West Fargo Police Chief

Finalists for West Fargo Police Department Chief to be interviewed July 8

Both men will undergo formal interviews and receive a tour of the community.

WEST FARGO, N.D.–The City of West Fargo will be interviewing the two finalists for chief of the West Fargo Police Department on Wednesday, July 8. Interim Chief Jerry Boyer and Montana State University-Billings Chief of Police Denis Otterness are up for the position. Boyer has more than 20 years of experience in law enforcement, 15 of those being served at…

WF Police Department Brings Community together for Night to Unite

It's a night for community members to come out and learn from nearly 60 different booths about the work that people like police Chief Heith Janke do every day

WEST FARGO, N.D.– The West Fargo Police Department hosts its annual Night to Unite to bring the community together with public safety agencies in the area. It’s a night for community members to come out and learn from nearly 60 different booths about the work that people like police Chief Heith Janke do every day. “It’s important that you know…

West Fargo Announces FBI Supervisory Special Agent, Heith Janke, Their New Police Chief

Heith Janke Was Announced As West Fargo's New Police Chief Friday Morning

The West Fargo City Commission agreed with City Administrator Tina Fisk’s recommendation to make FBI Supervisory Special Agent, Heith Janke, their new Police Chief. Janke will officially be hired on July 5th at the commission meeting. The decision was between Kansas City FBI supervisory agent Janke and North Dakota Highway Patrol Lt. Troy Hischer, who both had interviews earlier this month. West…

West Fargo Officers Meet an FBI Agent Who Could be their New Boss

The FBI supervisory agent works in Kansas City but his family has ties to the F-M area

WEST FARGO, N.D. — Two finalists remain in the running for West Fargo’s police chief opening. One is a North Dakota Highway Patrol Lieutenant and the other is an FBI supervisory agent whose ties to the FM area go back decades. It’s been four months since West Fargo Police Chief Mike Reitan was terminated. With complaints from staff which said…