District 13 - West Metro area

Last updated: 2013-06-04

CO Kevin Neitzke (Ft. Snelling) checked fishermen on metro lakes and rivers. He patrolled for ATV enforcement in Dakota County. CO Neitzke did boating and AIS enforcement at lakes in Burnsville and Lakeville. He also patrolled Ft. Snelling State Park.

CO Steve Walter (Waconia) checked anglers on area lakes and rivers. Several more complaints were investigated on bow fishermen dumping carp on private property, ditches and public lake access sites. Animal nuisance complaints were handled all week.

CO Vang Lee (ELCOP) worked mainly shore fishermen near the metro area lakes and rivers this past week. He handled wetland and nuisance animal complaints. He also returned phone calls regarding boat registration, firearms safety classes, and took enforcement action on fishing without an angling license.

CO Brent Grewe (Minnetonka) spent the week checking anglers and enforcing boating regulations. CO Grewe responded to a complaint of a couple of turkey vultures that had taken up residency on a citizen?s backyard deck. Violations included angling with extra lines, no lifejackets and expired boat registration.

CO Thephong Le (ELCOP) continued checking anglers and boaters on Metro area lakes. He assisted RTO McBroom with a fishing workshop at the Karen Organization of Minnesota involving a group of about 40 people.

CO Thor Nelson (Bloomington) served a search warrant resulting in a large overlimit of sunfish and crappies. He assisted Dakota County and Hennepin County with the location of a missing person and recovery from the Mississippi/Minnesota rivers. He received calls regarding fishing and animal complaints. The remainder of the week was spent on fishing and state park enforcement activities.

CO Jackie Glaser (Mound) checked fishing activity on numerous lakes in Hennepin County. She followed up on TIP calls about fishermen taking over-limits of fish. She also worked AIS enforcement on Lake Minnetonka.

Minnetonka - vacant.

Prior Lake - vacant.