The Wisconsin Statutes provide that the governor can remove district attorneys for cause. But the definition of for cause is not clear. The author suggests an answer to the question of the breadth of the governor´s removal powers.
The Wisconsin Statutes provide that the governor can remove district attorneys for cause. But the definition of for cause is not clear. The author suggests an answer to the question of the breadth of the governor´s removal powers.
Police Officer Who Resigned After Fatal Shootings Is Hired as Sheriffâs Deputy
Protests erupted in Wisconsin after the officer, Joseph Mensah, killed a teenager in February â his third fatal shooting in five years. He resigned but was sworn in on Monday as a deputy in a nearby county.
Joseph Mensah, in an undated photo while he was a Wauwatosa, Wis., police officer.Credit.Gary Monreal/Monreal Photography Llc/Wauwatosa Police Department, via AP
Jan. 27, 2021
A former police officer in Wauwatosa, Wis., who shot and killed three people during his tenure and resigned following protests last year, became a law enforcement officer again on Monday when he was sworn in as a deputy sheriff just across the county line.