A Town of Grand Chute analysis of police department merger proposals favors merging with the Appleton Police Department over merging with the Outagamie County Sheriff’s Department.
The town’s police department doesn’t have a permanent police chief and is short of patrol officers according to police officials. The Appleton proposal would result in three officers being assigned to Grand Chute, and the town getting two seats on a six-member police commission.
The county proposal would dedicate four officers to the town.
The analysis considered three factors the most — special services, “ability to address neighborhoods in transition,” and accountability to the town.
“If the APD proposal can provide these additional needed services more cost effectively than duplicating these resources in our own department, it would be appropriate for us to initiate negotiations with APD and see if we can achieve these goals through a possible merger,” wrote town administrator Mark Rohloff in a memo to the Grand Chute board.
Merger talks have been delayed until city residents get an opportunity to express concerns or ideas. Two information sessions are scheduled before the city council’s May 21 meeting.
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