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Police Chief Kyle Bergen outlines public-safety priorities and announces planned retirement; search for successor underway
Summary
Chief Kyle Bergen briefed the council on school safety, EMS coordination, child and adult protection intakes, a returning K-9 program, officer wellness, recruitment success and a plan to conduct a regional search for a replacement chief; he said he expects the hiring process to conclude by late summer and offered to support a transition.
Fergus Falls Police Chief Kyle Bergen updated the Committee of the Whole on department programs, partnerships and staffing, and confirmed he will retire after the city completes a regional search and hires a successor.
The nut graf: Bergen listed current department efforts — school safety partnerships, expanded emergency-medical-response coordination with the fire department to provide advanced life support as-needed, child and adult protection intakes, a k9 program that will be reactivated when the assigned officer recovers from injury, an officer-wellness program developed with risk-pool support, and…
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