Western Minnesota police chief sentenced for helping friend avoid DUI

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. — A small town police chief in western Minnesota has been sentenced on a misdemeanor obstruction of justice charge, for an incident in which he helped a friend avoid a DWI after she crashed her car into a guardrail on U.S. 59.

Callaway Police Chief Tim Haverkamp, 52, of rural Detroit Lakes, was originally charged in Becker County District Court with two gross misdemeanor counts of misconduct — failing to perform his duty and making a false document, and a misdemeanor count of obstructing the legal process. The charges were dropped or reduced in a plea agreement.

http://www.twincities.com/2017/11/28/western-minnesota-police-chief-sentenced-for-helping-friend-avoid-dui/