PERSONNEL & EQUIPMENT

Chief Doug Vierck has been a law enforcement officer since 2007.  He has worked as a patrol officer with the Edgerton Police Department, a lieutenant with the Edgerton Police Department,  a drug investigator as part of a county drug unit, and currently serves as Chief of Police for the Mount Horeb Police Department.  Doug has experience in Patrol, Investigations, Supervision, Leadership, Budgeting, Training, Crisis Intervention, 

and IT Management.

Doug is an IACP-certified Drug Recognition Expert (DRE), DRE Instructor, DRE Regional  Coordinator, as well as an instructor in Standardized Field Sobriety Testing, Drugs that Impaired Driving, Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) and a Drug Impairment Training for the Educational Professional (DITEP).  As an instructor, Doug teaches department inservice, other

 courses for officers, educators, and

 parents, and gives presentations on drugs

 to community organizations.

Doug received a degree in 2006 from UW-Whitewater in Sociology with an emphasis on Criminal Justice. He graduated from Marquette University in 2013 with a Graduate Certificate in Law Enforcement Leadership and Management and completed the UW-Madison Certified Public Manager Program in June 2016. Doug also has over 12 years of leadership experience between the public and private sector.

The Mount Horeb Police Department is a full service 24-hour-a-day police department.  A staff of fifteen full-time officers, three part-time officers, and one community service officer serve the Village of Mt. Horeb.  All officers are responsible for patrol duties in addition to their assigned special tasks.  Each officer is highly trained and is given additional training in their special assignments.

The department patrols approximately twenty-three square miles and serves a population estimated at approximately 7,387 people. The department is also expected to grow as the needs for service increase.  The department will continue to provide small town services to an ever-increasing population.

All officers are responsible for patrol duties in addition to their assigned special tasks.

The Mt. Horeb Police Department operates a fleet of fully equipped squads.  The squads are either Chevrolet or Ford SUVs.  Each squad is fully equipped with radar, radios, computers, cell phones, and emergency equipment which includes automated external defibrillation (AED) units.

Other equipment includes ballistic shields, rifles, oxygen tank and other medical supplies, squad cameras, and evidence collection equipment.  

The Mt. Horeb Police Department is dispatched by the Dane County Communication Center located in Madison, Wisconsin, approximately twenty miles away.  The quickest way to request an officer is to contact the Dane County Communication Center at 608-255-2345