weekend behind bars in an event called Lock Up a Cop to benefit Special Olympics Fox Valley Area. (pictured are l-r in orange Craig Paltz and Blair Draxler, top left in stripes Mark Boerboom, and in uniform is Stu Zeuhls.)   Over 60 officers participated in the fundraising event over the weekend at the Neenah Wal-Mart. The officers were locked up from 8:00 AM-6:00 PM both days and looked to Wal-Mart shoppers to make contributions to bail them out. The event raised over $8,500.00 for Special Olympics Wisconsin Fox Valley Area.   The Menasha Police Department played a huge role in the success of this first time event. Several Menasha officers and auxiliary officers volunteered their time to sit behind bars and collect pledges for Special Olympics. Officer Mark Boerboom, who served on the planning committee for this event, was one of the officers who came up with this unique idea for a new event. Officer Boerboom, volunteered his time to construct the jail cell that was used for the event. Auxiliary officer Scott Stiles volunteered his time to DJ and emcee the event and several other officers spent time behind bars.

Watch a short video taken at the event High Bandwidth rooftopchallenge_01.wmv 6.05 MB - Download Low Bandwidth rooftopchallenge_02.wmv 457 KB - Download Videos Require Windows Media Viewer On December 10th and 11th 2004, City of Menasha officers participated in the Rooftop Challenge. Our officers along with about 144 other volunteers braved cold and wet weather to raise over $6000 for the Wisconsin Special Olympics. The City of Menasha police department is proud to continue a longstanding partnership with Special Olympics.

Officer Mark Boerboom is named "2004 Law Enforcement Volunteer of the Year". In a speech from the special olympics committee they state, "Officer Boerboom of the Menasha Police Department is a true example of outstanding commitment to Special Olympics by playing a major role in planning all four of Fox Valley area's Law Enforcement Torch Run Events. His good and hard work and enthusiasm not only created awareness of Special Olympics within the local police departments, but led to the recruitment of new police officers to become involved with Special Olympics. With his help, over 35 law enforcement officers took part in the 2003 Shopko Rooftop Challenge. Nearly half of those who participated were Menasha police officers and other personnel. Officer Boerboom went above and beyond expectations when he constructed a shelter, complete with heaters and Christmas lights for the roof sitters. Serving as Outdoor Logistics Coordinator for the 2004 Polar Plunge, he was responsible for all of the outdoor set-up and much of the Polar Plunge planning. His role required countless hours of commitment and meetings of which he never missed one. The other volunteers for the event considered him a fabulous leader and looked to him for direction. Because of his involvement, commitment and devotion, the Polar Plunge shattered the records of all previous events by raising $113,000 for Special Olympics. Therefore, Special Olympics is proud to name Officer Mark Boerboom as the 2004 Law Enforcement Volunteer of the Year."

Menasha Police Department, cooperating with Fox Valley Safe Kids, was awarding free Timber Rattler tickets to area youth. In picture is Officer Jorgenson, Brad Rose (pitcher for the Timber Rattlers) and Michael Parzych.