Number
080439
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. DONOVAN
Title
Resolution urging the Chief of Police and the City of Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission to initiate a program in the 2009 City Budget to employ retired law enforcement officers on a part-time basis.
Analysis
Qualified retired police officers, with their combination of extensive work experience in law enforcement and continuing desire to serve and protect the public, have been hired on a part-time basis in several U.S. cities through variations of “retired officer programs.” This resolution urges the Chief of Police and the Fire and Police Commission, to initiate a program to employ retired law enforcement officers on a part-time basis in the City of Milwaukee.
Body
Whereas, The City of Milwaukee Police Department is faced with the continuing charge of matching roles and responsibilities of sworn and non-sworn positions within the department with qualified individuals; and
Whereas, Retired police officers represent a valuable resource that can be tapped to fill varied needs within the Milwaukee Police Department on a part-time basis, thereby freeing certain sworn officers from station house and administrative duties for street action; and
Whereas, Retired law enforcement personnel bring to the table the breadth and depth of knowledge of seasoned, tenured police officers, whose honorably retired status by definition means they have been amply exposed to the culture and day-to-day workings of a police department, with a corresponding wealth of practical experiences to draw upon; and
Whereas, Retired officers already have in place health insurance, a pension and other benefits befitting an officer retired in good standing, thereby making it unnecessary to provide these persons employment entitlements over and above an hourly rate of pay; and
Whereas, The Global Pension Settlement has effectively created a sizeable group of retired City of Milwaukee Police Department sworn perso...
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