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Police brief board on upgraded security, SRO program and reunification plans; therapy dog Tito highlighted
Summary
Muskego-Norway police and SROs described camera and access upgrades, visitor screening totals, a prevention response to online extortion, reunification plans, SRO staffing changes, and their therapy/detection dog Tito during the district safety report.
Muskego Police and the district’s school resource officers briefed the Muskego-Norway School Board on security upgrades, prevention efforts and reunification planning on March 24.
Lieutenant Steve Johanek and Chief of Police Steve Westfall described recent investments: an upgraded encrypted access-control system (card readers/fobs), a newly upgraded camera system with propped-door alerts, and continued use of Raptor visitor management. Johanek said the district has used the Raptor system to screen visitors against the national offender database; since the start of the school year the district recorded about 4,100 visitor sign-ins, 84 contractors, and roughly 4,407 volunteers in the system.
Officers outlined prevention tools and training. The district uses a statewide anonymous reporting system, Speak Up, Speak Out, which routes tips to police; SROs said a school posting tied to an online-extortion presentation helped a student report and resolve an extortion incident within a week. The SROs also described outreach that included classroom presentations about social media safety and internet laws.
Jared Sandretti (SRO at Muskego Lakes and Bay Lane), Alyssa Fox (SRO at Lakeview, Mill Valley and Laketona), and Officer Christalides (high school SRO) explained reunification contracts with nearby community locations (the library for Bay Lane; Tudor Oaks for Muskego Lakes) and a detailed reunification map that prioritizes accounting for students, a parent staging area, and a parent crisis counseling area. The protocol follows the I Love You Guys Foundation reunification model; SROs noted the protocol allows the district to stage media away from reunification and to alphabetize parent pickup to verify guardianship securely.
The school resource officer program spotlighted Tito — a therapy and detection dog paired with Officer Christalides — which has been given statewide attention and earned a WOSBO 2024 Safety, Security, and Wellness recognition. Chief Westfall said Tito also participates in trained drug-detection sniffs and supports building relationships with students.
SRO data presented by the police department showed 671 calls for service in calendar year 2024, 91 incident reports authored and 111 citations issued. Chief Westfall and Johanek said the day-to-day job focuses on relationship-building and prevention, even though some incidents require formal response and citation.
As a personnel note, the department announced that SRO Jared Sandretti will leave the SRO role at the end of the school year; the police department has three applicants to fill the position and said it will “right seat, left seat” the new officer for a smooth transition.
Board members thanked the police and SRO team for safety work and praised the district–police partnership.
