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Muskego police chief cites top-10 SafeWise ranking, recognizes officer and details juvenile hostage response
Summary
Chief Westfall told the committee the city ranked ninth-safest in Wisconsin in SafeWises list, recognized Officer Chris Doulidis for an investigation into fraudulent gaming machines, and described a recent juvenile hostage incident that led to an arrest and a $50,000 cash bail.
Chief Westfall addressed the Public Works and Safety Committee on April 14, saying the city was ranked ninth-safest in Wisconsin by SafeWise and that Muskego is the highest-population community in the SafeWise top 10. "We are continually in the top 10, and I would also like to just point out we're also the highest population that is in the top 10," Chief Westfall said.
Chief Westfall recognized Officer Chris Doulidis for leading investigations into schemes that manipulated gaming machines at several local businesses, noting that the officers work helped connect local incidents to related cases in Kenosha and led to arrests in Waukesha County. "Officer Chris Doulidis was the lead officer that took several cases... and we ultimately got them locked up here in Waukesha County as a result of Officer Doulidis' cases," Chief Westfall said.
He also described a significant response the department handled the prior day: a juvenile who had run away from Milwaukee was held in a Muskego residence and officers, detectives and SWAT partners used specialized equipment to take a suspect into custody. Chief Westfall listed equipment used during the response, including drones, plate carriers, scoped rifles, ballistic shields and a padded shield. He said the suspect was charged with false imprisonment, child enticement and bail-jumping and is being held at the Waukesha County Jail on $50,000 cash.
"If it wasn't for the efforts of our officers, I don't know if this case gets charged anywhere else," Chief Westfall said, thanking aldermen for support of public-safety funding. Committee members thanked the chief and Officer Doulidis for the departments work.
