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Approved
CITY OF MUSKEGO
POLICE AND FIRE COMMISSION
MINUTES
January 21, 2016
6:00 PM
Muskego Police Department, W182 S8200 Racine
Avenue
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order by Commissioner Kuwitzky at 6:02PM.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
Roll call was taken with Commissioners Kuwitzky, Mooney, Treba and Glazier present. Chief
Moser and Detective Lieutenant Craig Simuncak were in attendance.
STATEMENT OF PUBLIC NOTICE
The meeting was posted on January 18, 2016.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEMS
John A. Mooney made a motion to approve APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEMS, Steve
Whittow seconded.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
John A. Mooney made a motion to approve APPROVAL OF MINUTES, Blenda Treba
seconded.
MInutes from 10/15/15.
PUBLIC APPEARANCE
REPORT FROM POLICE DEPARTMENT
Chief Moser advised that Adam Boyd resigned. He was with the department for approxmately
one month and decided this line of work just wasn't for him. With that being said, the
department is now down one police officer.
Officer Sundstrom is in his third phase of field training and doing well.
Officers Sartorius and Lange are both on their own and doing well.
Next Wednesday the city will announce the new city attorney, who will be starting sometime in
February.
The police department has been named in two lawsuits. One is civil for harassment and the
other is for an accident that one of the squad's was invovled in. Both matters are being
handled by our attorney and insurance company.
The department handled an armed robbery at Loomis Petromart, back in December and as of
today all three subjects have been taken into custody.
The department also was involved in a short pursuit where two subjects fled on foot. Both
subjects have been identified and arrest warrants have been issued.
A burglary took place at a home on Boxhorn Drive, both suspects have been arrested and the
majority of the items stolen have been returned to the owners.
The automatic license plate reader that was placed into one of the squads is up and running
and has been very useful.
In 2015 the police department had 572 arrests. 24 of those arrests invovled hands on or use
of force. Chief Moser advised the officers are doing an excellent job keeping the use of force
number so low.
OLD BUSINESS
NEW BUSINESS
Feedback from Commissioner Kuwitzky and Commissioner Mooney on PFC Workshop.
Commissioners Kuwitzky and Mooney attended a PFC workshop in Lake Delton on
11/06/15. They both shared information that they learned and advised if the workshop ever
became available again that other members of the commission attend.
Hiring Process - Chief Moser.
Chief Moser advised that we had two people left on the existing list. One was hired by West
Allis and the other washed in the background. At this point Chief recommends starting a new
list. After a brief discussion it was decided that a new list would be started and the application
process will start sometime in February.
The Chief also recommended another step in the hiring process, which is called an
assessment center. A few members of the department will be attending Menomonee Falls'
assessment next week to see how it is run. This process will help the department determine
the personal communication skills of an applicant.
Chief also advised the commission that the academy class which applicants must attend will
not be 720 hours as opposed to 520 hours.
Police Candidate Background Investigations - Lt. Simuncak.
Detective Lieutenant Simuncak was present at the meeting to explain to the commissioners
the process of a background investigation. The commissioners had few questions and were
advised that once the background is complete, Lt. Simuncak creates a final report which is
given to the Chief who makes the final determination.
CLOSED SESSION
DATE OF NEXT MEETING
April 21, 2016.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 6:47PM.
John A. Mooney made a motion to adjourn, Rob Glazier seconded.