On Saturday, March 21st at 5:26PM, La Crosse Police Officers were dispatched to Grandad Bluff for a report of a suicidal subject (23-year-old male) standing on the edge of the cliff, threatening to jump. After a brief search, Officers made contact with the subject and attempted to talk him away from the ledge. Around 6:30PM, LCPD Emergency Response […]
Archive | Emergency Response Team RSS feed for this archive
CPA Week 2: Squads, Speed Detection, and ERT
This week’s Citizens’ Police Academy covered quite a few topics. First, participants learned what it takes to become a Police Officer with the La Crosse Police Department. Lt. Troy Nedegaard walked everyone through the education and physical fitness requirements, the recruitment and application process, and the 14-week field training program that new LCPD Officers experience. After this, participants were […]
Officer Saves Man’s Life During Standoff
Yesterday’s 2 ½-hour standoff with an armed man ended peacefully when negotiators convinced 26-year-old Stephen A. Meeks to drop his knife and surrender to officers. The call to the La Crosse Police Department was received at 12:58pm from the North Side Walgreens at 2626 Rose Street. Officers were dispatched to reports of a naked man […]
LCPD Receives Life-Saving Vehicle
The City of La Crosse Police Department, along with twelve other municipalities in the State of Wisconsin, recently obtained a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP, pronounced M-RAP) vehicle through a Federal government program that gives equipment, free of charge, to local municipalities. The MRAP, which had an original price tag of $733,000.00, will further enhance the ability of our Department’s […]
CPA: Week 2
Week 2 at the Citizens’ Police Academy started with a presentation on the process involved in becoming a Police Officer with the La Crosse Police Department. Once hired, a new officer receives two weeks of administrative training before starting a 14-week field training program where they ride with a Field Training Officer (FTO). During this 14-week period, the Officer will complete five […]
Drug-related Investigation and Arrests
As a result of an ongoing drug investigation, the La Crosse Emergency Response Team executed a narcotics search warrant at 727 7th Street South in the city of La Crosse, on Tuesday, February 25, 2014 at approximately 5:00PM. This residence is located in the Washburn Neighborhood and newly named Neighborhood Resource Officer (NRO) Daniel Ulrich was […]
La Crosse PD Newsroom 