Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Cops Gone Wild: Milwaukee County tracks officers with credibility problems. But the system is inconsistent and incomplete.

From JSOnline:



Ashley Luthern
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

A deputy falsifying jail logs. Officers stealing during a search warrant. An off-duty officer hitting a parked car after leaving a bar, then lying about it.

Imagine one of them arrested you. 

Would you want to know about their past?

Under the law, you have a right to that information. How and when you get access to it depends on prosecutors, who file criminal charges and bring a case in court.

The Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office has a system for tracking officers with credibility concerns, allegations of dishonesty or bias, and past criminal charges. But it is inconsistent, incomplete and relies, in part, on police agencies to report integrity violations, an investigation by the Milwaukee Journal SentinelTMJ4 News and Wisconsin Watch found.

Read and see much more: https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/investigations/2025/03/04/milwaukee-countys-police-officers-brady-list-is-inconsistent-incomplete-prosecutors/78390712007/

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