Monday, April 15, 2019

Sheriff Releases 2018 Annual Report for Greenville

According to the Outagamie County Sheriff's Department, the Town of Greenville had a total of 6677 calls for service in 2018. This is an average of 18 calls per day. Deputy Van Berkel and Deputy Richards handled nearly 800 of these calls during their contract hours within the town.  The full listing of the calls for services can be found here:  https://bit.ly/2IAVs0R

Deputies handled 300 vehicle accidents, 215 citizen assists, 15 stolen vehicles, 80 disturbances, 261 reckless driving complaints, 164 suspicious complaints and 605 traffic stops.

Deputies also conducted 2691 crime prevention and traffic safety activities. These are times deputies check out on self-initiated activities to conduct traffic enforcement or check businesses and other areas.

On December 16th, 2018 deputies responded to a domestic disturbance in which a man fired a weapon at his wife and child. The Emergency Response Team was deployed and it was later found the man took his own life.

In recent months there have been two heroin related overdoses in Greenville. Investigators with the Sheriff’s Office currently assigned to the Lake Winnebago MEG Unit and the joint Appleton Police Department / Outagamie County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Unit (formerly CRU) are actively investigating these incidents.

The Town of Greenville contracts with the Outagamie County Sheriff's Department for enhanced law enforcement services for the Town. Deputy Garret Richards is devoted to serving Greenville by providing directed law enforcement to the community.  

If you would like to speak directly to Deputy Richards (non-emergency) please call the Outagamie County Sheriff's Department dispatch non-emergency number at (920) 832-5000 and ask to speak with the Greenville Deputy.  FOR ALL EMERGENCIES DIAL 911.

General inquiries can also be sent via email to garrett.richards@outagamie.org.  To submit an anonymous and confidential tip about any gang or narcotics activity call (920) 832-5629.


Outagamie County Sheriff's deputies are devoted to serving the Town of Greenville and welcome citizen input on law enforcement issues and concerns in the Town.