Police Department
The Meeker Police
Department is responsible for enforcing all State and
Municipal laws. The Meeker Police Department provides
many services to the Town of Meeker, including: traffic
enforcement, narcotics investigations, felony crime
investigations, misdemeanor crime investigations and basic
calls for service. The Meeker Police Department is
active in school programs and strives to serve the community
effectively and efficiently. The Meeker Police
Department maintains an active K-9 unit, which provides many
essential services to the Town. Officers of the Meeker
Police Department, as well as the K-9 unit work with: DEA,
Rio Blanco County Sheriff's Office, and other local agencies
to fight the increasing drug problem on the Western Slope.
The Police Chief, Lieutenant, and Police Officers work 10 hour
shifts, four days per week, on a rotating schedule.
Bob Hervey, Chief of
Police. Serves at the pleasure of
the Board and is appointed after the Board of Trustee's
election and Trustees have been sworn in, each even year. The Chief of Police
supervises four officers, the animal control officer and the
Department's part time secretary. He also performs day to day
tasks such as enforcement of state and local laws, checking
on elderly individuals of the community, performing vehicle
inspections, searching for missing persons, and investigating
alleged crimes. The Police Department provides a home watch
program and numerous other services. E-Mail:
pd1@town.meeker.co.us
Phil
Stubblefield, Lieutenant. Acts as Chief of Police in
the Chief's absence, performs day to day tasks listed under
Chief of Police. Writes the schedule for officers each month
and coordinates tasks for the officers. E-Mail:
pd2@town.meeker.co.us
Patrolmen
Jim Amick
E-Mail:
pd3@town.meeker.co.us
Mike Washburn E-Mail:
pd4@town.meeker.co.us
Jeremy Muxlow
E-Mail:
pd5@town.meeker.co.us
Wes Severson E-Mail:
pd6@town.meeker.co.us
These officers
(patrolmen) in addition to the Police Chief and Lieutenant perform the various tasks listed above.
Kathleen Sizemore, Part
time Police Secretary. Records and files police
reports, bicycle licenses, dog licenses, types various
reports, general day to day tasks including correspondence,
collects mail, delivers various documents to the Sheriff's
office, combined courts and district attorney. E-Mail:
pd@town.meeker.co.us
Dixie Massey, Animal
Control Officer. Patrols the Town for dogs
at large, impounds dogs that are found at large, enforces the
leash law and mandatory dog license requirement, administers
a program which controls skunks in town, enforces the Town's
weed regulations. E-Mail:
pd@town.meeker.co.us
Animal Shelter
Employees - Kim Gould, Vicki
Crawford, Dixie
Massey. The animal control
facility is operated by the Town with part
time help to care for the dogs. Three employees rotate a three
day schedule with the Animal Control Officer covering each
Wednesday. Employees only work if there are animals in the
shelter and are paid for hours worked only.
Job Opportunities:
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