Fire and police commissioner stands up against immigration changes
MILWAUKEE- Marisabel Cabrera, a member of the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission, the board which oversees the Police and Fire Departments, is standing up...
Sheriff’s office policy on vehicle pursuit is vague
MILWAUKEE- After a sheriff's deputy shot and killed Terry Williams on June 11th, community leaders and lawmakers have been asking the Milwaukee County Sheriff's...
Sheriff Clarke retracts statements on Homeland Security job
MILWAUKEE- It appears that, at least for the moment, Milwaukee County is stuck with Sheriff Clarke and all the unprofessional antics and incompetence he...
Jury rules against Milwaukee County Jail
MILWAUKEE- A jury has ruled in favor of a former inmate of Milwaukee County Jail, awarding her $6.7 million after she was repeatedly raped by...
Milwaukee County Jail inmate testifies against abusive guard
MILWAUKEE- An 19-year-old women has filed a federal lawsuit against Milwaukee County over abuses at the jail. Xavier Thicklen, former corrections officer at the Milwaukee...
Text messages show Sheriff Clarke ordered staff to harass flight passenger
MILWAUKEE- It turns out that Sheriff Clarke knew that Riverwest resident Dan Black hadn't broken any laws when they briefly spoke on a plane this...
Top aide to Sheriff Clarke tries to replace him
MILWAUKEE- Controversial Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke may be replaced by his own former top aide, and observers say that's what the right-wing sheriff wants....
Illinois Sheriff targets Walker and child welfare agencies
A 4-year-old child who ran away from a foster home in Dane county was found in a car littered with drugs in Cook County,...
Another death in a Milwaukee County jail facility
A 52-year-old inmate died Sunday inside the Milwaukee County House of Corrections in Franklin. The Medical Examiner hasn't released a cause of death.
The inmate...
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