EMPD: “For motion picture use only” money used at local businesses
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By LeAnn R. Ralph
ELK MOUND — When you think of counterfeit money, you probably do not think it will come stamped as “for motion picture use only.”
The most unusual event in the last month was that several businesses in Elk Mound reported getting “for motion picture use only” money, said Elk Mound Police Chief Chad Weinberger at the Elk Mound Village Board’s November 18 meeting.
Every month during his police chief’s report to the village board, Weinberger highlights the most unusual case or most unusual event that has occurred over the past month.
Police Chief Weinberger said he had done a Facebook posting to tell businesses and other individuals they should check their cash to make sure they had not received this kind of counterfeit money.
While you would think that money stamped “for motion picture use only” would jump right out at someone, the police chief pointed out that in certain businesses at certain times, there might not be as much light available, such as in a bar setting.
In other businesses, a rush of customers might make it more difficult to spot the counterfeit cash, either when taking it in for a transaction or when giving it out as change for a transaction, he said.
Schools
The Elk Mound Police Department had 96 calls for service in October and handled 60 cases, Police Chief Weinberger reported.
At the school district, the police department responded to calls concerning a juvenile with knives at school, battery to a teacher, disorderly conduct and attempted battery to a police officer, he said.
The attempted battery was when a student knocked off the police officer’s body camera, causing it to turn off, Police Chief Weinberger said.
In addition, there were calls to the school district for damage to property, a vaping device at school and a juvenile fighting on a bus, the police chief said.
During Homecoming, there was an incident of battery to a teacher and to a police officer, he said.
Sometimes certain areas of Elk Mound will be a “hot spot” resulting in multiple calls, but in October, the police department responded to 29 calls at the school district, Police Chief Weinberger said.
There also was a threat posted on-line about schools, but the threat turned out to pertain to a school in the Chippewa Valley but not to Elk Mound specifically, he said.
The police chief noted that a while back, he had applied for a school resource officer grant and that the Elk Mound Police Department had been advised that Elk Mound did not receive a grant award.
During the drug take-back collection, 131 pounds of medications were collected, Police Chief Weinberger said.
