A widow goes into the hospital for a pacemaker procedure. During the procedure the doctor punctures the widow’s aorta causing her death. Can the doctor be held accountable? Can the family seek justice? You’d think so. Well, not in Wisconsin. Under current Wisconsin law adult children don’t have the right to seek justice if their [...]

Dear Sheriff David Clarke, I am a Deputy Sheriff and a proud wearer of the Police Officer badge. As I sit in the trenches day after day, I must deal with the uncertainty of what has become of my vocation, a burning passion, and my life. As a member of law enforcement, like the military [...]

It is awfully difficult to tell what the truth is these days. With leaders and role models in nearly every facet of life sending out non-stop, self-serving versions of reality we all face a difficult time sorting it out. Let’s check in on some of the recent high profile searches for the truth. Barry Bonds [...]

The following is a guest column by a Milwaukee County Deputy Sheriff. I’ve never been one to be very political. Opinionated yes, but I don’t attribute myself to either major party. I’ve been a Milwaukee County employee for some time now and read about the first pension scandal and thought to myself ” jeez, that [...]

Sheriff David Clarke is capriciously dispensing discipline on internal affairs cases. Let’s do something different for this story. We’ll let the readers match the facts of the cases to what they believe the disciplinary result was. Case 1: off duty deputy solicits an undercover MPD officer for sex, gets arrested. This is a misdemeanor violation [...]

In the continuing debate about immigration reform, the human face of the issue is frequently absent. We should ask ourselves: What are immigrants contributing to our society? Who are these undocumented workers? And, most importantly, what happens when someone is deported? The following is a true account of what recently happened to an undocumented worker [...]