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Shout Out: Oak Park Heights Fence Detection Helpers
By Sherlinda Wheeler
OPH would like to give a Big Shout out to Steve Mikutowski, Jim Frawley, Dan Dunaski, Steve Bower, Elise Moore, Vince Roth, and Kurt Heideman for all your emergency help with our fence project.
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Shout Out: MNIT Staff for Completing Re-IP Project
By Sherlinda Wheeler
OPH would like to give a Big Shout out to MNIT for completing the Re-IP project at OPH.
MNIT DOC Management:
- Kuntz, Dan (MNIT)
- Kramer, Julie (MNIT)
Supervisor over MNIT DOC STS Team: Schoenrock, Robin (MNIT)
- Team Lead: Marshall, Jonathan W (MNIT)
- Team Members:
- Hlad, David (MNIT)
- Rice, Corey (MNIT)
- Jim Richards (MNIT)
Supervisor over MNIT DOC LAN Team: Theiler, Kevin (MNIT)
- Team Lead: Nordin, Timothy (MNIT)
- Team Members:
- Ess, Tim (MNIT)
- Chapa, Tim (MNIT)
- Robins, Andrew (MNIT)
- Woltman, Fred (MNIT)
MNIT Windows Server Support Team Lead Ulaszek, Jonathan C (MNIT)
- Team Member:
- Klopp, Charles (MNIT)
Supervisor over MNIT Desktop Support Team: Dalluge, Joshua (MNIT)
- Team Member:
- Norring, Justina L (MNIT)
MNIT Firewall Support: Wulff, Robert (MNIT)
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Shout Out: OPH Mental Health Unit Staff
By Joshua Roloff
I would like to thank the MHU staff at OPH for the amazing work they do everyday!
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Congratulations to WOOC Sgt. Frank McGraw
By Lt. Jessica Fergen
Officer Frank McGraw has accepted the WOOC Sgt. promotion in Complex 3, 3rd watch. Officer McGraw began his career with the DOC at Oak Park Heights in 2017. Officer McGraw is an FTO, SORT Team member, and K-9 Decoy. Officer McGraw also holds a Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice from SCSU.
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Oak Park Heights CIT Graduates
OPH Associate Warden of Administration, Sherlinda Wheeler, sent in the below photo recognizing their newest CIT graduates.
Front line: Officers Madeline Olson and Gao Moua
Back line: TDS II Tina Payton, Officer Dustin Marcellus, AWA Sherlinda Wheeler and Officer Michael Vavere -
Oak Park Heights Party in the Park
By Sherlinda Wheeler
On Thursday, June 8, staff from MCF-OPH participated in the City of Oak Park Heights “Party in the Park." They used this opportunity for recruitment efforts and to build community relations.
Left to Right: OAS Senior Melissa Schwartz, Sgt. Matt Cash and AWA Sherlinda Wheeler -
Welcome Oak Park Heights Academy #178 Graduates
By Sherlinda Wheeler
Please meet the graduates from Oak Park Heights Academy #178. Welcome to the Oak Park Heights Family!
Left to Right: COI Ka Ying Vue, COI Cailin French, COI Jason Pugh,
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Oak Park Heights Holds Back to Basics All-Staff Training Day
By Tina Payton
May 10 was a Back to Basics All-Staff Training Day at OPH. It was great to see how involved, interested, and dedicated the staff were to help prepare for this day which hasn't been done since pre-COVID. Back to Basics was a training day where we were able to touch on a few training opportunities in addition to our normal in-service training. The three breakout sessions were the WRAP, Offender Property, and a Medical Overview.
Thank you to Sergeant Dominic Casalenda and Officers Ethan Scheible, Isaac Antilla, and Christian Veith for the training they did with the WRAP. Many officers were able to get hands on training with placing their partner into the WRAP, in a safe manner.
Thank you to Sergeants Brian Louis and Brent Bune for having a fantastic overview/refresher on offender property pack-ups. Sgt. Louis and Sgt. Bune work in areas where they receive property pack-ups often and sometimes they are done incorrectly. This day was a great day for officers to have a review on it.
Thank you Officer Zina Siruk and Nurse Ally O'Brien for their medical class overview. Topics covered was Stop the Bleed, Circulation Checks, the medical gurney, and the STRYKER chair. Many props were brought in to make this a hands-on class.
Thank you to all the Instructors and Subject Matter Experts that made this a successful day.
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Faribault Shows Support for Stillwater and Oak Park Heights Staff
By Captain Martin Dahlen
Sergeant Jason Anderson and myself met with MCF-Oak Park Heights and MCF-Stillwater staff on April 29, 2023 as a show of support from MCF-Faribault. Appreciation banners signed by MCF-Faribault staff were presented and pizzas were provided.
The courage, dignity, and respect of MCF-Oak Park Heights/Stillwater staff was very apparent during our visit. Sgt. Anderson and myself were welcomed into both facilities and relayed Faribault's sincere appreciation for the work that must be done every day. Together we will continue to traverse the path of Corrections.
Special thanks for MCF-Faribault's Local 3607 for providing the pizzas.
L-R: Sgt. Anderson (FRB) and Officer Moua (OPH) 
L-R: Officer Ramirez (STW) and Sgt. Anderson (FRB) -
Congratulations Oak Park Heights March Academy Graduates
By Tina Payton
Congratulations to Oak Park Heights' March Academy Graduates. We are proud of you all!!
Left to Right: TDS Tina Payton. Officers Sam Krusemark, Austin Dinsmore, Alex Chaudary, Gao Yang, Amin Ali. Safety Administrator Teng Vang, Warden Kathy Halvorson.
