Menifeeās new police Chief Pat Walsh is helping to lead the team as they open up their own police force July 1.āWho gets to start a police department? It just doesnāt happen,ā Walsh said. āWhen I got the job, I really had to think. The most important thing youāre going to build is culture.āWalsh said that to build the desired culture, he needed the right people, did extensive backgrounds and trained them.āThe city manager and the city council agreed to allow me to hire my supervisors and my command staff three months before go live, and then all the rest of the employees two months before go live,ā Walsh said.Ā Menifee District 2 councilmember Matt Liesemeyer has been one of the leading advocates on the city council to push forward the idea of Menifeeās
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