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Menomonee Falls police report flags staffing shortfall, touts decline in serious crime and new recruitment push
Summary
Chief Mark Waters told the Village Board that the department ended 2024 with fewer fully trained officers than authorized, will push recruitment and seek additional hires, and reported a 15% drop in Group A offenses for the year and no fatal crashes in 2024.
Chief Mark Waters, chief of the Menomonee Falls Police Department, told the Village Board on Jan. 20 that while the department is authorized for 65 sworn officers it routinely operates below that number and will seek additional hires in coming years.
Waters said the department ended 2024 with 63 sworn personnel on its roster and about 59 fully trained officers. Several recent hires were still in field training or the academy; multiple officers are scheduled for extended military leave this year, and the department has seen retirements and a resignation in early 2025. “We are stretched thin running our department at 55, 56 fully trained officers,” Waters said, and he told trustees he would be “seeking additional officers in the near future.”
The department hired new personnel…
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