A day after Cop Block’s last article on the Wauwatosa (Tosa) PD Robin Schumacher case, the department emailed back. In 2013, she’d reportedly detailed sexual harassment by WPD supervisors in her resignation letter. The department’s lieutenants, despite having already provided that document, claim to not have access to it. A series of legal dramas preceded […]
Tosa PD Hiding info On Sexual Harassment Of Ex-Detective?
Since November 2016, the Wauwatosa Police Department has sat on a very sensitive open records request. Cop Block contributors requested the resignation letter of former detective Robin Schumacher. She’d left WPD in 2013 after ending a lofty legal drama in a $77,000 settlement. Her letter, sources report, detailed how she’d been targeted with harassment by […]
Kentucky Police Department Takes On Angel Program To Stop Overdoses Among Drug Addicts
The holidays rewarded residents of a Kentucky town with good news for its addicts. Months ago, the Alexandria Police Department initiated an Angel Program, first tested in Massachusetts. On the new year’s cusp, Alexandria P welcomed new volunteers alongside their first patient. According to Cincinati.com, 11 volunteers and one patient are already included in Alexandria’s […]
Cop Block Writer Views Unreleased Jay Anderson Footage, Shares Experience
Grey skies choked Milwaukee with gloomy overcast December 5th’s morning. At its cusp, 9:45am, I was to meet Jay Anderson’s family at the District Attorney’s office. Though aware we’d view footage captured by Wawuatosa PD dash camera’s, no one was prepared for the city’s decision. Navigating the labyrinth Milwaukee PD’s administration building, courtrooms, attorneys offices, […]
Wisconsin’s ACLU: No Reason For Wauwatosa Police To Withhold Anderson Footage
Jay Anderson’s case is beginning to get some serious traction, with both the public and influential organizations. It’s not just leaked information which is noteworthy, it’s the cases complete lack of transparency. Since Wauwatosa PD won’t comment, however, Wisconsin’s ACLU will. “The American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin”, emailed a representative, “affirms the vital need […]
Milwaukee Police Must Consider Alternatives To Handle Under-Reported Opioid Crisis
This article was originally published by The Pontiac Tribune by the same author. The drug war’s casualties reach far beyond bloated penitentiary yards, fractured rehab facilities, and it’s own endless perpetuation. America’s opioid crisis, and it’s scale, is straining police, the policed, and the decades old rhetoric between them. Milwaukee Wisconsin is no stranger, nor […]
Wauwatosa Group Holds Public Fourm On Anderson Shooting, 8 Min Of Police Footage Reported Missing
As Wauwatosa Wisconsin marks three months since its police department killed a man sleeping in his car, residents gather calling for answers. A newly formed group, Tosa Together, held a forum focusing on the killing, and where to move from here. The victim’s family were invited to speak at the event. There, they disclosed yet further […]
Family of Man Killed by Wauwatosa Police Suspect Cover Up; Report Intimidation and Harassment
Police officials have provided few updates in three months since the Jay Anderson killing in Wauwatosa (Tosa), Wisconsin. The 25 year old father and fiance was asleep in his car when an officer deemed it suspicious, then shot Anderson dead. Since then, Tosa police officials have done what they can to prevent the family from peacefully protesting […]
Seattle Proposes Supervised, Arrest Exempt ‘Safe Spaces’ For Heroin Addicts To Use
In 2014, a Pew Research Center study revealed something perhaps viewed as impossible 10 years ago. Two-thirds of Americans felt that people shouldn’t be prosecuted for possession of heroin and cocaine. That trend has only spread, with even some police departments proposing radical new drug reforms. Seattle just raised the bar, however, and proposes safe […]
Jay Anderson Madison Park Wauwatosa Killing Protest Sneak Peek
Above is a sneak peek to a video documenting a peaceful protest in Milwaukee’s Madison Park. The Anderson family has protested for months attempting to get justice for their son, who was killed by Wauwatosa police. Jay Anderson died three months ago, and WPD hasn’t held a press conference, or released the shooting officer’s name. […]
