City of New HopeMinnesota

Patrol Division

The New Hope Police Department Patrol Division is comprised of 23 total oﬃcers, including six sergeants, 14 patrol oﬃcers, two K-9 teams and one traﬃc oﬃcer.

Under Captain Dave Johnson's direction, patrol division members are responsible for various duties beyond their street assignments, including firearms and defensive tactics, field training, Community Police Academy, predatory offender registration, Police Explorers and equipment rendering.

Also included in the patrol division are four community service officers, animal control and the police reserve unit.

The most visible division of the police department is patrol. Patrol officers respond to 911 calls for service, take reports, make traffic stops and proactively patrol the city. Patrol officers work 12-hour rotating shifts.

The New Hope Police Department K-9 Unit is part of the patrol division. There is currently two K-9 officers assigned to patrol. K-9 officers and their partners undergo a vigorous training program preparing them for police work. Initially, the dogs receive training in obedience, article searches, tracking, agility and criminal apprehension. They also receive training in narcotics detection. The K-9s continue training throughout the year, where they must meet their annual goal of achieving certification (PD-1) and narcotic detection.

Educating the public is essential to the K-9 unit. Officers within the unit conduct public demonstrations at various events throughout the year when requested. Please contact Sgt. Brad Kallio at [email protected] with any questions or to submit a request for a demonstration.

K9 Nyx
K-9 Nyx and Officer Fitzmaurice began serving together in May of 2023. Nyx is a German Shepherd certified in patrol and narcotic detection by the United States Police Canine Association.

K9 Murphy
K-9 Murphy and Officer DeMars started serving together in November 2025. Murphy is a German Shepherd/Belgian Malinois mix certified in patrol and narcotic detection by the United States Police Canine Association.

The traffic unit is responsible for increasing traffic contacts, investigating traffic-related complaints, enforcing commercial vehicle laws, and drug interdiction. The goal is to educate the public and reduce the number of crashes in New Hope. The high visibility of enforcement has proven to be the most effective method in reducing property damage, injuries and death from traffic-related crashes.

The New Hope Police Department has full-time and part-time community service officers (CSOs). Community service officers are uniformed civilian employees who handle tasks and calls for service that don't necessarily require a sworn officer.

Community service officers support patrol officers by assisting in traffic direction, issuing parking citations, handling animal control calls, equipment maintenance, bookings and transports.

The New Hope Police Department is part of the West Metro SWAT (Special Weapons and Tactics) Team, consisting of officers from New Hope, Crystal and Robbinsdale. Under a central command system, 15 operators, four crisis negotiators and one medic are trained to respond to higher-risk incidents within the cities. These higher-risk incidents may include high-risk warrant service, barricaded subjects, public unrest or any other incident deemed too risky for patrol officers to handle.

Team members are on-call 24/7. Officers are selected for the team based on exceptional work performance and competency. They also pass a rigorous fitness test.

Members of the West Metro SWAT Team train together at least one full day per month and at least one multi-day training session at Camp Ripley a year to maintain a high level of proficiency. In 2017, the team logged more than 150 hours of specialized training.

For more information on animal control see the link below.

New Hope Animal Control

For more information about the reserve unit or Explorer Post see the link below.

Police Volunteer Opportunities

Address:

New Hope Police Department
4401 Xylon Avenue North
New Hope, MN 55428

Emergency:

911

Non-Emergency Dispatch:

952-258-5321

Administration:

763-531-5170
Fax: 763-531-5174

Office Hours:

8am to 6pm Monday-Friday
10am-2pm Saturday
CLOSED Sundays and Holidays