WATERFORD, Wis. — The Town of Waterford has a new police chief after nearly two years. They've been without an acting chief since January 2024.

Timothy O'Neill was sworn in and welcomed Monday during a town board meeting, bringing 20 years of experience from the Village of Sturtevant Police Department to his new role. O'Neill officially started October 1.

Monday was an opportunity for the community to get to know him and what he's looking forward to.

"Just building the department back with the community, finding out exactly what the community wants of their police department and putting something together with that and the other community leaders to give this community exactly what they need," said O'Neill in an off-camera interview with TMJ4.

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