Article: MPD chief of staff now moonlighting in Pittsburgh
Statement from Alderman Bob Donovan November 21, 2014
I was quite surprised when I was contacted by a reporter with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for an article (attached) about the hiring of Milwaukee Police Department Chief of Staff Joel Plant as a crime statistics consultant for the Pittsburgh Police Department. Mr. Plant makes more than $98,000 per year for the MPD, and the Pittsburgh consulting gig could net him more than $30,000.
Again, I must say I was quite surprised to learn about this, especially when you consider all of our police department’s “needs” and issues of late – not to mention our continuing challenges with deadly gun violence, crime and disorder. I sure hope Mr. Plant isn’t skirting any of his duties for the MPD, or using any MPD/city resources in his consulting endeavor.
The bottom line for me as an elected official and resident is that I want the top brass of the MPD 100% focused on solving Milwaukee’s crime and public safety problems 100% of the time – not 60 or 70% of the time.
How about we take care of our problems first, and let Pittsburgh hire someone else for their issues!
NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. It has not been verified for its accuracy or completeness.
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Give us a break. This is undoubtedly a remote gig perfectly able to be done nights and weekends at home with appropriate computer support. If bright city employees can’t do this kind of moonlighting to get their incomes up to reasonable levels for their skill sets we’ll just have more of the Peter Principle at work in the city. I applaud the initiative and wish him well.
Why would a reporter from Pittsburgh contact you? And who WOULD be your choice of consultants to compile data?
I’m not always the biggest fan of the MPD, but this argument is rather ridiculous. If I decided to pick up a second job to supplement my income should my employer take another look at my job description as well? Clearly if I could hold a second job I must have too much time on my hands.
Based on all of the press releases he issues, it appears that Donovan has too much time on his hands.
Who cares? As long as he is able to complete his MPD responsibilites in he time frame that he is required to do then why is it a problem that he gets a second job? Is he going to have a problem with cops playing in softball leagues next?