Police Chief Brian updated the Village of Hortonville Board of Trustees that County record management system upgrades will require computers running Windows 11 to maintain Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) compliance.

Brian said the county planned an October update and that the county indicated Windows 10 would no longer be recognized as compliant with CJIS security rules after mid-October. He told trustees that the village has some older office computers that will need upgrading and that reserve funds are available for the replacements.

“As of October 14, I think is the date where Windows 10 is no longer… supported,” the chief said, summarizing the county guidance delivered to local agencies. He added that some machines in the offices are not used and that eliminating service on unused machines will help offset upgrade costs.

Trustees discussed options including paying Microsoft to extend Windows 10 updates temporarily; staff said that option carries per-machine costs and would not maintain CJIS compliance indefinitely. Chief Brian said squad computers are already Windows 11 and not affected; the immediate concern is office machines that run the county’s Spillman records software.

Next steps: Chief Brian said he will proceed with replacement planning and seek to use reserve funds to update affected machines; trustees did not vote on a specific expenditure at the meeting.