New Police Chief Takes Reigns in New Hampton

The new Police Chief for the City of New Hampton is now on the job.

Earlier this month, the City hired Tim Pederson to succeed Zach Nosbisch, who left the NHPD in early March to become Chief Deputy with the Chickasaw County Sheriff’s Office.

Wednesday (04.19) was Pederson’s first day leading the NHPD after almost two decades with the Harlan Police Department, including serving as interim chief for most of the past year. He says that experience helped prepare him to become a full-time police chief and previous experience also taught him that people can learn from their mistakes.

Pederson notes that Harlan is about 1,200 people larger in population than New Hampton and Harlan has two more police officers than the NHPD has. However, there’s also a similarity in the geography and relationship between the police department and the County Sheriff’s Office.

While he has taken the new job far removed from southwest Iowa, Peterson is not in unfamiliar territory in northeast Iowa.

Pederson says his wife and children will join him in New Hampton full-time after the end of the school year. 

Sergeant Paul Scally had served as New Hampton’s interim police chief since the departure of Nosbisch.