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Police Chief tells committee five priorities including CJS audit, evidence inventory and body cameras
Summary
At the Feb. 3 committee meeting the Police Chief outlined five priorities: address a CJS audit, inventory property received, organize evidence to case files, dispose of electronic equipment and buy body and car cameras; the committee accepted the report.
The Police Chief presented the department’s top priorities to the Finance, Personnel & Safety Committee on Feb. 3, 2026. The committee accepted the Police Chief’s report during the meeting.
The Police Chief listed five priorities for the department: (1) address the Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJS) audit, (2) inventory property received by the department, (3) organize and link evidence to case files, (4) dispose of electronic equipment, and (5) purchase body and in-car cameras. The presentation was given as part of routine departmental reporting; no vote specifically tied to funding these items was recorded in the transcript beyond acceptance of the report.
Committee members carried the motion to accept the Police Chief’s report (mover David Abendroth; second Joseph Kazda). The committee separately approved authorization to post a job opening for a fourth police officer and a change to the on-call radius to 15 miles from Markesan, actions the Police Chief may use in implementing department priorities.
The transcript does not record detailed cost estimates or an implementation timeline for the five priorities; those specifics were not provided and are not asserted here.
