Heidi Cartwright
Officer Heidi Cartwright is Shawano Police Department’s newest officer. She began field training as a police officer this week.
Cartwright has been employed for the past 13 years at the College of Menominee Nation as a member of the faculty, teaching courses related to the criminal justice and social science disciplines. Prior to working at CMN, she was a police officer for the city of Manawa, where she still holds a part-time position.
Cartwright was raised in Shawano and is a graduate of Shawano Community High School. She has a master’s degree in criminal justice from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville and an undergraduate degree in administration with a minor in psychology from Marian University in Fond du Lac.
She attended the Fox Valley Technical College recruit academy to gain her law enforcement certification.
Cartwright is married and has two children.