Law and Public Safety

Captain Michael Dierkes was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and he currently resides in the South County area. Captain Dierkes earned his Bachelors of Science Degree from Sterling University of Kansas. Captain Dierkes has been assigned as the Commander of the Affton Southwest Precinct. He is responsible for the day to day operations of a precinct that provides police protection to the unincorporated areas of Affton, Mattese, Sappington and Concord Village, along with the incorporated areas of Grantwood Village, Marlborough, Wilbur Park and Green Park.

Captain Dierkes began his career in 1988 and served in the South County and Affton Precincts. He also served in the Division of Criminal Investigation - Bureau of Drug Enforcement, which included a tour of duty, where he was detached to the Drug Enforcement Administration. He then served in the Division of Special Operations -Tactical Operations Unit, until he was promoted to the rank of Sergeant in 1997.

After tenure in the Affton Precinct, Captain Dierkes was transferred to the Division of Criminal Investigation - Bureau of Drug Enforcement and later transferred to the Division of Special Operations Tactical Operation Unit. In 2003, he served as a supervisor in the Bureau of Criminal Identification and the Bureau of Crimes Against Persons. In 2006, he was promoted to Lieutenant and was assigned to the South County Precinct.

In June 2008, Captain Dierkes was transferred to serve as the Commander of the St. Louis County Police Department Crime Laboratory. In this position, he planned, organized and directed the operations of all sections of the laboratory which include DNA / Biology, Firearms and Toolmarks, Chemistry and Photography. In 2009, Captain Dierkes was assigned Commander of the Municipal Services Unit, and he was promoted to his current rank and placed in his current command in 2010.

Lieutenant Tim Cunningham was born in St. Louis and raised in Rolla, Missouri. He comes from a law enforcement family and currently resides in west St. Louis County with his wife.

Lieutenant Cunningham began his career with the St. Louis County Police Department in 1994, and was assigned to the Affton Southwest Precinct as a patrolman. In 1998, he served in the Bureau of Drug Enforcement/Street Enforcement Team until his promotion to Sergeant in 2003. He was assigned to the Affton Southwest Precinct until returning to the Bureau of Drug Enforcement in 2005, serving as the supervisor of the Street Enforcement Team and was assigned to the FBI Safe Streets Task Force. He was promoted to Lieutenant in 2010, and is currently a Watch Commander in the Affton Southwest Precinct. He is a member of the Missouri Narcotics Officers Association as well as the Midwest Gang Investigators Association.

Lieutenant Cunningham received his Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from Central Missouri State University and has received numerous awards and letters of appreciation, including four Chiefs Commendations.

Lieutenant Gary Guinn began his law enforcement career in 1971 as a police cadet with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. In 1973, he graduated from the Greater St. Louis Metropolitan Police Academy and was assigned to patrol duties in the North St. Louis area. In 1982, he was transferred to the Bureau of Crimes Against Persons, where he served as a detective until his retirement from the department in 1994.

In 1994, Lieutenant Gary Guinn became a Corporate Security Investigator with the Public Safety Department of St. Louis University, where he remained until 1996, when he became a police officer with the St. Louis County Police Department. Lieutenant Guinn was assigned to the South County Precinct and in 1997 he was transferred to the Bureau of Crimes Against Persons, where he remained until his promotion to Sergeant in 2001.

After his promotion to sergeant, he served as a supervisor in the Division of Patrol, in the South County Precinct, the Bureau of Drug Enforcement, Special Investigations Unit, the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration Task Force and as the supervisor of the Domestic Violence Unit in the Bureau of Crimes Against Persons. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in 2011 and assigned to his current position as a watch commander in the Affton Southwest precinct.

Lieutenant Guinn received an Associates Degree from Forest Park Community College and later attended Webster University. He has served as the Chairman of the St. Louis Child Fatality Review Project and as a member of the Foster Care Coalition with the Missouri Division of Family Services.

Lieutenant John Wheeler began his career in law enforcement in 1992 working for the Kansas City Missouri, Police Department. In 1999 he joined the St. Louis County Police Department and was assigned to the Division of Patrol, North County Precinct. Lieutenant Wheeler later was assigned to the Division of Criminal Investigations as a detective in the Bureau of Crimes Against Persons.

In 2005, Lieutenant Wheeler was promoted to sergeant and assigned to the Division of Patrol, serving in the West County and Fenton Precincts. He was then assigned to the Tactical Operations Unit where he served until his promotion to Lieutenent and his current assignment as Watch Commander of the Affton Southwest precinct.

Lieutenant Wheeler is a graduate of Southwest Missouri State University where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications and a minor in Criminal Justice.

Sergeant Absolon was born and raised in St. Louis and now resides in South St. Louis County with his wife and children. Sergeant Absolon is currently assigned to the Affton Southwest Precinct as a Neighborhood Policing Supervisor.

Sergeant Absolon graduated from Webster University with a bachelor's degree in Business Management. Sergeant Absolon has over 28 years of Law Enforcement experience; ten of those were with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department and eighteen with the St. Louis County Police Department.

During his time with the St. Louis County Police Department Sergeant Absolon has served in the Division of Patrol/South County Precinct and the Division of Criminal Investigation/Bureau of Crimes Against Persons before being promoted to the rank of Sergeant.

Sergeant Absolon has received numerous awards, commendations and letters of appreciation. In his off time he enjoys woodworking, boating and sporting events.

Sergeant Joe McMahan joined the St. Louis County Police Department in January 1981. He was assigned to the Division of Patrol, Lemay Precinct. He was a patrol officer in the Lemay Precinct for 16 years. He was promoted to the rank of Sergeant in 1997. He has worked in the West County Precinct, Affton Precinct, Central County Precinct and in presently assigned to the Affton/Southwest Precinct as a watch supervisor.

Sergeant McMahan was awarded the department's Purple Heart Award for a life threating in the line of duty injury in 1981. He has received numerous Awards of Excellence from the police department and several letters of commendations.

Sergeant Kevin Stevener was born in the City of St. Louis and raised in St. Louis County, where he currently resides. After High school he served in the United States Air Force. As a crew member aboard a KC-135 aircraft, he participated in numerous operations to include Desert Storm/Shield as well as deployments to Bosnia, Rwanda and Somalia.

After his honorable discharge from the Air Force, Sergeant Stevener joined the St. Louis County Police Department in September 1997. Sergeant Stevener has been assigned to West, South and Central County Precincts where he has served as a patrol officer, field instructor, firearms instructor and background investigator. In 2001 he was transferred to the Division of Special Operations as Team Leader of the Community Action Team serving the North County Precinct.

Sergeant Stevener was promoted in May 2009 to the rank of Sergeant and currently serves as a Watch Supervisor in the Affton Southwest Precinct. He is a founding board member of the Battle of the Badges of Metropolitan St. Louis, an organization dedicated to raising funds for Backstoppers through an annual Flag Football Tournament.

Sergeant Stevener has received over 20 awards and letters of appreciation including the Medal of Valor, Distinguished Service Citation, Meritorious Service Citation, the Department's Purple Heart, two Chief's Commendations and the Survivor Medallion from the International Association of Chiefs of Police.

Sergeant Webb was born and raised in St. Louis County. He attended the University of Missouri-Columbia and St. Louis. After receiving his bachelors degree from UMSL in 1993, he attended the St. Louis County and Municipal Police Academy and was hired by the St. Louis County Police Department in 1994. He began his career in the South County Precinct. In 2001, he was transferred to the Division of Special Operations-Community Action Team, where he worked in the North and Central County Precincts. In 2005 he was transferred to the Tactical Operations Unit. Sergeant Webb was promoted in 2010 and is currently assigned to the Affton-Southwest Precinct.

He resides in west St. Louis County with his wife and son.

Sergeant Nick Wild began his career with the St. Louis County Police Department in the South County Precinct in June of 1981. While assigned to the South County Precinct Sergeant Wild fulfilled several positions within the Precinct. During this period Sergeant Wild was also assigned to the Greater St. Louis Major Case Squad where he assisted in the investigation of several high profile murder investigations.

Sergeant Wild was transferred to the Division of Criminal Investigation in May of 1990 where he was assigned as a Detective within the Bureau of Crimes Against Persons. Sergeant Wild remained a member of the Bureau of Against Persons for over nine years, investigating a wide variety of violent crimes occurring in the St. Louis Metropolitan area. During this time Sergeant Wild also assisted numerous State Police Agency located throughout the United States with violent crimes, that had occurred in their jurisdictions, where the suspects fled to the St. Louis Metropolitan area prior to being arrested.

Sergeant Wild was promoted to the rank of Sergeant in March of 1999 and returned to the Patrol Division following his promotion. Since being promoted Sergeant Wild has served in the North County, South County, Fenton and Affton Precincts.

Sergeant Keith Wildhaber began his law enforcement career with the St. Louis County Police Department in 1994 after spending four years in the United States Army. Sergeant Wildhaber was assigned to the Bureau of Security Services prior to attending the St. Louis County and Municpal Police Academy in 1997. Upon graduation from the academy, Sergeant Wildhaber was assigned to the Affton Precinct where he served as a patrol officer and neighborhood policing officer for eight years. Sergeant Wildhaber was reassigned to the Division of Criminal Investigations in 2005. While assigned to the Division of Criminal Investigations, Sergeant Wildhaber served in the Bureau of Crimes Against Property, where he investigated numerous cases involving bad checks, identity thefts, and burglaries. Sergeant Wildhaber was promoted in July 2011 and assigned to the Affton/Southwest Precinct as a Watch Supervisor.

Sergeant Wildhaber has been awarded the St. Louis County Police Department's Distinguished Service Citation and the Crusade Against Crime's Medal of Valor.

Sergeant Wildhaber received his Associate's Degree from Columbia College in 2012 and is currently pursuing his Bachelor's Degree in the Administration of Criminal Justice. Sergeant Wildhaber resides in South County.

Sergeant Michael Youngblood was born and raised the South St. Louis County. He received his associate degree in Criminal Justice from Forest Park Community College. Sergeant Youngblood currently resides in St. Louis County with his wife and two children.

Sergeant Youngblood began his career with the St. Louis County Police Department in April of 1992. After attending the St. Louis County and Municipal Police Academy, he was assigned to the Division of Patrol where he served in the Affton Southwest and the North County Precincts. He has also worked in the Bureau of Special Operations where he was assigned to the Community Action Team. Sergeant Youngblood was promoted to the rank of Sergeant in 2003 and is currently assigned to the Affton Southwest Precinct as a watch supervisor.

Officer Aaron Roediger was born and raised in South St. Louis County and currently resides in the Concord Village Neighborhood of South St. Louis County. Prior to joining the St. Louis County Police Department Officer Roediger was on active duty in the U.S. Navy and assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion One. Officer Roediger joined the St. Louis County Police Department in 1998, and upon completion of the St. Louis County and Municipal Police Academy he was assigned to the Division of Patrol in the Affton Southwest Precinct. He served as a patrol officer in the precinct and was chosen for the Field Training Instructor program.

In August of 2006, Officer Roediger was assigned to the Neighborhood Policing Office of the Affton Southwest Precinct. Since being assigned to the Neighborhood Policing Office, he has assisted Neighborhood Watch Programs and businesses addressing crime in the precinct.

Officer Roediger has received a Chief's Commendation, several Awards of Excellence and numerous letters of appreciation from the public.

Officer David Sebek was born in Chicago, Illinois and later moved to Ballwin, Missouri. After High School, Officer Sebek received a Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice from Southeast Missouri State University. Officer Sebek joined the St. Louis County Police Department in January of 2001, and was assigned to the Division of Patrol in the Central County Precinct. Officer Sebek has also served several years in the West County Precinct. While serving as a patrol officer, PO Sebek was selected for the Field Training Instructor Program.

In April of 2009, Officer Sebek was assigned to the Affton Southwest Precinct as a Neighborhood Policing Officer.

Officer Sebek has received several Awards of Excellence and numerous letters of appreciation from the public.

Officer Chuck Weinman was born and raised in north St Louis County. He received his Associate's degree in General Studies from Florissant Valley Community College. He currently resides in St Louis County with his wife Mary and their four children.

Officer Weinman began his career with the St. Louis County Police in 1988, where he was an aid in the Division of Criminal Investigation. He spent time in the Bureau of Central Police Records and Bureau of Communications before graduating the St Louis County Municipal Police Academy in 1991.

Officer Weinman was assigned to the West County Precinct. During his time in the West County Precinct he worked in the Village of Hanley Hills and the City of Wildwood. In 1996, he was transferred to the North County Precinct where he served as a School Resource Officer at Hazelwood Central High School and at Hazelwood East High School. During this time he was a D.A.R.E. Officer in the Hazelwood School District.

Officer Weinman is currently a Juvenile Resource Officer in the Affton Southwest Precinct. He has received a Chief's Commendation, several Awards of Excellence and numerous letters of appreciation from the public.

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