Weekly CO report

District 18 - Rochester area

CO Brittany Hauser (Red Wing) spent the week assisting with defensive tactics and firearms training for the current CO Academy at Camp Ripley.

CO Derek Schneider (Zumbrota) performed Honor Guard duties at the state Law Enforcement Memorial in honor of fallen officers. Schneider checked angling activity and handled various wildlife-related calls.

CO Marie Petersen (Wabasha) patrolled Wabasha County for angling, boating, hunting, and ATV activity. Success rates are beginning to increase among anglers. Enforcement action was taken for multiple violations found.

CO Joel Heyn (Plainview) worked mainly anglers and turkey hunters during the week. The hunting and fishing were slower during the week. Heyn also did follow up on complaints.

CO Annette Schlag (Rochester #1) continued training with K9 Trapper. A focus this past week was searching for articles with human scent on them. Time was also spent on annual online training.

CO Calli Oberg (Winona) spent the week checking anglers. Calls were taken for nuisance wildlife. Enforcement action this week included an overlimit of white bass and largemouth bass, open burning in a burning restriction, and speeding in a slow/no-wake zone.

CO Mitch Boyum (Rushford) reports checking turkey hunters, ATV trails, and area trout streams. Violations encountered were no license in possession, expired ATV registration, and illegal ATV operation. Boyum received reports of subjects picking up and keeping baby animals. A reminder to folks that it is not legal to take in baby animals. They must be left alone.

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