Chisholm Police Department SRO

09/21/2020

Hello,

My name is Officer Joel Urdahl of the Chisholm Police Department. I am excited to inform everyone that this last summer I was selected as the new School Resource Officer(SRO) for the Chisholm School District. I have been a police officer with the City of Chisholm for just over 8 years and this is my first time being the School Resource Officer. Although this is my first time as SRO, it is not my first time in the schools as I am a 2003 graduate from the Chisholm High School.

My office is located in the high school, but I also respond to the Vaughn-Steffensrud and Elementary Schools. While at the schools I will be preforming a variety of tasks, including enforcing laws, problem solving, assisting in providing students and parents with links to outside services, mentoring, being a positive role model and most importantly school safety.

Students and parents with any problems or concerns can contact me by stopping in my office at the high school, by calling my office at 218-254-5726 Ext. 3903 or by emailing me at [email protected]. I am looking forward to working with students, school staff and parents throughout the 2020/2021 school year.

Officer Joel Urdahl
School Resource Officer

05/30/2020

Congratulation to the class of 2020!!!!Thank you to everyone that made our not so ordinary graduation be the best it could be! Special Thanks to the Minnesota Discovery Center for allowing us to hold graduation at their beautiful facility! Without it we wouldn’t have been able to have the family and public come together to cheer our graduates on! Thank you also to all of the parents, community members and businesses that helped make today as special as possible.

Lastly thank you to the class of 2020. You have been a huge part in my last 5 years as your School Resource Officer and I’m privileged to know all of you! Good luck to you in your future endevours and as always stay safe!

Officer Purdy

10/22/2019

06/18/2019

Can’t even begin to thank LifelinkIII enough for bringing a chopper to Safety Town today!!! The crew was awesome!!

02/25/2016

I would like to thank the Chisholm School Board for their support and vote on monday night at the school board meeting to continue with the SRO program through the 2016/2017 school year!

02/12/2016

Bundle the kids up on their way to their bus stops! Its COLD out there -7 degrees but feels like -32!!

01/21/2016

It was brought to my attention that the Chisholm High School received a call, presumably yesterday, requesting that a student leave school early and to walk home. It was determined that the call was not from the student’s parent/family. I followed up with the parent of the student today and confirmed that this happened on October 9th 2015. Not in the last couple of days. The school as well as the Police Department handled the situation in October.
No student is allowed to leave the building under any circumstance, while school is in session, without permission from the principal’s office. Any time a student has a dental or doctor’s appointment or has an errand that takes him/her away from school and back, the student is to report to the office for the permission slip to leave and, upon returning must obtain a pass to return to class. If a student becomes ill during the day, he/she must report to the office prior to leaving school.
The incident that occurred in October was no different. A teacher’s assistant took the call and called the student to the office. When the student arrived at the office she was advised to call home to clarify the earlier call. That was when it was determined the original call was a “prank” call. The student was not in danger, as she was not allowed to leave the school prior to authorization from the proper person. The Chisholm School district as well as the Chisholm Police Department are monitoring the situation and have had no further “prank” calls.
I know the Chisholm School district shares my concern that the safety of the students in our buildings, is of the upmost importance and something we take very seriously!

If you have any questions about our procedures, please contact the HS Office.

11/23/2015

For those of you that don’t know me, my name is Officer Bill Purdy. I have been a police officer with the City of Chisholm for 8 years and this summer was appointed to the position of School Resource Officer for the Chisholm School District. The end of July, I attended a weeklong training hosted by NASRO (National Association of School Resource Officers), which was excellent training with emphasis for a police officer in a new position as a SRO.
We are already part way through this school year and have been thrilled with the way the position as been accepted by both the student body as well as the faculty.
I was assigned an office in the high school and am based out of there. I also respond to the Chisholm Elementary School as well as the Vaughan Steffensrud School. I also encourage all parents and students to contact me with any concerns they may be having. I can be contacted by calling the high school main office, or my direct line at 254-1421. Or if you happen to be at the high school please stop in with your concerns.
I would like to thank the Chisholm School District as well as the Chisholm City Council for combining their resources and bringing this resource to their students, faculty and community. I look forward to the remainder of the 2015/2016 school year and hopefully many more to come.

Officer Bill Purdy
School Resource Officer

11/17/2015

CHISHOLM — Chisholm’s new school resource officer (SRO) has been working to reduce truancy in the school district.