New City Ordinance Proposed

Due to prior incidents where citizens have abused and or misused the Door County 911 system to place calls that were not emergency related.  A new ordinance has been proposed to the Community Protection and Services Committee.  The ordinance must pass the Protection committee and then go before the Common Council for two readings before its adoption.  The ordinance is as follows:

10.065--Misuse of 911 Emergency Telephone Number Prohibited.

No person shall, within the city:

1) Use the 911 Emergency Telephone number for regular non emergency calls.
2) Use the 911 Emergency Telephone number to report an emergency, knowing that the fact or situation reported does not exist.

Penalty for violation. Any person convicted of violating any provisions of Section 10.065 or any subsection thereof shall forfeit $200.00 for a first offense and $300.00 for the second and each subsequent violation, plus court costs. 

Dec 2012 & Jan 2013 SBPD Monthly Reports Released

If you are interested in finding out what our Police Officers are doing in our community, the December 2012 & January 2013 Sturgeon Bay Police Department Monthly Reports have been posted. You can download it by clicking on the link below or its available on the Sturgeon Bay Police Departments Website under the Chiefs Desk.

Download-December 2012 SBPD Monthly Report

Download-January 2013 SBPD Monthly Report

Oct, Nov, Dec CSO Monthly Reports Posted

If you are interested in finding out what our Community Service Officers are doing in our community, the October, November, December 2012 CSO Monthly Reports have been posted on the CSO web page found at http://www.sturgeonbaypolice.com/cso.html.

Sturgeon Bay Women Arrested For Burglary

On January 9, 2013 at 4:00 PM, Officers were dispatched to a Burglary at a residence on Neenah Avenue. Upon arrival Officers were informed that someone had entered the residence and had stolen bottles of liquor.

Earlier in the day, Door County Sheriffs Deputies had made contact with two women who were walking their dogs in the area of the Burglary. It was later determined a 30 year old Sturgeon Bay woman had driven to the location and had gotten her vehicle stuck. The 30 year old Sturgeon Bay woman was later arrested by Door County Sheriffs Deputies.

Based on the earlier incident, Officers searched the nearby area of where the Deputies had last made contact with the women and located a set of footprints leading up the roadway. Near the footprints were two bottles of liquor, which were discarded near the roadway.  Officers interviewed the 30 year old Sturgeon Bay woman and found she had burglarized the nearby residence. Officers arrested her and incarcerated her at the Door County Jail. The other woman involved a 57 year old from Sturgeon Bay was issued a ordinance citation for Trespass To Land and released.

Traffic Stop Leads To Arrest and Citations For Drugs

On January 7, 2013 at 12:35 PM, Officers working on the east side of Sturgeon Bay observed a vehicle travelling on Jefferson Street with the rear passenger not seat belted.  Officers stopped the vehicle and while talking with the driver detected a strong odor of burnt Marijuana. Officers conducted a search of the vehicle and recovered drug paraphernalia and drugs.  Field sobriety tests were conducted on the driver a  37 year old Sturgeon Bay women, which she failed. The driver was arrested for Operating While Intoxicated (OWI) and the rear passenger a 18 year old female was issued two ordinance citations for Possession of Drugs and Paraphernalia. The 37 year old driver was transported to the Door County Jail where she was booked into the jail on OWI charge.

Sturgeon Bay Woman Arrested Third Offense OWI

On January 3, 2013 at 8:00 PM, an Officer working on the west side of Sturgeon Bay observed a vehicle travelling extremely slow and over the center line. Officers conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle and identified the driver as a 53 year old Sturgeon Bay women. While talking with the driver Officers detected an odor of alcohol coming from the driver.  Field sobriety tests were conducted on the female driver, which she failed. Officers administered a Preliminary Breath Test (PBT), which indicated a .16 amount (twice the legal limit). Officers arrested the 53 year old driver for Operating While Intoxicated (OWI) third Offense and incarcerated her at the Door County Jail.  

2012 SBPD OWI Results

The Sturgeon Bay Police Departments Operating While Intoxicated (OWI) results for last year were 102 OWI / Drug Impairment arrests. The average Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) was .188 %. Last year’s 2011 average BAC was .185%.

There were 11 arrests for Drug Impairment

There were 50 arrests for OWI 1st Offense.

There was 1 offense for Absolute Sobriety.

There were 40 arrests for multiple offense OWI’s that are broken down as follows…

• 13 for 2^nd offense.
• 14 for 3^rd offense.
• 7 for 4^th offense.
• 2 for 5^th offense.
• 2 for 6^th offense.
• 1 for 7^th offense.
• 1 for 9^th offense.