Wisconsin law requires police agencies to report serious uses of force, but inconsistent standards make comparisons between departments difficult.
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Posted inPublic Safety & Criminal Justice
Q&A: What the Corey Ruiz shooting reveals about police training — and who shapes policing rules
University of Wisconsin-Madison law professor Ion Meyn has interviewed police officers and reviewed hours of police training videos to study how officers make deadly force decisions. He spoke with Wisconsin Watch about what he has learned.
Posted inAsk Wisconsin Watch, Public Safety & Criminal Justice
How do I get a video of a police shooting in Wisconsin?
The public can request video from police shooting cases under the state public records law, but they might have to pay a price — if there is any footage at all.
Posted inCommunity, News, Public Safety & Criminal Justice
Family of man killed by officers during RNC seeks answers
Angelique Sharpe, the sister of Samuel Sharpe Jr., is outraged over his fatal shooting by Columbus, Ohio, police who were in town to work the Republican National Convention.
Posted inCommunity, Public Safety & Criminal Justice
Aggressive policing escalates violence at protests, research shows. A former Madison police chief touts a better way.
David Couper, Madison’s police chief from 1972 to 1993, says law enforcement should ditch the riot gear and tear gas to keep the peace.
Posted inHealth and Wellness, Public Safety & Criminal Justice
Defund the police? Milwaukee eyes future amid Black Lives Matter protests, coronavirus budget crunch
Calls to shift funds from policing to programs that improve quality of life for people of color aren’t new. But this time, more people are listening.
Posted inLake Effect Radio
NNS on Lake Effect Radio: More police is not the answer for Milwaukee
NNS reporter Jabril Faraj goes on the air with Joy Powers to discuss Milwaukee’s message to the Common Council at a recent Public Safety Committee hearing: More police will not be sufficient to reduce violence and crime in the city.
Posted inLake Effect Radio
NNS on Lake Effect Radio: Unrest in Sherman Park
NNS reporter Jabril Farij goes on the air with Lake Effect’s Joy Powers to talk about protests in Sherman Park in the wake of the police shooting of 23-year-old Silville Smith
Posted inNews, Public Safety & Criminal Justice
District 3 police, residents bond on the ball diamond
Next Door Foundation organized a softball game to strengthen relations between District 3 police and residents.
Posted inNews, Public Safety & Criminal Justice, Special Report
Special Report: MPD public website posted inaccurate crime data for 2012
Duplicate crime incident reports, representing about 20 percent of the total, portrayed an inaccurate picture of the number of crimes in each of Milwaukee’s seven police districts for 2012. The figures were quietly corrected late last week.