Oconto Falls police identify wounded officer

Blaskowski struggled with woman who shot her
By: 
NEW Media Staff

Oconto Falls police on Wednesday released the name of the officer wounded in a shooting incident Aug. 6.

Officer Nicole Blaskowski had not been named in the criminal complaint against suspect Alisha Kocken or in news releases about the incident.

The police department posted her photo and this message on social media:

“This special lady is Nicole Blaskowski. Nicole was violently assaulted and shot on Aug. 6, as you know. It was time to put a face and name to “the Officer shot” because she isn’t JUST an officer who signed up for the job. Nicole is a wife, and mother of three beautiful children. She’s a daughter, a sister, and a wonderful friend. Nicole is intelligent, kind, meticulous, organized, and a dozen other things that make her a good human and a good Officer…. And we are darn PROUD to call her one of our own.”

Blaskowski was introduced to the Oconto Falls City Council in February as the newest member of the police department. She has about 10 years of law enforcement experience and graduated in 2017 from the Northeast Wisconsin Technical College emergency medical technician and nursing assistant programs.

Her husband is Shawano County Sheriff’s Department Lt. Jon Blaskowski.