After months of waiting and re-scheduling, a county judge is set to appoint a special prosecutor to review the Wauwatosa police shooting death of a Milwaukee man in 2016, after finding probable cause through an oft unused state statute that allows for the public to petition the court, that the former officer committed homicide.
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Commissioners said that police and community relations were important to them. (Ethan Duran/Patch)
WAUWATOSA, WI The Wauwatosa Police and Fire Commission voted 4-1 Thursday to appoint James MacGillis as Wauwatosa s new police chief.
One commissioner, Dominic Leone, didn t vote for MacGillis and instead voted for Jeffrey Norman, who is currently the acting police chief in Milwaukee.
Leone didn t say why he voted for Norman but later added that he had the utmost confidence in MacGillis.
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Commissioner Danielle Basil Long