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Police commission approves sergeant promotional list, advances officer Bashir for promotion
Summary
The Police and Fire Commission approved a promotional eligibility list for police sergeant and, following closed-session review, advanced Officer Bashir for promotion; commissioners also reviewed patrol candidate backgrounds and continued some applicants in the hiring process.
The Police and Fire Commission approved a police sergeant promotional list and, after a closed-session personnel review, supported promoting Officer Bashir to the open sergeant position.
The promotional list approved by the commission (shared in the packet) lists, in alphabetical order, Bashir (surname transcribed variously as "Byrne" and later as "Broon" in the record), Dan Skinner, Chris Wobble and Derek Wickland; the commission stated the list will remain active through March 2027. The commission then convened a closed session under Wisconsin open‑meetings law to consider promotion and candidate backgrounds and returned to confirm its personnel decisions.
Why it matters: The promotion and the active eligibility list determine which sworn officers are available to fill patrol sergeant vacancies, affecting patrol staffing and shift coverage.
During open session the commission voted to approve the promotional list; no roll‑call breakdown was recorded in the public minutes. In closed session the commission reported that it supported promoting Officer Bashir to the open sergeant position, effective at the next available date. The commission also reviewed patrol candidate backgrounds: it reviewed six backgrounds, rejected three candidates, recorded one withdrawal and continued two candidates in the process. In a separate closed‑session step the commission interviewed two patrol candidates, continued one and rejected one.
Commission discussion in public session also noted a separate sergeant academy has started for candidates who passed the assessment center. The commission referenced four sergeant candidates by name during public remarks: Derek Wicklund (recorded earlier as a candidate who may serve as acting sergeant while retaining a canine assignment), Bashir, Chris Fauble and Dan Skidore.
The commission took a final vote to confirm the closed‑session report and personnel actions; the confirmation passed as reported. The meeting minutes do not record specific effective dates for the promotion beyond “the next open time.”
The commission’s actions conclude the formal personnel steps it controls; implementation details such as exact promotion effective dates and payroll changes will be handled by city personnel and were not specified in the public record.
