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 […]
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 […]
Walworth County Drug Unit: How Trading Futures For Arrests Led To A Wisconsin Killing
In 2016’s February, 23 year old Christopher Davis was killed by police in Muskego Wisconsin. Following an investigation that took months to disclose, his killers were cleared of wrongdoing. Department Of Justice (DOJ) documents revealed numerous details, including the cop who planned the reckless sting that killed Davis. That officer, it turns out, also works […]
Confirmed: Footage Of Wauwatosa Shooting Exists, Police Silence Deepens
Recently, the parents of a man killed by Wauwatosa officers were allowed to view just 20 seconds of captured footage. That day, the DA office allowed them to view their son dying–and only that. Still, despite an emotionally traumatizing showing, they demand to see what led up to that point. Until then, sporadic protests continue […]
Muskego Wisconsin Cops Cleared After Poorly Planned Drug Sting Kills Innocent Man
Five months ago, 21 year old Christopher Davis was shot dead by police in Muskego, Wisconsin. Today, his family wrestles with the frustrating reality that Chris’s killer won’t be charged with a crime. Key details gleaned during federal investigations, however, bring that decision into sharp questioning. During February of 2016, Christopher Davis accompanied friends driving […]
Tosa PD Highlights It’s Pattern Of Denying Transparency With Recent Shooting
Tragedy struck a family near Wauwatosa Wisconsin, after one of the suburb’s officers gunned down a man in his car. As expected, Wauwatosa PD is quite tight lipped regarding the incident, and isn’t even investigating it. Instead, the department of around 94 officers passed the killing off to the neighboring Milwaukee Police Department. With Tosa […]
Madison Wisconsin Police Under $400,000 Review, Chief Pushes Back
Like many other departments, Madison Wisconsin’s force is in the process of resisting the scrutiny of a federal probe. Police officials in the capital recently mobilized against a common council decision to study department practices. Police officials, however, claim their disagreement isn’t with the investigation itself, but it’s lofty $400,000 price tag. More specifically, a […]
What We Learned From Wauwatosa PD’s Previously Unreleased Annual Reports
From 2004-2011, the Wauwatosa Police Department released yearly annual reports on its activities. The protocol wasn’t unusual, police normally provide some form of publicly available documentation. Of course, they don’t outline everything there is to know about a department, they’re simply transparent overviews. In 2012, unlike other departments, Wauwatosa’s data never arrived to the city’s […]
Open Records Win: Wauwatosa Police Re-Release Annual Reports Following FOIA Requests
The Wauwatosa Police Department recently re-released their yearly annual online reports following a series of open records requests. Their return to public access, after nearly two years of unexplained obscurity, marks a decisive victory for police transparency. This victory, however, displays the unusually thick veil Tosa PD has erected between itself, those it polices, and […]
