January 6, 2025 – Village of Germantown, WI – After 31 years of distinguished service to the residents of the Village of Germantown, Chief Snow is retiring, Monday, January 6, 2025.
Mike started his career in August of 1993 for the Genoa City Police Department as a part-time police officer. Mike worked for Genoa City for less than a year, before being hired by the Village of Germantown Police Department in June 1994.
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During Mike’s time as a patrol officer, his leadership abilities showed through. He became a Field Training Officer in December of 1998 where he was responsible for the initial 16 weeks of training for new officers. The added responsibility, and Mike’s knowledge of the job, made for well-trained officers.
From 1999 – 2005, Mike was a member of the Emergency Response Team (SWAT). Mike was also the Officer in Charge of the team from 2003-2005. This team had additional training in high risk calls, above and beyond the patrol officer training. This was additional training each month that required more time away from family.
Mike was promoted to Sergeant April 1, 2001.
Mike’s responsibilities continued to grow as he became a Firearms and Defensive Tactics Instructor. Mike was given the responsibility of keeping every officer proficient with their firearm and rifle skills. He was also tasked with keeping officers proficient with defensive tactics training. This was all on top of supervising his officers on a day to day basis.
On May 1, 1994, Mike was promoted to Lieutenant, in charge of the patrol division and communications division. On September 1, 2005, Mike was promoted to Captain of Operations, where he handled day to day operations of the police department. Mike was very courteous to everyone that he worked with.
No matter if he was giving an attaboy, or conducting an internal investigation, everyone was given the respect and dignity they deserved.
Mike’s journey in his career led him to Chief of Police on January 1, 2020. Mike was always up for the challenge, but no one could have ever imagined the challenges the next 5 years would bring for Chief Snow. Chief Snow always stood by his officers, no matter what the issue was. Chief Snow supported every officer and civilian employee employed by the Germantown Police Department.
In Chief Snow’s spare time, he enjoyed coaching youth football for Cedar Grove Belgium Broncos from 2004 – 2020. He was an assistant football coach for the Cedar Grove Belgium Rockets from 2015 – 2020.
Chief Snow was a graduate of the Northwestern University Public Safety Police School of Staff and Command. (October 2005 – December 2005)
Chief Snow attended the FBI National Academy, Quantico, Virginia, from January 2009 to March 2009.
Chief Snow has given out many Officer of the Year awards for the American Legion Post #1. Chief Snow was the recipient of the Law Enforcement Officer of the Year award April 2, 2011.
Chief Snow was a member of Kiwanis and was always willing to help foster a strong partnership with the community by helping out in any way.
We all at the Germantown Police Department want to wish Mike the very best in his retirement. May he enjoy the well deserved rest and relaxation with his family.
