Green Bay Police Chief Search: Residents Looking for Safety and a Community Focused Leader By Rob Sussman
Jul 14, 2021 | 4:22 PM
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) There will be a few more opportunities for the public to weigh in on Green Bay’s police chief search.
Listening sessions will be held tonight via Zoom at 5:30 pm and on Thursday night at the East Side Boys & Girls Club, also at 5:30.
Police and Fire Commission Chair Rod Goldhahn says input has been good so far at the previous four listening sessions, and says people know what they’d like to see in a police chief.
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Following a six-month nationwide search, Wauwatosa native James MacGillis was named the new police chief of Wauwatosa on Thursday.
The Wauwatosa Police and Fire Commission, a five-member citizen-led panel chaired by a former Wauwatosa police detective, confirmed the choice by a vote of 4-1.
MacGillis is the former director of training at the Milwaukee Police Academy and the current drug intelligence officer for the North Central High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area program. I am humbled and proud to have been selected to lead the Wauwatosa Police Department as its next chief, MacGillis told the commission after the vote.
MacGillis will helm a department that last year saw a fatal police shooting, a mass shooting, citywide curfews and months of protests throughout the city.
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James H. MacGillis will be Wauwatosa’s next police chief.
The city’s Police & Fire Commission announced the selection Thursday afternoon. MacGillis’ first day on the job will be July 26th.
MacGillis retired from MPD in January after more than 25 years with the department. He currently serves as the drug intelligence officer for the North Central High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) program.
HIDTA is a federally-supported, multi-agency crimefighting effort in which both Milwaukee and Wauwatosa police departments participate.
MacGillis named Wauwatosa police chief
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James MacGillis has been named the new police chief after a nationwide search to fill the position.
WAUWATOSA, Wis. - The City of Wauwatosa s Police and Fire Commission (PFC) on Thursday, July 1 voted to appoint James MacGillis as the city s next police chief.
MacGillis was working as a drug enforcement officer, used to lead training at the Milwaukee Police Academy and also served in the U.S. Army. All of that combined with a new approach to police the city he grew up in helped him land the chief job.
The vote took just minutes, four of five PFC commissioners choosing MacGilllis.