Tag: Milwaukee Police Department

From Daniel Bice’s year end winners and losers article from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: And does anybody know who the police chief is right now? Certainly not the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission, which we can all agree doesn’t have a clue. Too bad there’s not an experienced hand at City…

This was one of the posts that I meant to finish in that catch up Friday some weeks ago. But I never got to it, partly because I kinda burned out that day and partly because it seems impossible to completely get my head around. I started working on this…

In anticipation of a traditional Democratic National Convention…and an expected 50,000 attendees…politicians, delegates, vendors, and media types…the Milwaukee Police Department was going to be relying on reinforcements from other police departments from around the state and neighboring states. But as the DNC shrank to a virtual telethon instead of a…

I am going to have to write the rest of my story…but I don’t have the energy tonight. But to put this in the contemporary vernacular…the FPC is a dumpster fire. Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales is demoted to captain by the Fire and Police Commission Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso…

According to an article on the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s website, the feds finally getting involved: The FBI has launched a criminal civil rights investigation into the death of Derek Williams in Milwaukee police custody, federal officials announced Wednesday. Both the U.S. attorney and a state-level special prosecutor will use the…

I’ll admit….I’ve been remiss in not writing about the death of Derek Williams, who died in the custody of the Milwaukee Police Department in July 2011. At the time, Williams’ death was ruled as being due to “natural causes”, a ruling that has since been changed to homicide now that…

This is absolutely chilling: When Robert Velez’s wife left their home to escape his abuse, he used his Milwaukee police training – and his badge – to track her down. First, Velez connected his missing wife to the Exel Inn hotel chain. He initially showed his badge at the Wauwatosa…

Wow….just wow… At least 93 Milwaukee police officers – ranking from street cop to captain – have been disciplined for violating the laws and ordinances they were sworn to uphold, a Journal Sentinel investigation found. Their offenses range from sexual assault and domestic violence to drunken driving and shoplifting, according…

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is reporting Willie Murphy, a sergeant with the Milwaukee Police Department, has been suspended for 20 days without pay for sending a text message to other supervisors urging them to tell officers to stop making traffic stops until problems with the department’s new digital radio system…

From the files of, “this isn’t at all shocking:” The handgun used to shoot a Milwaukee police officer last week has been traced to Badger Guns, making that store the sole supplier of all the guns used to wound six officers in two years, police said. Detectives traced the 9mm…