Timothy O’Neill was arrested for drunk driving when he was an officer for the Sturtevant Police Department. He said he took full responsibility and used the incident to gain more “compassion and insight.”
The Town of Waterford Police Department has been without a permanent leader for nearly two years. The small department, at the center of controversy after a handful of its officers were investigated for misconduct in 2024, just welcomed Timothy O’Neill as police chief.
O’Neill, a veteran of the Sturtevant Police Department, was arrested for drunk driving in 2008 in Racine County, documents obtained by The Badger Project show.
“I took full responsibility for my decision that day. I did not fight the citation or the discipline that was given to me by my employer at the time,” O’Neill wrote in an email. “I have not repeated this mistake, and I was able to continue to serve my community.”…