Weekly CO report

District 14 - East Metro area

CO Matt Paavola (White Bear Lake) patrolled for angling and boating activity and fielded wildlife related calls and complaints. Reports from area anglers are indicating a slow bite. TIP calls were also investigated throughout the week including multiple fishing violations being reported.

CO Garrett Thomas (Eagan) spent time monitoring angling activity locally. Time was also spent instructing at the academy and working on an ongoing background investigation. Multiple nuisance animal calls were also handled.

CO Tony Salzer (Ham Lake) patrolled Anoka County for angling and boating activities. CO Salzer assisted other CO?s with a commercial inspection and investigation and continued investigation on a separate incident. Salzer also worked with other divisions in trying to find a solution for continued nuisance wildlife complaints.

CO Steve Chihak (Hastings) spent the week working sport fishing, boating and water safety, aquatic invasive species and ATV enforcement. Time was also spent responding to TIP reports and miscellaneous wildlife calls.

CO Scott Arntzen (Forest Lake) reports spending most of the week at Camp Ripley teaching the new academy on boating operations. He also worked an enforcement detail in the southern part of the state, fielded calls about nuisance animals and worked on several open cases.

Metro Officer vacant.

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