Brent Aldrich

Brent Aldrich

Pleasant Hill Police Dept.

P.O. Box 160

DeSoto Iowa 50069-0160 Phone: 515-834-2233Fax: 515-834-2131

Aldrich, Schooley join P. Hill Police
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Officer Brent Aldrich brings 18 years of law experience to the department after services on police departments in DeSoto and Winterset and the Polk County Sheriff's Department.He has been the executive director of the Iowa Crime Prevention Association for the past seven years and plans to help with community-based programs.Aldrich is a graduate of the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy.

Endorsements of his candidacy have come from Larry Phillips, who is Waukee's police chief; Adel Police Chief Jim McNeill; Chad Leonard, Dallas Center-Minburn police chief; Van Meter Police Chief Mike Merritt, DeSoto Police Chief Brent Aldrich and Redfield Police Chief Dave Roberts, Brickner said.

Members of the De Soto City Council accused Police Chief Brent Aldrich of insubordination Tuesday night.Publicly, at least, the biggest issue was over whether Aldrich should give the city a written copy of the police department's work schedule.

DeSoto Police Chief Brent Aldrich said that Elken is a suspect in several burglaries in his jurisdiction, as well as break-ins of other mini-storage units around the area."Stealing that car from DeSoto was his downfall," Aldrich said.He said that break-ins of a mini-storage unit near the ultra-light airfield north of Interstate-80 in DeSoto were reported in both October and November.The car had been stolen in the second reported break-in on Nov. 30."We have been working with several law enforcement agencies on similar break-ins over the past months," Aldrich said.Although Elken listed an address in Prole, Aldrich said he had been living with Sparks in a Des Moines apartment.That residence, at 6101 S.W. Creston, was the site of a search warrant executed following the arrests.Aldrich said that, during that search, other stolen property was recovered.That property has been identified as loot taken in break-ins in DeSoto, Ankeny and in Warren County."The search was carried out by myself, the Polk County Sheriff's Department and Ankeny police," Aldrich said."We have what we believe to be enough evidence against Elken to file more charges," Aldrich said."As soon as Warren County is finished with him, he will be transported up here to Dallas County where those charges will be filed."Aldrich said he worked with law officers in Adel, Winterset, Waukee, Dallas County and Warren County during the investigation.Although the owner of the 1965 Mustang will get his car back, it won't be the same."The car sustained quite a bit of damage during the incidents surrounding the chase," Aldrich said."It's too bad.

Brent Aldrich

IPEF - Iowa's Chiefs of Police -- Brent Aldrich
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Brent Aldrich DeSoto Police Department

Phone: 515-834-9036

Brent Aldrich DeSoto Police Department

Brent AldrichPolice Chief, DeSoto Police DepartmentExecutive DirectorIowa Crime Prevention Assn.

Nextel Partners Iowa General Manager Pat Gerlitz received the award from Iowa Crime Prevention Association Executive Director Brent Aldrich and Steve Anderson representing the Des Moines Police Department.