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Wildwood Board Of Public Safety

Saturday, April 13, 2013

New Wildwood Safety Sessions Planned

The city's Board of Public Safety volunteer members are offering a series of new safety-related workshops and events for Wildwood residents. The first one, a CPR-certified class, will be held 11 days from now.

A new lecture series of workshops will be offered to Wildwood residents by the city's Board of Public Safety committee volunteers, said member John Gragnani at Monday's city council meeting. The first session will be 6-9 p.m. on April 24 at the Wildwood Municipal Building in the first floor community room. The session is a basic life support class, which Gragnani said is a American Heart Association-certified CPR class. He said it will be good instruction for both general people and health care providers. The cost is $25 per student. It is limited to 40 participants. To reserve a spot, call (636) 458-0440. He said the next session being contemplated focuses on home preparedness and would be done in conjunction with Metro West Fire …

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Wildwood Gets New City Marshal

A former St. Louis County police officer was approved as the city's new marshal at Monday evening's city council meeting.

After 11 years as Wildwood city marshal, Bob Warren announced his retirement from the position. Wildwood resident Bill Garrett was appointed as Warren's replacement by Wildwood Mayor Tim Woerther, and approved by city council members at Monday's meeting. Garrett is a consultant who lives on Vintage Oak Drive in Wildwood. He has a bachelor's degree from Missouri State University and is a graduate of the St. Louis County Police Academy. Having lived in Wildwood since 1994, Garrett said he started his police career in West County and Central County police departments, before transferring to Wildwood. After serving as a police officer in Wildwood one term, he became a detective in the Bureau of Drug Enforcement. Then he said he and his wife …

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