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Administration
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Chief
of Public Safety Lyndon Overweg
Chief Overweg
grew-up in New Holland, SD and graduated from Dakota
Christian High School in 1984. He then attended Dakota
Wesleyan University in Mitchell, SD and graduated from
there in 1988 with a bachelors degree in sociology with a
criminal justice emphasis. Shortly after graduating from DWU;
Lyndon was hired by the City of Mitchell as a police
officer and that is where his professional career as a law
enforcement officer began. Lyndon has moved up the
police ranks and was promoted to the following positions,
Patrol officer, Detective, Detective Sergeant, Assistant
Police Chief/Major, and Chief of Public Safety.
Lyndon is
married and has 4 children.
Lyndon feels
that Mitchell is a great place to live and work because the
citizens of Mitchell take pride in their community and
expect high quality in reference to Public Safety.
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Fire Chief Steve Willis

Assistant Fire
Chief Steve Willis was born in Sioux Falls. He grew up and
attended schools in the Midwest including Nebraska, Illinois,
and here in South Dakota. He moved to Mitchell in 1972 with his
family and graduated from Mitchell High School in 1974. He
worked at the family business Wholesale Supply Candy and Tobacco
Warehouse.
In 1979 he was
hired by the City of Mitchell's Fire Department as a
Firefighter/EMT and that is where his career in Fire and EMS
began. Willie was promoted to Fire Captain in July of 1985 and
to Assistant Fire Chief in July of 1999.
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Assistant
Chief of Police Leon Baier
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Assistant Chief of
Police Leon Baier started in Law enforcement in 1982 as a part
time police officer for the city of Parkston just 25 miles south
of Mitchell. In 1984 Baier took a full time officer position
for the Parkston Police Department. Baier was Chief of Police
for 7 yrs while in Parkston. In 1992 Baier joined the Mitchell
Police Department where he moved up the ranks from Corp. to
a Patrol Sgt. from 1996 to 2006. In 2006, Baier was promoted to
the rank of Major - Assistant Chief of Police. Major Baier is
married to wife Jane and they have two grown children who are in
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Lieutenant Don Everson
Lt. Don Everson happily spent
his childhood years in the town of Seneca located in Faulk
County, South Dakota, where his father owned and operated a gas
station. He grew up fixing flat tires, pumping gasoline and
working in his family business. Lt. Everson graduated high
school from Faulkton High School in 1989. He attended The
University of South Dakota in Vermillion, where in 1993, he
graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree, majoring in
Criminal Justice. Lt. Everson worked as a carpenter's assistant
throughout his college years.
Lt. Everson began his law enforcement
career with The Mitchell Police Department in November, 1993
when he was hired as a Patrolman. He was promoted to the rank of
Detective in August, 1997. Lt. Everson worked in that capacity,
investigating criminal activity until he was promoted to the
rank of Detective Lieutenant in October, 2006. In this capacity
he supervises four criminal investigators; including one drug
investigator, and one investigative secretary. In his career
with the Mitchell Police Department, he has served under four
different Police Chiefs and two different investigative
supervisors.
Lt. Everson and his family live in
Mitchell. Lt. Everson is grateful to live and work in a great
community such as Mitchell. |
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Communications
Supervisor Marlene Haines
Marlene Haines
has been the Communications Supervisor for the Mitchell Dept. of
Public Safety since October 1990.
Marlene supervises a staff of 8 full-time and two part-time
communication specialists.
Marlene and her husband have three grown children. She and her
husband live in Mitchell |
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