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Police chief outlines 2024 accomplishments, goals for 2025 and seven new officers hired
Summary
Westfield Police provided detailed annual reports and a 2025 goals document; Chief Sean Keane said seven lateral officers were hired to raise shift staffing and that a five‑year strategic plan is underway.
Sean Keane, chief of the Westfield Police Department, presented three documents summarizing 2024 activity, the department's goals and objectives for 2025 and progress on projects. He told the Board he provided the materials so members could see how past approvals supported departmental accomplishments.
Keane said the department recorded about 45,300 calls for service (monthly and annual figures appear across the provided documents) and described a hiring effort that added seven lateral officers. "We ran a lateral only hiring process..." Keane said, and noted hiring before the new merit system took effect allowed the hires to be onboarded more quickly than waiting for later procedures.
Keane said the seven hires will go through the field training officer (FTO) program and that by early spring he expects them to be out on patrol, which will increase each shift to a minimum of 11 officers. He said he plans a five-year strategic plan with upcoming public input and that the supplied goals and objectives will guide work in 2025.
Board members thanked Keane for the documents; no formal board action was required. Keane said the department will continue recruitment work and align future requests with the department's stated goals.
Ending: Keane requested continued coordination with the board as the department implements its 2025 objectives and develops the five‑year plan.
