Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, September 21 2009 @ 02:55 PM CDT

First, the Mayor did not say this is not a money issue - he said it was not the sole reason. It certainly is a factor and I never heard him say otherwise.

Second - we keep hearing the 18 versus 27 argument. Let's break down our 27 total. First - we have 6 supervisors so that leaves 21 officers. (Do we need such a high percentage of supervisors to officers?). Now of 21, one is on long-term paid admin leave, 1 is full-time community service/light duty so we're at 19. Of 19 - 4 are on in the "day-shift" invesigation unit - 3 detectives and one full-time officer all working 7-3:00 but additional "random hours" when needed. Are the random hours paid at overtime? Don't most residents work - who's even around to investigate or interview between 7 and 3:00. Anyway, now we're done to 17. We next have at least 2 (3?) assigned to our "Drug Detection Unit." So - now we finally get to 11 patrol officers divided between three shifts who are actually out there patroling. The sheriff suggests 18 with 5 supersvisors and one full-time detective. 12 (sheriff) versus 11 CPPD. Are our crime and drug issues really so bad we need so much dedicated to them with so little actually on our streets looking out for us? And much of what the crime & drug officers do now would be covered at no cost by other sheriff resources.

Why do we have all detectives working days, all these special units, a full-time community officer? There are many issues - all of which need to be "negotiated."

Quite frankly, I see no reduction in protectioin AND money is a significant supporting factor to me. For those who don't care about road quality - please talk to residents who are extremely concernd. By the way, I'd like to ask the road poster if he/she lives in the city? Just curious.

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Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, September 21 2009 @ 07:29 PM CDT

you don't know what your talking about

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Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, September 22 2009 @ 09:04 AM CDT

Sounds to this taxpayer/city resident like the poster does indeed know
what he's talking about.

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Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, September 21 2009 @ 09:24 PM CDT

East Green Road is really BAD. Even worse than our Sussex Street.

Andy Mueller, Pewaukee Village

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Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, September 24 2009 @ 02:36 PM CDT

You my friend do not have a clue as to what you are talking about. Keep in mind investigations often involve businesses in the city...which are usually open during normal business hours. I'd be willing to bet more investigation would involve local business then individual citizens. Probably why they keep those hours.

Secondly, I don't care how you do your math, the sheriff proposal WILL reduce staffing on shifts. Period. You don't read very well do you?? The supervisors that you question the need for are also out on the road patrolling as well. The sheriff proposal significantly drops supervision. What's more, that sole Pewaukee contract supervisor will be spending most of his day driving a desk as apposed to being out on the road in a squad. The 2nd shift sheriff on a 5-2/4-2 helps, but leaves no one supervising the overnight in the city. That overnight supervisor is probably spending most of his time sitting at a desk in the middle of City of Waukesha. One less squad out on the road overnight.

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