By Shereen Siewert | Wausau Pilot & Review
An Everest Metro Police Department employee who filed a formal complaint against the chief will keep her job, but additional legal action could be on the horizon.
After an hour-long closed session meeting Tuesday, a joint committee of the Everest Metropolitan Police Finance and Municipal Court Finance Committee voted to retain the employee, who has been on paid administrative leave. The committee voted to allow the complainant to retain her position but move her office to a vacant room in Weston’s municipal center. She will also have a letter of reprimand placed in her file.
Documents obtained by Wausau Pilot & Review show the Joint Commission considered her termination on the grounds she violated department policy in multiple ways including sharing her grievances at a Sept. 14 union meeting and by secretly recording conversations she had with Schulz and captains at the EMPD. That, officials allege, violated Schulz’s privacy rights and undermined the effectiveness of the department.
Schulz has not commented publicly on the allegations against him, and emails to Joint Commission President David Eisenreich and an attorney representing Weston’s interests were not returned on Tuesday.