City Council Meeting Date: January 20, 2026
To: Mayor and City Council
City Administrator
From: Jeff Schroepfer, Chief of Police
Title
Oath of Office Ceremony for Northfield Police Department Officer Fernando Sanchez-Elioza.
Body
Action Requested:
City Clerk, Lynette Peterson, will administer the Oath or Affirmation of Office to Police Officer Fernando Sanchez-Elioza.
Summary Report:
Officer Fernando Sanchez was hired in the last several months to fill a vacancy for the position of Police Officer. We will be ceremoniously administering the Oath of Office to him as he assumes his new role in the Police Department. This ceremony will be done in person in front of the City Council.
Police Chief Jeff Schroepfer will introduce Officer Sanchez and City Clerk Lynette Peterson will administer the Oath of Office. Following the oath, Officer Sanchez's family will pin on his badge. Councilors will then take a photo with the officer and are encouraged to congratulate the Officer on their new role. Members of the Police Department and friends and family of the new officer are expected to be in attendance and will leave the Council Chambers immediately following this agenda item.
Officer Fernando Sanchez-Elioza was born in Mexico and came to the U.S. at a very young age. He grew up in Southern California before moving to Faribault, Minnesota in 1999. Fernando has four siblings, three living in Minnesota and one in Colorado. He has been married to his wife, Angela, for the last 15 years.
Fernando attended Faribault High School and graduated from Faribault's Bethlehem Academy. Fernando then attended St. Mary's University in Winona where he began a Criminal Justice Degree. Unfortunately, due to a medical event with Fernando's mother, he decided to place his education on hold and began working random jobs to provide for himself and family.
In 2006, Fernando decided to join the Faribault Police Department Reserve Unit where he got to interact with the departmen...
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