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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.
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Starting Sunday, the Milwaukee Fire Department will dedicate two ambulances for lower-level 911 calls, a short-term solution to a gap in services created after one of three private ambulance companies stopped contracting with the city.
The move is expected to free up fire engines and paramedic units which have been forced to spend more time on less serious 911 calls in recent months to be available for more critical incidents, Acting Fire Chief Aaron Lipski told the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission on Thursday.
For the next five to six months, the two ambulances will supplement the department’s 12 paramedic units by absorbing calls that the remaining private ambulance services cannot take.