*sigh* you know, I come back and read this madness and am just in awe that there are STILL people here that STILL think getting rid of Chief DeVoy was a good idea. I mean, after all the programs he was involved in to save this village money and to train and keep good officers, there are STILL people that don't have the forethought to see what an unbelievable, bone jarring mistake that was. Truly amazing. We will be screwed for generations to come, easily. Way to go Zipp.

Hey maybe for Christmas, Santa can bring responsiblecitizen and a few members of the board some glasses so they can see the reality of the village.Merry Christmas!!

Hey responsibleidiot do you really think buying a chainsaw with a 36 inch bar is practical when it will only be used probably once every year or two? And the signs, I really didn't see a lot wrong with the signs besides the fact they needed to be touched up. But you are right, it was all in the budget and the village needs to spend every penny of the budget. That way they can ask for more money next year and buy more unneeded things. I know that the dpw has spent money on plenty of things they "needed" and now they just sit in storage.

And as for your comment about Devoy as an amoral chief. It is also amoral to bring someone up an trumped up alligations and fabricated stories. Now we have an acting chief who lacks ethics. I was standing next to him while he was telling a story about an ongoing juvenial case. These people as well as myself had no business knowing what he was telling us. It looks like to me he is a law suit waiting to happen. How will the villiage afford that one ole wise one responsiblecitizen? And as for your statement that I hold mikey responsible for the Devoy incedent you are wrong. I hold your ever so honerable village board responsile for it.

You need to do your own research before you go blurting off at the mouth about things you know nothing about. You know nothing about me and aparently nothing about my past.

How do you find purchasing a chainsaw for DPW to use on our parks as frivolous...If you think that the sign purchase was out of line then fight it with the budgets as that money was allotted by the board in its budget meetings. No more money than what is budgeted was spent on signs and Chainsaws. Our DPW is a minute expense compared to the waste of our PD. If you think $300k was a waste in getting rid of Devoy what about the YEARS of waste by our previous Chief? What about OT instead of part time officers. We pay Part timers $12/hr SIGNIFICANTLY LESS than paying OT to full time officers.

You are most obviously the one with the blind eye if you still think Maltese was the root cause to Devoy losing his job. Having an Amoral Police Chief was the worst thing we could have in this village, and now that Cancer is gone. I never said Maltese was the answer and just because a person agrees with someone else on ONE topic does not mean that they agree on all politics. Aside from the DEVOY issue I quite liked Craig McCue as a board member I believe that his questioning brought light to a lot of issues. I do not agree with many of the Wenzel and Former trustee Metzner's antics. There needs to be a vast change in this village and I hope that the people who live here will come out of the woodwork and make that change. Current administration is not the root cause for problems and failures of the past, however we can learn from it and move forward. No one is making the claim that Maltese is the answer; No one has made a claim that he is in line for chief...In fact I quite agree with our current board president that maybe we don't need a chief.

It's funny how we don't any money for important things like investigating charges against someone but we have plenty to spend on signs, chainsaws and other frivolous things. Its hard to belive that the board members only care about themselves. They say they never had a personal agenda to remove Devoy and they were just looking out for the citizens but this clearly shows how two faced the board really is. Maybe irresponsiblecitizen was refering to the board members when he makes his comment "grow up and stop the childish games".

Hey resposible, it's funny how now that Devoy has been removed from the village (like you so strongly wanted) you want everyone to stop the childish games. What an ignorant bigot. Zip says that there is no monies to pursue charges against anyone else so where did they get all the money for Devoy? It seems there was unlimited funds when it came to cover Zip and his buddies butts but when it comes to the actual welfare of the village they don't give a hoot. We should not have to file any complaints. We sould be able to go to our board and tell them what we want but when we do it falls on deaf ears. Oh how I wish I could get out of this village,but I have my house on the market and I can't even get anyone to even look at it. The economy has a part of it but this village fiasco and high taxes don't help one bit. Thanks village board and people like you irresponsiblecitizen. How much could it cost the village if little mikey can't do his job to protect the citizens and someone gets hurt or even killed? The board will probably just turn a blind eye on it because mikey is there boy and they got rid of Devoy. WAKEUP!!

if you have cause and can prove it...file a complaint where it matters. Come to the village and file a complaint on him. Be done with the childish games and put your money where your mouth is.

What happened with tater? The gazette staff must not like him picking on mikey. Maybe they are working together. It's kind of evedent due to the fact the gazette won't write anything about the charges against mikey. You better watch out willie you might be next. Mikeys last name must really be bliss.

Responsible you are wrong if you think costs will lower or response time would be quicker if Walworth Co polices this village. This is called common sense.

I think its amusing that the prior board members who still are in office know that Maltese is not in 100 years qualified to be Chief. duh

Now that he is no longer of use to them, and they discard him, I wonder if he will turn on THEM? That would be funny funny stuff!

Oplease pull your head out of the sand...I pay tax dollars here and expect to get the services I pay for. There is a way of cutting costs and many municipalities have learned that contracting with the county can give them adequate police coverage and save $$$. There are SEVERAL municipalities in Waukesha County that do it, Racine and Kenosha Counties also. Follow the local news on what Pewaukee is doing they will save more money in the first year than people could have dreamed of...this is a step in keeping Taxes from skyrocketing as the economy worsens.

Tater, I do know of your friend that works part time for Darien! I worked in a small town part time before my current department. I will say that the jurisidicion I worked in had two people on the road at all times, not much different than the WWSO at times back in the day. The resources the SO has in Walworth County compared to Darien what you were getting at and your right! As far as the Brown Clown comment, it is the idea and the notion that they are so much better trained. I say what is that based on? I went to much more advanced training as a small town cop than as a "big city" cop. As a small town cop you were expected to be an AI, a Ev Tech, a tactical officer, SA Detective and the person who helps the elderly shovel their driveway, maybe all in the same day. They would train you in all of those things. I was in the same classes as many of the current WWSO people as well as many of your commanding staff in Waukesha. I am glad your part-time friend set you straight those comments on who and what officer is better is what causes a true divide in Law Enforcement! Don't even get me started on the WSP attitude. Twenty two years plus into this job, and now in CID, I can tell you nothing has changed with Brown vs. Blue attitude, I will step off the soap box on that one! I will say this, when stuff hits the fan, no one cares what color uniform is coming to save them. When a Deputy or an Officer is dealing with a person who is trying to take their life, again no one cares who is coming to help them. If Mickey Mouse was my back up..... I would be really fearful of the end result! As far as for the current Darien situation goes, Mickey Mouse has got to go! I don't see how the WWSO can supervise Darien PD. All they need is a good Chief! Look at all the Many, Many Police Departments that have had poor leadership and then look what happens when the get good leadership. The well is poisoned in Darien thats all.

It is true enough that a number of villages have contracted their policing to the Sheriff's Department. Such a situation is almost never "cheaper" than running their own department, though, if compared apples-to-apples. If there is any savings, it comes from reducing patrol hours. I know of one instance where two villages contracted with a Sheriff's Department, and basically split the cost. They have a deputy who patrols part of a shift in one village, and part in the other. Bottom line is that it is a reduction of patrol hours in each village.

I have never found a resident in a village that has switched from a local PD to SD for patrol who is happy with the results. The thing I hear most often is that the deputies have much different attitudes than village cops. Part of that can be seen in the posts about deputies being "better trained and educated." There is a lack of buy-in to the local community by deputies-on-contract, and a sense of superiority or arrogance. It is that same attitude that causes friction between Sheriff's deputies and municipal officers.

The people of Darien have voted to maintain 24x7 policing in their community. I seriously doubt that the WCSO could provide 24x7 patrol coverage any "cheaper" than could the Darien PD. The only way to cut costs is to cut services.

Tater, your comment about the Sheriff is plain stupid, blue shirts really take offense to that. I would put your money where your mouth is on training, and experience! You really made a case for the term "brown clown"!!! Most juridictions don't need the Sheriff's Office except for one thing and that is the Jail! I understand your point as it comes to MM, however you offended the rest of us!!!

Thank you Tatersalad...my Father in Law is a 36 yr Veteran of Law Enforcement and retired as a Commanding Officer...He now sits on the Police Commision in the "Village" that he lives in and Speaks loudly that smaller communities are much better off utilizing their County for Law Enforcement as the County can provide at a more reasonable cost for the smaller community. No offense to any of the Darien Officers...but when it comes down to Tax-Dollars people need to do whats best.

I don't understand why these little communities have thier own departments either..Most of the time they're not doing what they're paid to do anyway...Its assinine.

AS APPROVED BY THE BOARD...AND WAS PART OF THE APPROVED BUDGET...BLAME THE BOARD FOR THIS NOT THE MAN WHO ORDERED IT.

WHY ON EARTH DO WE NEED 3 SQUADS WHEN THERE IS NOT A NEED FOR MORE THAN ONE OFFICER PATROLLING...LOOK AT THAT EXPENSE!

WE WERE AT A LOSS THIS YEAR WITH COURT COSTS...THE FINES AND FORFEITURES USUALLY COVER THE COURT COSTS AND THAT IS IT!!! THERE IS "NO" SIGNIFICANT REVENUE FROM FINES AND FORFEITURES! POLICE IS THE LARGEST CONTINUOS EXPENSE AND NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED WITH CHANGE!

I NEVER SAID THAT THE ADMINISTRATOR WOULD HAVE ARREST POWERS...MANY COMMUNITIES THAT DO NOT HAVE THEIR OWN PD ENABLE A PERSON OR PERSONS TO BECOME ORDINANCE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS...NOT POLICE OFFICERS BUT PERSONS WITH THE CAPABILITY OF FINES AND FORFEITURES FOR LOCAL ORDINANCES! LOOK AROUND MANY COMMUNITIES ARE DROPPING THEIR OWN PD'S AS COUNTY CAN PROVIDE CHEAPER.

Finally Willie you are starting to get it...it would be cheaper and more efficient of resources to have the County do it entirely!!!...MANY small communities do it and enable the Administrator or hire an Ordinance Enforcement officer. No Police upkeep, No Court Costs...and pay the county to have someone here 24 hours a day...at least we will have coverage of competent police officers.

The heck with that...we could save A LOT of money and still have proper protection by utilizing more county services and lowering the amount of Darien Officers. 24hr consistent police protection can be maintained and for MUCH less than we are spending now.

Mike Malteese for Police of Chief!!!!!!!

Finally a step in the right direction!