Sioux Center’s Police Chief, Mike Halma, and officer Ulf Schaefer, both resigned Tuesday from the Sioux Center Police Department. City officials were not immediately available for comment on the sudden resignations as of Friday morning.
Mike Halma said he could not provide details of his resignation except to say that it was “time to go”. He said he enjoyed serving Sioux Center for 39 years in the department, the last four years as Chief. He also says that the support given by the community during his time with the department was greatly appreciated. Officer Schaefer is also unavialable for comment at the time of this writing.
According to Assistant City Manager, Dennis Dokter, all police matters for Sioux Center should be directed to officer Kelly Willet; you contact officer Willet by calling the Sioux Center city offices at 712-722-0761.
