Christopher Foley ruled Wednesday morning that if no settlement is reached within 45 days the former chief will get his job back.
Morales was demoted by the Fire & Police Commission in August before the deadline expired on all 11 directives the commission issued in July. He elected to retire and sued the city.
City Attorney
Tearman Spencer, the commission’s attorney, admitted to the court that Morales was denied his due process rights. The filing asked for the case to be sent back for Morales to be subject to a disciplinary trial before the commission.
But Foley, in December, ruled in Morales’ favor and ordered him to be reinstated to his position.
New court filing request judge force City of Milwaukee to reinstate Morales as MPD Chief
Former Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales is requesting a Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge to force the city to allow him to return to the position that he was demoted from last year.
Morales’ attorney Frank Gimbel filed a new affidavit Tuesday, asking the judge to act as soon as possible.
In his filing, Gimbel cites the lack of action taken by the City of Milwaukee to reinstate Morales following
Gimbel states he has met with city officials several times since the December ruling to reach an agreement on the matter. He writes Morales was “ready and willing to return to the Chief’s job” by early March, and they had not received a buyout or settlement offer from the city.