Mendota Heights Police Department

10/22/2026

Mendakota Park Know Before You Go: the annual shred event and mattress collection will be taking place at the Mendakota Park parking lot on the morning of Saturday, Oct. 24, until noon.

The park will still be open for use, but please be prepared for increased traffic and park in the row of spots closest to the playground (highlighted here). Staff will be onsite if you have any questions.

Shred tip: the early bird has the longest line. Come mid-event to avoid the crowd!

10/22/2026

Great news! We got the “all clear” from the mold remediation people to move back into our squad room just in time for the roll out of our new records management system. This software implementation has been a huge lift for our Captain Wayne Wegener (pictured here with a big grin because it is finally happening), our Records Technician Trista Miller, our partners at CJN, and all the old dogs learning new tricks.

Chief McCarthy

10/20/2026

Thank you to the West St. Paul Reader for getting the info out there.

The Mendota Heights speed camera on Delaware Avenue is done for the season and the results are in: 58 citations went out and nearly 1,700 warnings. The camera seemed to reduce speeding by 62%.
https://weststpaulreader.com/2026/10/20/speeding-drops-mendota-heights/

10/20/2026

***Update at 11:00 am***

The Owners were located but are still missing a third German Shepherd. The dogs ran from the area of Duckwwod/Denmark in Eagan at 1am this morning.

***FOUND GERMAN SHEPHERDS*** One male and one female. No Microchips. Found near Lemay Lake on the west side of our city. If owner cannot be located they will be taken to the South St. Paul Animal Hospital

10/15/2026

Speed Camera Update

Our 2026 camera enforcement is a wrap (we remove the speed trailer from the road prior to November 1st to comply with our ordinances).

Preliminary numbers are below.

Our goal in placing the speed camera on Delaware was to slow traffic down prior to construction to increase safety for road crews. Traditional, in-person enforcement will still continue and will be focused on Delaware.

As always, feel free to contact me with any questions [email protected]
Chief McCarthy

10/07/2026

A special thank you to all of the staff at the Mendota Heights Police Department.

On September 23rd, I was notified that significant amounts of black mold were located in our squad room and we had to stop using it immediately. As many of you know, our squad room is the only space our patrol officers have and serves as breakroom, training room, roll call room, and meeting room. It is also where most of our officers patrol gear is stored.

That evening, we moved the essential items out of the squad room to our front office area while we formulated a plan. We then came in that night and cleaned out lockers and made a temporary space in our garage. Between temperature regulation and vermin control, we quickly learned that space would not suffice. We ended up moving most things out of my office and moving patrol again.

City administration moved quickly to get the mold remediated and we hope to get the all clear to move back into the squad room in the next few days. The source of the moisture has not been located, so we will live with a hole in the wall for the foreseeable future.

Your police department took all of this in stride. While dealing with these less than ideal conditions, they still responded to over 300 incidents including 43 level one medicals, worked special details at homecoming games, a 5K, and significant religious services. They facilitated and attended fi****ms training and use of force training. They did all of this while training in a test environment of a records management system that will fundamentally change they way they do their jobs and is scheduled to go live in the next few weeks.

I come from a generation where the “thank you” for doing your job is directly deposited every two weeks, but by anyone’s standards these cops and records technicians have done a very difficult job under less than ideal circumstances that deserves public recognition.
I would also like to thank the city administration for arranging the remediation, public works for assisting in moving items out of the PD, and the elected officials who cared enough to see the facility in person.

Chief McCarthy

10/06/2026

If you are free at 4:00 today and have questions about the municipal campus project, come on out to city hall for open office hours from 4:00-5:00. Tours might be available from 5:00-6:00, but I will know for sure later today.

Chief.

09/30/2026

Having some work done on your house? Criminals are watching.

Criminals have figured out that construction workers and handypersons often leave work trucks unlocked so they can access tools. There have been a few instances over the summer, including yesterday, where thieves target work trucks in the middle of the day. Please let every visitor to your house know to lock their doors, even if away for just a moment.

Please and thank you,

Chief