“Here is the new updated list,” reads an email sent by WPD crime analyst
Dominick Ratkowski on July 14, 2020. “There are around 40 people, I have fully ID’ed.” The message was sent to 17 WPD employees, including multiple supervisors in the investigative division and Chief
Barry Weber. Eight minutes later, a supervisor would send another message. “This list can be found in open investigations in the protest folder,” the email read.
At 4:11p.m. on July 14, 2020
John Milotzky, a WPD detective and president of the Wauwatosa Peace Officers Association, replied in the chain: “That list,” he wrote, “only needd [sic] to go to Shorty since he’s in charge of mailing tickets,” using a nickname for a Special Operations Group (SOG) detective.
The Belleville Police Services Board has promoted Acting Deputy Chief Chris Barry.
He will start as the Deputy Chief with the Belleville Police as of Friday.
Deputy Chief Barry joined Belleville Police Service in 1992.
In a press release this morning, the board noted that he has worked his way through the ranks, serving in community policing roles, criminal investigations, and was promoted as a Staff Sergeant in 2010.
Deputy Chief Barry was promoted as an Inspector of the Operations Divisions in 2015, before serving as Inspector of the Support Services Division.
He has been serving as the Acting Deputy Police Chief since the fall.
Deputy Chief of the Belleville Police Service Chris Barry. (Photo: Belleville Police Service)
The Belleville Police Service has a new Deputy Chief.
Chair of the Police Services Board Jack Miller announced on Tuesday that Acting Deputy Chief Chris Barry has been promoted to the Deputy position on a permanent basis.
Barry started his career with the Belleville Police Service in 1992 and has worked his way through the ranks in all aspects of the service including general patrol, criminal investigation, and operations, and has been involved in many community organizations.
Chair Miller said Barry has demonstrated his ability, desire, and commitment to serve all the citizens of Belleville.
An online petition contesting the chief’s appointment is circulating and has received more than 2,300 of the 2,500 signatures sought as of Tuesday morning.
A resident named Nancy Lyall launched the protest and petition, which states that hiring Chief Newsham “was a significant step backward in the community’s relationship” with the board.
“The process used to hire this chief was not transparent and was severely lacking in community input,” the petition states. “His termination and a reset in the hiring process with significant community input is the only way to repair this situation.”
The petition says Chief Newsham has “poor leadership” and his policing tactics are “not what we want” in the county.
Wauwatosa protesters demand reform after latest police shooting
A group of protesters gathered to march in Wauwatosa Sunday afternoon after a police officer shot a woman Thursday night Share Updated: 6:14 PM CST Dec 13, 2020
Wauwatosa protesters demand reform after latest police shooting
A group of protesters gathered to march in Wauwatosa Sunday afternoon after a police officer shot a woman Thursday night Share Updated: 6:14 PM CST Dec 13, 2020
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Show Transcript KENT: YEAH, BEN, THIS IS WHERE THAT PROTEST MARCH BEGAN. WE ARE JUST A FEW BLOCKS AWAY FROM THAT WHERE THAT SHOOTING TOOK PLACE ON THURSDAY EVENING. POLICE SAY A WOMAN WHO WAS EXPERIENCING A MENTAL HEALTH EPISODE RANDOMLY ATTACKED ANOTHER WOMAN ON THE STREET. WHEN CONFRONTED BY THE POLICE, SH BEGAN STRIKING THE SQUAD CAR WITH A WOODEN POST. I 23-YEAR-OLD OFFICER CONFRONTED THAT PERSON A 23-YEAR-OLD OFFICER CONFRONTED THAT PERSON AND SHOT AND WOUNDED HER. THE PROTESTERS