Cassville Police Department Efficiency Committee Forms
March 23, 2023
Ezra DeVore
The City of Cassville has established a new committee to reassess and bolster the police department’s staffing policies. This committee has been charged with planning employee retention policies and enticing new applicants.
The Police Department Efficiency Committee includes Alderman Mike Phillips, Alderwoman Taylor Weaver, Police Chief Dana Kammerlohr, Finance Officer Isaac Peterson, City Administrator Steve Walensky, and Mike Lawton as consultant.
In February, Cassville Police Chief Kammerlohr announced her June 1 retirement, thus inspiring an initiative to secure a fully-staffed future of its city police. At present, Cassville is slightly understaffed. The Police Department Efficiency Committee is now analyzing the city’s requirements balanced against its financial capabilities, with the current goal of ensuring a city soon stabilized in its law enforcement personnel present and future.
With officers joining a growing pool of American workers turning down lower paying positions, it has become difficult to retain them; thus, this initiative is to increase the salary of officers to further entice employment. At present, Cassville police’s starting salary is $37,669.
The City of Cassville has established a new committee to reassess and bolster the police department’s staffing policies. This committee has been charged with planning employee retention policies and enticing new applicants.
The Police Department Efficiency Committee includes Alderman Mike Phillips, Alderwoman Taylor Weaver, Police Chief Dana Kammerlohr, Finance Officer Isaac Peterson, City Administrator Steve Walensky, and Mike Lawton as consultant.
In February, Cassville Police Chief Kammerlohr announced her June 1 retirement, thus inspiring an initiative to secure a fully-staffed future of its city police. At present, Cassville is slightly understaffed. The Police Department Efficiency Committee is now analyzing the city’s requirements balanced against its financial capabilities, with the current goal of ensuring a city soon stabilized in its law enforcement personnel present and future.
With officers joining a growing pool of American workers turning down lower paying positions, it has become difficult to retain them; thus, this initiative is to increase the salary of officers to further entice employment. At present, Cassville police’s starting salary is $37,669.
