By Jennifer Eisenbart
Editor
City of Burlington Police Chief Peter Nimmer and the Village of Shorewood both confirmed Tuesday that Nimmer is Shorewood’s next chief of police.
Nimmer’s contract was unanimously approved by the Village of Shorewood board Monday evening. He will be the ninth police chief in the history of Shorewood.
Nimmer didn’t have much to say Tuesday, except that he was happy with the time he’d spent in Burlington.
“Shorewood’s a very nice community and the opportunity presented itself,” Nimmer said. “Even thought I enjoyed serving my time here as police chief for the City of Burlington, it was an opportunity that presented itself and I took advantage of that.
“I’m very proud of serving here in Burlington and I’m looking forward to my opportunities in Shorewood,” he added.
His last day in Burlington will be May 15, and he will start in Shorewood May 18.
Nimmer served five years in Burlington as the top cop after spending 12 years in Brown Deer with progressive supervisory roles. The press release from Shorewood said Nimmer was hired after “a thorough interview process” with the police commission as well as a meet and greet with the Village Board, the village manager and staff – as well as a representative of the police union.
“Based on our interviews and the feedback from village staff, the commission feels that Chief Nimmer will be the best fit for Shorewood due to his policing experience, his familiarity with the North Shore, his accomplishments as chief of the Burlington Police Department and his personality,” Timothy Cotter, the president of the Village of Shorewood Board of Police Commissions, said in the statement.
Burlington, meanwhile, will be looking at its second major job search in six months. City Administrator Kevin Lahner announced he was leaving in December, and the city hired his replacement in March.
The city welcomed new City Administrator Carina Walters to her first Common Council meeting Tuesday night, and before the meeting, Mayor Bob Miller said he wasn’t sure yet whether the city would use consulting firm HR Gov – which handled the administrator search – or some other process for Nimmer’s replacement.
“I haven’t decided yet,” Miller said. “That could be one of the options (in going to HR Gov).”
Earlier this month, Miller praised the work Nimmer had done during his tenure in the city.
“He came in, took the department, and turned it into one of the top-notch departments in the state, as far as I’m concerned,” Miller said.
He also said Nimmer had the respect of his peers in the department and the city’s residents.
Miller said Nimmer has an ability to “grasp a situation and respond accordingly.”
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This is not surprising in any way, shape or form. This mans seat at the PD was barely warm when he started looking for another job! Burlington seems to be turning into the stepping stone community for people looking to better themselves. Maybe if they would hire internally we could reverse this process and save us city taxpayers 10’s of thousands of dollars in headhunter fee’s! Just a thought that I am sure will never be acted upon!
I wish Bob “the clown” Miller would go. He is such an embarrassment!
The reason that Chief Nimmer left is because of these type of comments that have been made lately about the City managers and officials. He basically was tried of be a pincushion for people like you. Don’t we try to teach our child not to bully? Hopefully you are not a parent or grandparents that is teaching or children or grandchildren this type of behavior.
Wasn’t Nimmer bound by a contract?