Road Patrol - Uniform Operations
Captain David VanderPloeg
12220 Fillmore Street
West Olive, MI 49460
Phone: (616) 738-4010
Fax:
(616) 738-4061
Captain Jake Sparks
Phone: (616) 994-4710
The Operations part of the Road Patrol Unit is comprised of command staff and road patrol deputies who are funded by the County of Ottawa. Captain VanderPloeg and Captain Sparks also oversee the Traffic Services Unit, Marine Unit, Honor Guard, Dive Team, Victim Services Unit and K9 Unit.
The command staff is made up of:
- Sgt. Derek Gerencer – Training Sergeant
- Sgt. Dennis Luce – Administrative Sergeant
- Sgt. Chris Dill
- Lt. James Douglas
- Sgt. Mike Hallmeyer
- Sgt. Matt Wildfong
- Sgt. Nick Knott
- Lt. Eric Westveer
The road patrol deputies are divided into quadrants throughout the county as follows.
Holland/Zeeland (Southwest) Patrol Area
Day Shift
Deputy Brent Brown
Deputy Mike Roelofs
Deputy Matt VanLiere
Deputy Travis Babcock
Night Shift
Deputy Hunter Hull
Deputy Nate McDaid
Deputy Erick Porter
Deputy Thomas Steffes
Jenison (Southeast) Patrol Area
Day Shift
Deputy Bill Cousins
Deputy Marty Fish
Night Shift
Deputy Dean Hanson
Deputy Adam Schaller
Marne (Northeast) Patrol Area
Day Shift
Deputy Meri-Beth Brouwer
Deputy Ryan Huizenga
Night Shift
Deputy Dustin Updyke
Deputy Greg Walski
Spring Lake Township (Northwest) Patrol Area
Day Shift
Deputy Scott Ippel
Deputy Mitch Kneibel
Night Shift
Deputy Tim Zeerip
Grand Haven Township (Western) Patrol Area
Day Shift
Deputy Frank Dobroc
Deputy Jeff Somers
Night Shift
Deputy Cassie Tolman
Deputy Brandon Fisk
Traffic Services Unit
Deputy David Tuttle
Animal Control Unit
Deputy Luke Wiersma
Dive Team/Marine Unit
Sgt. Jon Knott
In addition to the deputies assigned to a quadrant of the county, we have K-9 deputies who patrol the entire county and are available for canine calls, as well as, regular calls for service. Currently, our K-9 deputies are Deputy Mark Busse with Canine Andy, Deputy Jeremy Osbun with Canine Kyan, and Deputy Chris Armstrong with Canine Blitz, and Deputy Tony Stariha with Canine Pappy. As well as our Traffic Services Unit, Animal Control Unit, Marine Unit, and Dive Team.
