City limit signs have not been adjusted to include new subdivisions recently annexed into the city. These signs include parking restrictions in the city; therefore, guests and new residents cannot observe the parking regulations as they enter our jurisdiction. This can cause confusion and frustration when parking restrictions are enforced in their neighborhoods.


Alleys With No Signs - Lt. Mike Davel, Officer Eric Schmeling, Officer Tom Schleg and Officer Dan Wolff

Several alleys in the city are without signs prohibiting parking. We run into parking complaints involving alleys on a fairly regular basis, but without the accompanying signs, we feel it isn't fair to handle the complaint with a parking ticket or citation. All the city alleys should be clearly marked "No Parking" per ordinance.


Access To Multi-Family Residential Buildings - Lt. Tom Barbuch, Officer Tom Kajtna, Officer Matt Keller and Officer Jason Bergin

In emergency situations, our officers need to have access to the secured areas of the multi-family residential buildings throughout our community. This includes locked lobby areas, as well as individual apartments.

The owners of many of these buildings have provided us with a master key for use in such situations; however, this has proven to be cumbersome for several reasons. First, it requires making a number of duplicates of each key, so that a key can be placed in each squad. Second, the number of keys kept in each squad has grown over time, and has become impractical. There is also a liability issue involved with the number of keys available and the potential for losing or misplacing them.


Common Names for Local Places and Locations - Lt. Kevin Hingiss, Officer Craig Czarnecki, Officer Steve Footit and Officer Chris Erickson

We will be getting a list together of all places in the city that go by different names (church hill, billy goat hill) and putting addresses with them for us and Ozaukee dispatch. We will also make sure that everything or place has an address (fish cleaning stations, etc.)


Sexual Assault Pamphlet - Officer Kirstin Moertl

The Sexual Assault Pamphlet contains information on Wisconsin State Laws pertaining to Sexual Assault as well as Child Sexual Assault. It contains information on how the Investigative Process works as well as how the Legal Process takes place. It provides information as to the local resources for victims as well. This is a tool to help Officers, Victims and family members find answers to questions. This was a great addition to Officer Moertl’s school presentations on Harassment and Child Sexual Assault.


TestMyTeen.com - Officer Kirstin Moertl

Testmyteen.com provided our department, who then shared this information with the schools, vouchers for free at home drug test kits. This allows parents to test their teens to see if there might be any drug use occurring. The police do not get involved and the test results are confidential to the family. These vouchers are available at the Port Washington High School as well as at the Port Washington Police Department.