Two vacancies occurred in the Chinook Police Department with the retirement of Chief Mark Weber and the recent leaving of another officer. Two new Police Officers recently joined the department.

Mike Schmidt

Mike Schmidt joined the Chinook Police Department as a Police Officer on June 23. He was born in Santa Cruz, California, then at age 16 his family moved to Smith Valley, Nevada, where he graduated from high school. Before joining the Chinook department he was a corrections officer at the Montana State Prison in Deer Lodge.

After graduating high school Schmidt worked in a steel fabricating...