Tag: David Clarke

Apparently Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke isn’t afraid of jeopardizing public safety in order to send a message to his deputies: Milwaukee County deputies got a reprieve from Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr.’s order to switch to new gray-and-black uniforms under threat of suspension. But Clarke is now threatening deputies…

Recently reelected Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke announced on Monday he won’t seek election as Milwaukee County Executive to replace Scott Walker. In a written statement, Clarke made it clear he wanted to focus his attention on the job he was reelected to do by Milwaukee County’s citizens: “I am…

Just a few predictions on some important races today, keeping in mind that this list is far from exhaustive: Chris Larson v. Jeff Plale (Democratic primary in 7th State Senate District): A lot of money has been spent in this race, including scads of money from outside groups on both…

Last week I asked why Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke won’t debate his opponent in the Democratic primary for the office currently held by Clarke, and while I don’t know all the reasons why Clarke is avoiding debating Chris Moews, I’m betting it might be because Clarke, a “Democrat,” has…

Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke, who’s facing a tough primary challenge from Milwaukee Police Detective Chris Moews, seems to be avoiding two public debates scheduled for the two candidates, as noted by Moews in a recent press release: Noting that Sheriff David Clarke had not confirmed his attendance at two…

Looks like Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke can finally truthfully claim he finally caught a drunk driver in his official capacity as Sheriff, seeing as how the last time he came face to face with a drunk driver Clarke actually tried to help the drunk driver get back onto the…

Reason number 1,987,221 why Milwaukee County voters need to send Sheriff David Clarke packing this year… On the day after the deadly accident at O’Donnell Park’s parking garage, Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. took the unusual step of carving out a couple of hours to provide counseling to…

As first reported by xoff at Uppity Wisconsin, Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke, a “Democrat,” will face a primary challenge from Chris Moews, who from everything I’ve heard is an honest to goodness real Democrat, not a Republican masquerading as a Democrat in order to win an election. Moews has…

In order to close a $5 million hole in his department’s budget, Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke announced yesterday he plans release 120 inmates from the County Jail and reduce freeway patrols, two ideas which will no doubt enrage “law and order” conservatives all across southeastern Wisconsin. After all, neither…

Remember when the state’s DNA backlog first came to light? At the time, Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke said of the situation, “This isn’t a mistake, this is an abomination. Let’s go ask the victims of unsolved sexual assaults or other crimes if they feel anybody needs to be held…