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Former Wisconsin DARE Officer Gets 2 Years in Prison for Stealing from Program

A former Brown County, WI, DARE officer Kevin Vanden Heuvel grew so accustomed to the money he was stealing from the program that he volunteered to keep working for the program after his retirement.

June 23, 2016

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Video: Milwaukee Chief Slammed by Council for Telling People How Not to Get Shot

Faced with growing complaints about his department's handling of a spike in carjackings and his own comments about how to avoid getting shot, Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn defended himself at a contentious Common Council committee meeting Monday.

June 7, 2016

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Video: Footage Released of Wisconsin Officers Being Attacked by Suspect

Police dashcam video has been released showing several police officers being attacked by a suspect in Greenfield, WI, on May 29. Two officers were injured so badly they were rushed to the hospital.

June 7, 2016

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Wisconsin Officer Wounded in Gun Grab Attack, Suspect Dead

A 23-year-old Appleton, WI, man who was a suspect in two retail thefts attacked an Appleton police officer early Saturday, taking her handgun and shooting her and a Good Samaritan before killing himself on the city's east side, Police Chief Todd Thomas said.

May 30, 2016

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Milwaukee School System Spending $471K on Black Lives Matter Program

The district plans to spend nearly as much on "Black Lives Matter" as it plans to spend on College Access Centers, Universal Driver Education, and Advanced Studies of World Languages.

May 13, 2016

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2 More Wounded Officers Sue Milwaukee Gun Shop

The new case, brought by Officer Jose Lopez and former officer Alejandro Arce, alleges that owners of Badger Guns negligently sold the gun used to wound them in 2007.

May 10, 2016

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Video: Milwaukee Officer Saved by Armor in Shooting, Suspect Killed

A Milwaukee police officer shot by an armed robbery suspect Thursday night has been released from the hospital. He was saved from potentially mortal wounds by his body armor.

May 6, 2016

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FLEOA Names Sheriff Clarke Law Enforcement Leader of the Year

Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. of Milwaukee County, WI, was given the Law Enforcement Leader of the Year Award from the Federal Law Enforcement Officer Association Foundation (FLEOA).

March 31, 2016

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Video: Woman Dead, Suspect Hospitalized, Officer Released After OIS

A woman is dead, and the man she lived with is in the hospital. This, after an officer-involved shooting in Wauwatosa, WI, on Monday night.

January 12, 2016

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Man Reportedly Steals Officer's Truck, 'Torches' It

Jailhouse tips led authorities to a man suspected of stealing a Hammond (WI) Police Department officer's personal vehicle containing his service pistol, badge, and other police equipment from a parking lot.

November 25, 2015

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Video: Wisconsin Officer Killed in Collision with State Truck

A McFarland (WI) police officer was killed in a head-on crash involving a squad car and a Department of Natural Resources truck Monday afternoon, according to Dane County officials.

November 24, 2015

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Milwaukee Gun Store Ordered to Pay $6 Million to Wounded Officers

The ruling came in a negligence lawsuit filed by the officers against Badger Guns, a shop in suburban Milwaukee that authorities have linked to hundreds of firearms found at crime scenes. The lawsuit said the shop ignored several warning signs that the gun used to shoot the officers was being sold to a so-called straw buyer who was illegally purchasing the weapon for someone else.

October 15, 2015