Stevens Point Police
STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) — The Stevens Point Police and Fire Commission has announced that an offer made to one of the candidates for the city’s vacant Chief of Police was declined.
Brent Plisch, the current Assistant Chief of Police with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department, was offered the position but withdrew his application in a letter to the Commission late last week.
Plisch did not elaborate on his reasons for declining the position, only saying the reasons were “complex.”
In a statement, Police and Fire Commission President Gary Wescott said that they would pause the search “for a few months to evaluate the civic environment before initiating a new search for Police Chief. Wescott added the pause would allow the city to re-establish itself as a place that will attract the “best and brightest progressive law enforcement minds.”
Assistant Chief Tom Zenner will continue to serve as the interim Cheif until a permanent replacement is found.
A copy of the letter was released to the media on Tuesday. You can view the letter in its entirety under the PDF link at the top of this story.
Plisch was named one of two finalists for the position back on January 27th. The other being current interim assistant Chief Robert J Kussow. A total of 15 applications for the job were received, four of them were named finalists.
Two other unnamed finalists withdrew their names before final interviews, meaning of the four finalists a total of three withdrew their applications.
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