The Department continues to work with it's health insurance broker to obtain proposals for employee health insurance programs in 2023. WEA Trust, the current employee insurance provider, has elected to exit the health insurance market in 2023.
The Department responded with Brown Deer Police to a report of a child near-drowning on July 27. The child had been removed from the pool upon law enforcement and fire/rescue arrival and was not breathing. A bystander had begun CPR at the direction of the 911 dispatch process through a partnership with Bayside Communications Center and Milwaukee County Office of Emergency Management. Police continued CPR until fire/rescue arrival who began treatment and were able to resuscitate the child and transport to Children's Wisconsin.
