GuardianAngel has a good point. Mr. Roberts and Mr. Schuetz share more than a common interest in law enforcement. I see it pays to be buddies with Mr. Roberts. Seeing how the 30+ entries for the position were narrowed to 6 with only 5 being given interviews. Out of all of that, ta-dah, you get 1 candidate that just so happens to have an immediate connection to UW-Platteville. Despite the 180 miles and 3 hours that separate UW-Platteville and the Fox Valley, both of these men are instructors at this college. I hope this is a mere coincidence, and I hope that this man can do what he needs to to get Milton out of the news. It just has a bit of that too fast, too smooth, too close smell. The Fox Valley, Appleton Police, Fox Valley Tech. & North Central Tech. College connection could be viewed as both good and bad. Good in that Roberts may really know this guy and think he is the best for this job. Bad in that he may really know this guy and think he is guiding the path that leads to his prophetic career enhancement for his friend. Either way, the only good candidate to present to the Council is:[insert drum roll] Jerold K. Schuetz
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Mr. Roberts, word has it Manawa is in need of a fill in. Unless, that is, you plan to fulfill my prophecy that you will convince the Council to let you stick around for $60+/hr as a consultant to your friend while he works into his new position. I mean, he does have 4 times the population and 8 more officers to work with now. Did I say 8? I meant 10, but the other 2 have yet to be hired. Have anyone else in mind to fill them?

You are confused....you're confusing the City of Milton with the Town of Milton

I'm confused, why did they appoint a police cheif if they want to get rid of the department as a whole... Looks like Janesville management style (ass-backward) is rubbing off on our neighbors! haha

Don't we have 2 think this is the best candidate of the finalists? Who cares about who the others are!

So much for the openness the chief talked about when he got hired!

The police dept wouldn't have that info, Try getting it from City Hall or the Police Commission. Printing of this info, could cause the new chief to reconsider.

they wont tell....go to the police dept and ask

Who were the other 5 finalist and what are their credentials?

Think....I don't know. But I do know that no LE officer would have their info published anywhere. The dept. won't even give out their info....to anyone. Let alone to the media. That's just policy everywhere, so I don't believe it's his current info. At least it won't be very soon.

Pig.....u really think he has moved to Milton if the job was offered last week? Doubt it. Plattevill connection is weird.

Interesting how he failed to mention his close personal friendship with Bob Roberts.

They were undoubtedly allowed to publish the info because he has since moved to the Milton area and has a new address and phone number.
Besides, had they not published all they did, someone would end up saying they don't trust him because they don't know anything about him.
I agree that written communication is hugely important. In this case, however, his personal communication skills and LE knowledge are what matter most, and it sounds like he can handle the job.

Publishing his resume is not cool. So much for his privacy. I just lost a little bit of respect for the Gazette.

outspoken - i was thinking the EXACT same thing!!

And when is it practice to publish resumes? How many phone calls will the references now get? When will the City administrators resume be public knowledge?

Sad. Too bad to see this hiring is off to such a bad start.

Good to hear that Milton PD will have a chief, but what a way to start Milton City Hall. I would think that there would be some privacy issues here by releasing the Chiefs home address,phone number and email in the Gazette of all places.

I've been on hiring committees and that's really quite a decent resume, even apart from the outstanding achievements for someone in a small department. I think Milton may have had a lucky break with this person.
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Sadly, I can attest that few resumes of college-educated individuals look like it. He's not being hired for his word processing skills.

I would like to add that I am impressed in the content of his resume. Regardless of who is put in place to do the job, they need the community to support him even if it means paying a bit more in taxes. Efficiency is not the problem, rather it is the underfunded expectations that Milton Police Department has been identified by for so many years.

Great, he will have no problem taking care of the pending issues in the City of Milton. He has plenty of experience running a department 4 times smaller than Milton. The commission looks like they decided on the person that will garner the lowest salary. A part time department may have 9 sworn officers. The resume would have ruled him out almost immediately in my eyes. A Masters, Bachelors, and near tops of his class is impressive. Congratulations on that, but he must have skipped class on the days that showed how to create a resume for a $75,000 job. Grammar, punctuation, and layout is pathetic for someone of his educational background. How someone writes says a lot about them. Double, missing, and misplaced commas are just the start. Add to that a handful of missing periods, poorly phased sentences, and template like answers to reveal the start of a difficult journey for this young man. Good luck! He will enter a department in need of at least 2 new officers, a poorly organized evidence storage room, an City Administrator set on using funding for officers as a contract bargaining chip, a Council that refuses to properly fund the everyday needs of the force, and a city that has many questions about the quality they receive in relation to the taxes they pay. Again, good luck. I hope he does well. I hope he is not just buying Todd time. This is a great example of why you should have at least 1-2 people proof-read your resume before you send it out.