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EVEREST METRO WELCOMES NEW OFFICERS

The Everest Metro Police Department and the Communities of Schofield and Weston would like to welcome our two new additions to our Law Enforcement family, and introduce them to you.

Matt Krembs began his career in public safety in the Appleton area where he was a Firefighter and Emergency Medical Technician. Matt began his Law Enforcement career with the Wausau Police Department where he served for the past three years. Matt is a Weston resident and is glad to now work in and serve the community in which he lives.

Kou Moua is a bit newer to Law Enforcement,having most recently worked as a Reserve Deputy for Marathon County Sheriff's Department. This will be her first full-time Law Enforcement position. Kou is a graduate of D C Everest High School, and grew up in Weston, and continues to live and now serve in the Village she calls home.

If you see them out and about, take a moment to welcome them to our family.

RESPONSIBLE BEVERAGE SERVER TRAINING

Everest Metro participated with other area police departments, the Marathon County Alcohol and Other Drug Partnership (AOD) Council, Northcentral Technical College, the Marathon County Tavern League, and local tavern owners to update the Responsible Beverage Server Training program at NTC, and to develop an additional Law Enforcement Alcohol Server Training (LEAST) program. Both of these programs are designed to educate servers and develop good working relationships between servers and law enforcement, reduce the misuse of alcohol, reduce problems at licensed establishments, and hopefully keep the community safer through responsible beverage service.

SAFETY ALERT - OBEY TRAFFIC SPEED LAWS TO ENSURE EVERYONE'S SAFETY

Everest Metro acknowledges that the public needs to be made more aware of the dangers of speeding. If speeding is to be combated more effectively, we would have to devote increased resources to better enforcement, including more law officers to patrol the roads to target aggressive speeding drivers. The Everest Metro Police will increase speed reduction efforts by utilizing the 3E’s strategy namely Education, Enforcement, and Empowerment. It is however the drivers responsibility to obey the traffic speed laws to ensure everyone's safety.

ADDITIONAL ONLINE FORMS ADDED TO WEBSITE

The following online forms have been added to our website:

TRAFFIC VIOLATION COMPLAINT ONLINE FORM

A Traffic Violation Complaint Form is a new addition to the website. Using this form, you can notify us of traffic concerns or problems in your neighborhood.

A complaint log will be maintained and shared with patrol personnel, who will investigate the nature of the problem. If an assessment of the problem area indicates the need for heightened traffic enforcement, officers will undertake appropriate action to address the problem.

We take your traffic complaints seriously, and will work diligently to address them.

RADAR SPEED TRAILER

Speeding vehicles is the #1 complaint received from the citizens of our community. As a result, the Village of Weston has graciously funded the purchase of a radar speed trailer to help promote driving safety by increasing compliance with posted speed limits.

The unit is designed with the following features:
* Flashing speed sign when violators are approaching.
* Posted sign with actual posted speed limit.
* Traffic counter, indicates how many vehicles passed unit.
* Speed monitor, indicates several speed observations.
* Traffic data collection computer.

When we receive complaints regarding speeding vehicles, we will place the speed trailer into that neighborhood as soon as possible, and it will remain in place as long as necessary to remind motorists to slow down. The computer generated data will then be analyzed to help us better respond to the neighborhood for traffic enforcement efforts.

To request placement of the speed trailer or monitoring board in your neighborhood, please complete the online request form here. Requests will be given priority by date received.

PRESCRIPTION DRUG DROP BOX PROGRAM

Everest Metro PD is participating in a county wide program to provide citizens a place to drop off old prescriptions and medications, including controlled narcotic drugs so they can be properly disposed of and not wind up in the local landfills or municipal water supplies. Wausau PD, Everest Metro PD and Rothschild PD have volunteered to host drop boxes at each department.

A post office style drop box will be placed into the PD lobby and local pharmacists have volunteered their time to sort these medications so they can be routed to the appropriate disposal facility. This proactive, environmentally friendly program officially opened on January 4, 2010. more

SEXUAL ABUSE AWARENESS

The Marathon County Sexual Abuse Intervention Team has developed guidelines to help coordinate response efforts to all victims of sexual assault in Marathon County. The goal is to provide victims of sexual assault with timely and effective services so that they can recover from the mental and physical harm caused by these incidents. more