SHEBOYGAN POLICE - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Victim Services Coordinator
Captain Doug Teunissen has been with the Sheboygan Police Department since 1997. He has worked in a supervisory role for the past 15 years as a Patrol Sergeant, Patrol Lieutenant, Lieutenant of Investigations, and was promoted to Captain in 2023. He has also been the Sergeant of the Street Crimes Unit, Police Training Officer Coordinator, and the Commander of the Emergency Response Team for five years.
Prior to his promotion to Sergeant, Doug spent three years as an investigator in the Sheboygan County Multi-Jurisdictional Enforcement Group and one year as an investigator in the Sheboygan Police Department's Street Crimes Unit. While in the MEG Unit, Doug became a member of the Wisconsin Department of Justice Clandestine Laboratory Enforcement and Response Team where he served for almost seven years. He has been a Field Training Officer, Emergency Response Team Operator, Evidence Technician, and the Chairperson and member of the SPBA Scholarship Committee.
In 2014, Doug was selected as an instructor in the Fair and Impartial Policing curriculum. The Fair & Impartial Policing training program conveys the science of bias and discusses the negative consequences of letting "hidden biases" impact perceptions and behavior and, most importantly, teach police professionals the skills that they need to reduce and manage their biases.
Doug received a bachelor's degree in Sociology with a minor in Criminal Justice from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in 1996. While at Whitewater he was a member of the wrestling team and earned a letter in his favorite sport. While studying in his major he was on the Dean's List, became a member of the Alpha Kappa Delta Sociological Honor Society, and was an intern for the SPD. He obtained a Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree from the University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh in 2013, and was nominated for the Steven Hintz MPA award which recognizes academic excellence and community involvement among MPA graduate students. His graduate field project, "Community Based Solutions to Domestic Abuse Problems", became the basis for a training platform to teach officers to respond to domestic abuse with a victim-centered focus and has helped create a coordinated community response to this problem here in Sheboygan County.
Teunissen graduated from the law enforcement academy in 1997 from Fox Valley Technical College where he was voted the "most valuable officer" by his classmates. He again graduated from FVTC in 2010 when he completed Session #15 of their Executive Development Program. In 2018 he graduated from Session #271 of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Academy in Quantico, VA. The FBI's National Academy, is known as one of the premier law enforcement training programs in the world. The National Academy provides advanced investigative, management, and fitness training to senior officers who are proven leaders within their organizations.
Captain Joel Kuszynski has been with the Sheboygan Police Department since 2001. He was previously the lieutenant of third shift patrol, a sergeant of third shift patrol, and sergeant of the Street Crimes Unit. He served as the supervisor of the K9 unit, a supervisor of the crash reconstruction team, and as a team member of the Sheboygan County Drug and Alcohol Treatment Court. Prior to his promotion to sergeant, Joel was a member of a number of special teams, including the Crash Reconstruction Team, the Honor Guard, the Emergency Response Team, and the Motorcycle Unit.
Joel received a bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh in 2001. He obtained a Master of Science degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Louisville in 2022. He was class secretary of the 142nd Administrator's Officer's Course at the Southern Police Institute, University of Louisville, where he was a Dean Scholar. His law enforcement interests include applying research to policing to maximize effectiveness and legitimacy.
Joel is married to his wife, Becky, and has three adult children.
Job Titles:
- Middle School - Officer Jeremy Kegler
Job Titles:
- Assistant Chief
- Assistant Chief of Police
Assistant Chief Kurt Zempel has been with the Sheboygan Police Department since 2003. He was previously the Captain of the Patrol Division and the lieutenant on third shift patrol. Prior to this assignment, he was the commander of the Sheboygan County Multijurisdictional Enforcement Group, the county's drug unit, for more than two years, and also spent three years as a sergeant and field supervisor for second shift patrol. He served as committee chair of the department's Law Enforcement Explorer Post, supervised the crash and crime scene reconstruction team, and is an instructor for Fair and Impartial Policing and member of the Honor Guard. He was co-commander of the Emergency Response Team (SWAT) for four years.
Job Titles:
- Communications & Electronics Technician
Job Titles:
- Administration / Training