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Onalaska council unanimously approves hiring one police officer amid staffing uncertainty
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The Onalaska Common Council voted unanimously Sept. 9 to authorize the city to begin hiring one police officer, with staff and aldermen citing current military deployments and possible retirements as reasons to start recruitment now.
The Onalaska Common Council voted unanimously on Sept. 9 to authorize the city to begin the process of hiring one police officer, a move councilors and staff said is intended to reduce staffing risk from current military deployments and anticipated retirements.
Human resources director Amy Franzen said recruitment typically takes several months: "typically with the police officer recruitment, it is about a 5, 6 month process in order to get that process started," she told the council, outlining a schedule that would include a 4–6 week posting, agility testing in October,…
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