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U.S. Representative for Wisconsin’s 7th District Tom Tiffany invited area public safety professionals to a round table discussion in Hudson on Tuesday, April 25. In attendance were Hudson Chief of Police Geoff Willems, Hudson Lieutenant Jason Muenich, Hudson Patrol Sergeant Brad Kusmirek, St. Croix County Sheriff Scott Knudson and New Richmond Chief of Police Craig Yehlik, among other area sheriff’s, chiefs and district attorney’s.

Congressman Tom Tiffany met with community members in Hudson Monday to talk about law enforcement and public safety. Topics during the Roundtable Discussion ranged from combating opioids, qualified immunity, and how the Chippewa Valley can better support local law enforcement officers. Chippewa County Sheriff Travis Hakes was in attendance Monday, as well as county sheriffs from Polk, St. Croix, Barron, Sawyer, and Burnett counties.

“NPS to us stands for the National Park Service. We’re very concerned that this has become Nancy’s Park Service,” Rep. Thomas Tiffany, Wisconsin Republican, told Interior Secretary Deb Haaland.

Congressmen Tom Tiffany (R-WI) and Lance Gooden (R-TX) will introduce legislation on Tuesday tasking leftist President Joe Biden with shutting down the Chinese Consulate General and Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in New York, a move meant to counter transnational repression and espionage by Beijing.

This past weekend as many of us were enjoying the Easter weekend, an unfathomable tragedy struck western Wisconsin as two of our law enforcement officers had their lives taken by a senseless act of violence.