Crime & Safety
One Less Candidate for Police Chief: Tosa Police Chief Withdraws
The number of candidates went down from six to five after the Wauwatosa Police Chief withdrew.
Wauwatosa Police Chief Barry Weber will not be joining the Greendale police force. He told Wauwatosa Patch today that he had withdrawn his candidacy from the search for the chief's job in Greendale because he decided there was still more for him to do in Wauwatosa.
Wauwatosa Patch and Greendale Patch had reported that Weber was for the opening of police chief in Greendale, and at the time Weber declined to comment on his reasons for seeking the job until the process was complete.
Along the list of candidates includes current Interim Chief Robert Malasuk.
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Other's on the list of candidates are Randolph Pruss, the director of Security at Southridge Mall and former Captain of the Greendale Police Department; Eric G. Schroeder, the captain of the Franklin Police Department; Gregory A. Habeck, Assistant Chief of the UW-Milwaukee Police Department and former Assistant Chief of the Milwaukee Police Department; and Patrick M. Balistrier, a retired Deputy Chief of the West Allis Police Department.
Today he said that "Greendale had a lot to offer, I had a good interview, I was a finalist, but after thinking about it a lot I realized I wasn't done here."
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Greendale has only about 0ne-third the population of Wauwatosa and registers far less crime. Weber is married to an award-winning ο»Ώο»Ώ
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