Retired Police Officers

  There have been many individuals that have served the Town of Highland as sworn Officers or Town Marshals. We would like to recognize them below as officers that have served the Town of Highland. Some dates are left out due to some missing or the information unavailable.

                                                                            

 
 

Town Marshalls and Chiefs of Police

 

Town Marshalls (1910 - 1954)

George Stonebraker

Woodward C Melcher

George Slocum

J.M. Jamison

P.J. Kraus

J.H. Douthett

                         Waymond Pettit                           

Harry Rimbach

Walter Swets

Ted Hanson

 

Chiefs of Police

Ted Hansen  (1955)

Harold Yoder  (1956-1957)

William Graham (1958-1962)

Stephen Ranich ( 1962-1969)

William Needles (1969-1975)

Robert Brakley (1976)

Al Prendergast (1976-1979)

James Turoci (1979-1985)

Richard Hawkins (1985)

Richard Rakoczy (1985-1993)

Lawrence L. Woods Jr. (1994-1997)

Joseph A Kwasny (1997-2000)

Paul R Gard (2000)

James Turoci (2000-2002)

Peter T Hojnicki (2002-Present)

 

Retired Officers Hall of Fame

Edwin J Hansen (1949 - 1969)

Donald R Sheppard (1967 - 1971 Killed in the line of duty)

William J Graham (1952 - 1972)

Herman M Wiersma (1953- 1973)

Andrew H Hohner (1955 - 1975)

Robert D Barkley (1956 - 1976)

Robert J Markley (1973 - 1978 Killed in the line of duty)

Alfred j Prendegrast (1959 - 1979)

William E Needles (1961- 1981)

James D Bellon (1968 - 1988)