This article was originally published on The Fifth Column News by the same author. Transparent policing means numerous things, all revolving around informing the public. Citizens are concerned what crimes may be occurring around them.Theoretically, police departments remedy this by producing public reports detailing their actions. Wauwatosa PD, however, may not be fully documenting key […]
Wisconsin Representative Joins ACLU Lawsuit Against Milwaukee Police
This article was first published on The Pontiac Tribune by the same author Wisconsin’s ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) just amended their lawsuit against the Milwaukee Police Department. The action, filed at the beginning of 2017 blasting problematic stop and frisks, increased its plaintiff list. Now, Representative David Crowley is joining as a victim of […]
Wisconsin ACLU Condemn Random K9 Searches Of Teens At Local High School
Wisconsin’s ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) recently criticized Wauwatosa PD’s escalation of high school k9 searches. Their public statement blasted WPD’s old school “scared straight” message, and it’s ineffectiveness at solving real drug problems. READ MORE FROM FIRST POST: Wauwatosa Police Department Escalates K9 Searches Of Property And Vehicles of High School Students The searches […]
Wauwatosa Police Quietly Remove The Ability To Post Reviews On Facebook Page
It would appear the Wauwatosa (Tosa) Police Department (WPD) can’t get over it’s habit of blocking out the public. Just a day or so ago, the department gave its Facebook page a questionable makeover. The ability to post reviews of WPD, and read older one’s, has been removed without notice or explanation. This occurred […]
Wisconsin Drug Unit With Ethically Questionable Record Receives $40,000 Grant
A government under Trump has a high potential to further bolster money pouring into law enforcement. In Wisconsin, an obscure drug unit just cashed in on $40,000 to combat its jurisdiction’s meth problem. That unit’s history, however, suggests it values stats over the lives disrupted and sacrificed, by their hunts. Wisconsin’s state department, Gazette Extra […]
Tosa Officer Joseph Mensah Reassigned To Detectives After Anderson Shooting
Cop Block contributors recently obtained Officer Joseph Mensah’s employee file, from the Wauwatosa Police Department. WPD’s silence largely spared Mensah public scrutiny after killing Jay Anderson in 2016. According to his file, Mensah was reassigned to a brief desk job under WPD’s detective bureau. Oddly enough, that occurred less than a month after the slaying. […]
Update: Did Tosa PD Claim To Not Have Ex-Detective Document They Already Released?
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 […]
Wisconsin Racial Justice Group “Tosa Together” Speaks Out On Jay Anderson Police Killing–Short
An interview with a member of Tosa Together, conducted by Isiah Holmes. Tosa Together has committed itself to racial justice, diversity, and awareness in the mostly white Milwaukee suburb of Wauwatosa. After becoming active with Black Lives Matter and other movements, Tosa Together tackled the Jay Anderson killing. In this interview, church minister Suzelle Lynch […]
Press Conference Regarding Jay Anderson’s Murder by Wauwatosa WI Police Held December 5th 2016 (Full)
Footage shot on December 5th of the press conference held regarding Jay Anderson’s case. The 25 year old was shot by Wauwatosa Officer Joseph Mensah. Many questions continue to linger over the suspicious killing, and residents haven’t stopped asking. For five months, the department dodged answering those questions. Open records requests were delayed, phone calls […]
