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Denison Police Department





Tony Trejo

Police Chief
Appointed: 6/19/2023 atrejo@denisonpd.net

The Denison Police Department is fully staffed with 13 sworn full time officers and 7 civilian employees.  The department is led by Police Chief Tony Trejo.  The department’s patrol staff is comprised of a Chief, a Captain, two sergeants and nine patrol officers. See below for the department’s contact information.

The Department provides police protection throughout the city and staffs the 911 Center for Crawford County. The Communications Center is the only public service answering point in Crawford County and is responsible for dispatching the Denison Police Department, the Manilla Police Department, the Charter Oak Police Department, the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office, ten fire departments and their respective EMS first responder personnel, and the Crawford County Memorial Hospital EMT/Paramedic Ambulance Service.

Sworn Officers

Yovan Cardenas

Captain
Full Time
Appointed: 2/10/16
ycardenas@denisonpd.net

Juan Torres

Patrol Officer
Full Time
Appointed: 4/5/17
jtorres@denisonpd.net

Arrick Clausen

Patrol Officer
Full Time
Appointed: 8/17/22
aclausen@denisonpd.net

Vacancy

Patrol Officer
Full Time

Leonardo Nava

Patrol Officer
Part Time
Appointed: 8/1/23

Joshua David

Sergeant
Full Time
Appointed: 4/23/18
jdavid@denisonpd.net

Nick Groth

Patrol Officer
Full Time
Appointed: 4/23/18
ngroth@denisonpd.net

Oscar Garcia

Patrol Officer
Full Time
Appointed: 10/23/23
ogarcia@denisonpd.net

Jacob Musfeldt

Patrol Officer
Part Time
Appointed: 4/27/23

Eric Meyers

Patrol Officer
Full Time
Appointed: 8/16/23

Alan Romero

Sergeant
Full Time
Appointed: 7/17/18
aromero@denisonpd.net

James Krajicek

Patrol Officer
Full Time
Appointed: 6/1/21
aclausen@denisonpd.net

Anthony Rodriguez

Patrol Officer
Full Time
Appointed: 10/23/23
arodriguez@denisonpd.net

Alexander Ehlers

Patrol Officer
Part Time
Appointed: 5/23/23

Jeffrey Trailer

Patrol Officer
Part Time
Appointed: 8/28/23

Civilian Employee

Taylor Schwarte

Records Secretary
Appointed: 9/1/2022
tschwarte@denisonpd.net

Civilian Communications Employees

Cathy Lahr

Communications
Appointed: 1/17/00
clahr@denisonpd.net

Amy Vetter

Communications
Appointed: 2/4/20
anelson@denisonpd.net

Tabitha Towne

Communications
Appointed: 6/12/02
ttowne@denisonpd.net

Denima Lund

Communications
Appointed: 5/28/20
dlund@denisonpd.net

Matthew Howland

Communications
Appointed: 8/1/17
mhowland@denisonpd.net

Norma Nichols

Communications
Appointed: 3/20/23
nnichols@denisonpd.net