The Winsted Police Department’s current members include Police Chief Mike Henrich and two full-time police officers: Justin Heldt and Dan Pohl. The department is located at Winsted’s city hall at 201 First Street North.

In addition to office space at city hall, the department has an interview room where people can report crimes or be questioned about crimes. The room has equipment available to document the interview on tape – both audio and visual.

A prep room allows the department to package evidence that is put into lockers. For security reasons, only two people have access to the room, Henrich and Heldt. The two officers are responsible for marking and filing the evidence.

This is Henrich’s 30th year as part of the Winsted Police Department. He became police chief in 1985. Besides the two full-time officers who report to him, there are two reserve officers and 10 part-time officers who help provide the city with police services throughout the day.

Some of the programs that the Winsted Police Department is involved with include drug awareness and meth education presentations, DARE, National Night Out, child fingerprinting, a bike safety program at Holy Trinity and Winsted elementary schools, talks to students on any other safety issues the school might request, and talks with the Boy Scouts and Girls Scouts to enable them to earn their merit badges.

In addition to his job as police chief, Henrich is also Winsted’s emergency management director. As the director, he works with the city council to have a plan in place for disaster response.

He has headed a number of training efforts, the most recent a mock plane crash presented in October during the Winsted Municipal Airport’s open house.

McLeod County Sheriff's Dept.

Sheriff Scott Rehmann of Winsted is the 26th sheriff of McLeod County.

As the sheriff, he is the chief law enforcement officer of McLeod County and is responsible for both common and statutory law to keep and preserve the peace of the county. In addition, the sheriff is an officer of the McLeod County District Court and has charge and custody of the county jail.

McLeod County employs 25 full-time and 10 part-time deputies, who patrol an area of 503 square miles.

The county is comprised of 14 townships and nine cities, with a total population of 34,898. The county seat is Glencoe.

Major highways that run through the county include US Highway 212, and State Highways 7, 15, and 22.Communications Division

The McLeod County Sheriff’s Communications Division acts as the public safety answering point, more commonly known to the public as the 911 emergency system answering point, for six municipalities in McLeod County.

The sheriff provides the public safety radio network for Glencoe, Brownton, Lester Prairie, Silver Lake, Stewart, and Winsted police departments, as well as fire departments and ambulances in the county.

McLeod County Sheriff Scott Rehmann and Chief Deputy Tim Langenfeld have Winsted roots.