You may have seen the January 3, 2008, article in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel in which Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Association president Roy Felber mentioned that had the jail release area’s fingerprint machine been up and running, the recent improper release of Jaron X. Jennings might have been prevented. It makes sense–Jennings switched wristbands with another inmate, [...]

A second Milwaukee County Corrections Officer (not a deputy) was relieved of duty under allegations the officer has had a relationship with an inmate. This is the second such instance of misconduct in office by a corrections officer this week — the first being the arrest of a Corrections Officer assigned to the classification unit [...]

On Friday November 2nd a Milwaukee County Sheriff’s office correctional officer was arrested and charged with 2nd degree sexual assault of an inmate. Somehow,this news wasn’t released via ‘press release’ from the sheriff’s office. This is just another example of how Sheriff David Clarke protects his correctional officers. Unfortunately he treats his deputies as scapegoats. [...]

I came up with a few other titles but I thought using the words racist and discrimination may attract to many of the kings court to my little corner of the world. Everyone knows I can’t stand the way in which the king rules this department. Until now, I’ve just ranted and raved over stories [...]

“We don’t have quotas” is the answer to the question, “Sarge, how many tickets do I have to write each month?” Funny thing though, we DO have ‘ Performance Standards.’ There IS a ‘wall of shame’ on the wall of the patrol division, run by Capt. R. Richards, that lists the NUMBER of TICKETS each [...]

Sheriff David Clarke may have said he was against cronyism, but the reality is that he’s busy promoting his friends. Historically, transfers within the Sheriff’s Department have been used to fill vacancies in bureaus, punish the ‘malcontents’ and fill the cushy jobs with deputies from the ‘golden friends’ list. It has been the springboard for [...]