Who to call? Gap in police coverage ironed out
By JILL DENNING GACKLE
bhg news
2020 was ushered in with no law enforcement within the city for non-emergency situations. A police chief , Travis Tesch, was hired Saturday with a tentative start date in early February.
Just 12 hours before Garrison dropped its contract Jan. 1 for McLean County law enforcement, the mayor, the city attorney and the sheriff huddled to iron out an arrangement. The council convened Saturday to interview and hire the new police chief.
January plans
For the first month of the year, if a non-emergency call is made to 911, which is answered by the county dispatcher, the call will be noted by a dispatcher. Then the caller will be referred to the city's non-emergency number of 701-463-2296.
That's what was decided at a meeting between Mayor Stu Merry, City Attorney Jim Wilson and County Sheriff JR Kerzmann.
