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Lake Hallie police report training, equipment purchase and Feb. 26 drug arrests
Summary
Police Chief Edward Orgon told the Village Board the department completed multi-agency active-shooter training, outfitted Squad 25 for $14,646 and described a Feb. 26 traffic stop that led to arrests for possession of suspected methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.
Police Chief Edward Orgon reported several operational developments to the Village Board on April 7, 2025, including multi-agency active-shooter training and equipment purchases.
Chief Orgon said members of the department participated in active-shooter training March 18–20, 2025, with the Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office and Chippewa Falls Police Department. The department also spent $14,646 with General Communications to outfit Squad 25, reusing many items from Squad 19, which the minutes say will be sold.
Chief Orgon also described a Feb. 26 traffic stop on South Prairie View Road that began when he stopped a green Toyota Camry for lacking a rear license plate. According to the chief’s report, inconsistent statements and signs of possible drug impairment led to a probation search and a consent search that produced a small baggie with crystal-like residue. Officers later found a Radnor sunglass case containing two small plastic baggies of an estimated two grams of crystal-like substance, a used smoking pipe and other items officers suspected were related to methamphetamine use. The driver was charged with possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia (methamphetamine) and felony bail jumping; a passenger was arrested and, upon arrival at Chippewa County Jail, provided an additional small plastic baggie containing approximately three grams of crystal-like substance to jail staff.
The board received the chief’s update; no additional action was recorded on the arrest beyond the department’s report.
