Joshua Niemi

Self motivated, versatile, dedicated and qualified Investigator with over 10 years of law enforcement experience as a Patrol Deputy, Field Training Officer, SWAT Operator, Drug Investigator, and ATF Task Force Officer. Strong knowledge of the criminal laws and procedures. Effective report writing, speaking, listening and interaction skills. Focused on investigating criminal cases. An investigator partnered with the West Central Drug Task Force and has been case agent on federal level drug investigations.

• Two federal level drug investigations which led to a several indictments, large scale seizure of cash, methamphetamine, heroin and fentanyl.
• Sworn in by the Drug Enforcement Administration as a case specific TFO for a Federal Level drug investigation.
• Two letters of commendations from Detective Captain Kirn for two criminal investigations in which I was apart of. One of the letters for a federal drug investigation which I was the case agent of. This case had originated in Clark County, WI and stemmed over several states to the west coast and down into Mexico. Serval federal indictments were the result of this case and allowed me the opportunity to work with the Drug Enforcement Administration.
• The second letter of commendations was for my role in a body less homicide investigation which allowed me to learn and work with members of the Division of Criminal Investigations.
• Letter of commendation from Chief Klueckmann of the Neillsville Police Department.
• Recipient of the Medal of Valor in a 2019 Emergency Response Team call for service.

• Chair of DEC (Drug Endangered Children)
• Chair of the Peer Support Team
• Previous Big Brother for the Big Brother and Big Sister Program

• Evidence Tech Training - 06/22/2015-06/26/2015
• TNT Tactics in Traffic Training- 10/22/2015
• Canvassing, Search & Recovery Strategies for Abducted Children- 12/22/2015
• Basic Swat Training- 05/23/2016-05/26/2015
• Field Training Officer Instruction and Certification Training- 02/20/2017-02/24/2017
• MTOA Conference Training-05/16/2019-05/19/2017
• NARCAN Training-08/31/2017
• Court Room Training- 01/12/2018
• Reid Technique Interview and Interrogation Training- 05/14/2018-05/16/2018
• Know Meth Training- 06/21/2018
• ARIDE Training- 11/12/2018-11/13/2018
• Railroad Incident Investigation Training- 01/29/2019
• Safety Net Tracker Training- 11/19/2019
• Forensic Interview Guidelines Training- 01/27/2019-01/31/2019
• Undercover Investigations Training- 04/16/2021
• DCI Drug Investigation School Training-03/07/2022-03/18/2022
• Leadership Training-04/25/2022-04/27/2022
• DCI Human Trafficking Investigation School- 07/25/2022/07/28/2022
• Undercover Techniques and Survival for Narcotic Officers-04/08/2024-04/12/2024
• FBI National Academy Class of 294-03/31/25-06/05/25