The Saga of Fontana; The rest of the story

Some time ago I wrote several articles on the saga of Fontana---using the blog search feature of the blog, you can retrieve these. To summarize, the whole city of Fontana was involved in a dispute between the Fontana Police Chief and the city administration. The dispute became so heated that the city moved to completely dismantle the police department since they were unable to resolve the controversy. I did want to write a bit on "the rest of the story." Some good news for all to know.

The Institute for Public Safety, a program funded by the Department of Justice, provides instruction for police departments across Southern Wisconsin in the support of Community Based Policing. They were contacted and came to the aid of the Fontana community.

If you click on the post, you will see that this institute offers at no charge to the police departments, seminars on topics such as "Complaint Intake" and "Integrity and Ethics." These seminars can involve the police department as well as the city staff and the citizens of a community.

What a wonderful resource at no charge to all of Southern Wisconsin. What wonderful news that Fontana has made the step forward to heal the divisions that had made progress forward difficult. Bravo Fontana.