Law Enforcement and Arrests in Wisconsin

A snapshot of 2008 arrests in WI along with a trend review of the same between 2007 and 2008. Also included is law enforcement statistics. [...]

Domestic violence as a pre-existing medical condition

Yet more proof that our current health care system is absolutely fine just as it is:

[I]n DC and nine other states, including Arkansas, Idaho, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Wyoming, insurance companies have gone too far, claiming that “domestic violence victim” is also a pre-existing condition.*

Domestic violence [...]

In Brief: JFC calls for county probe, GOP labels Sotomayor “racist”

Just a few random thoughts after a long, hectic day:

The Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee voted 16-0 last week to request Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen open a fraud probe to investigate whether administrative fraud has occurred in Milwaukee County’s operation of several social safety net programs. Not surprisingly, Walker called the request “politica,” despite [...]

Enter the “Men We Love” contest

Is there a man in your life that you love?

Would you like to recognize that man and let him know how loved he is?

Then think about entering the MEN WE LOVE DEDICATION PAGE CONTEST:

Men We Love is a photo journal book celebrating the many good men who inspire us and make us [...]

An unintended side effect of the recession…

…seems to be a spike in domestic violence and child abuse deaths: “We have families in crisis,” police spokeswoman Anne E. Schwartz said today. “Chief Flynn wants to let people know this is occurring and there are resources to help.”

Milwaukee has reported 17 homicides so far in 2009, compared with 14 by this date [...]

“Awear” event to be held April 2

From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:

Mayor Tom Barrett will strut the runway this spring.

It’s for a good cause, too. Barrett and his wife, Kris, as well as Kenya Bell, wife of Milwaukee Bucks player Charlie Bell, and former TV reporter Julie Feldman will take part in “Awear,” the fifth annual fashion event to [...]

Chris Brown & domestic violence

This is unrelated to politics, but I’ve been following the story of pop singer Chris Brown’s alleged assault of Rihanna closely, simply because the issue of domestic violence is something I have a keen interest in, due in large part to what I do for a living. Earlier today, Brown issued a statement that he’s [...]

You heard it here first…

Meg Jones of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported yesterday that in December 2006, Deputy Thomas Hutchins was ordered by a Milwaukee County circuit judge not to phone or threaten his former wife, Mary Hutchins, and to stay at least 200 feet away from her and her home. While the fact that Deputy Hutchins is the [...]

Sheriff’s deputy arrested in double shooting

A Milwaukee County Sheriff’s deputy is being held this afternoon on a possible charge of attempted homicide in connection with a double shooting last night that wounded a 31 year-old woman and her 12 year-old neighbor, according to police reports. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is reporting Thomas D. Hutchins, a 12-year-veteran of the Sheriff’s Department, [...]

Bad news for MPD

It’s been a bad couple of days for the Milwaukee Police Department. First came reports that a Barack Obama poster was found defaced in a Milwaukee Police district station, reports that are disturbing on many levels:

Police chief Edward Flynn launched an internal investigation and issued a strong rebuke after a Barack Obama poster [...]