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"I cannot emphasize enough" the importance of these positions "to the ongoing safety in our schools," Baraboo Police Chief Rob Sinden said of the resource officer program.
Baraboo Police Chief Mark Schauf, who was suspended for nearly three months with pay, has returned to work after an investigation into possible misconduct regarding a personal relationship found he had not acted improperly. According to a press release issued by Mayor Mike Palm around 4:30 p.m. Friday, Schauf had reported to his duties that day after being issued a one-day unpaid suspension for violating a city policy by not reporting that he had responded to a domestic abuse call within the city. Palm said the investigation was âinto the circumstances of a relationship he had with a Cit...
Baraboo Common Council members expedited an ordinance Tuesday after being told by more than one attorney that the cityâs Police and Fire Commission was formed against state law. âCurrently, the police department has a police chief thatâs suspended from employment here and my concern would be any litigation involving that because my assumption is that Chief Schauf has hired a labor attorney, and that the city would be under liability in any decision made,â Council President Joel Petty said. â...It might be a situation that his attorney could use to his benefit.â T...