Milwaukee and Wauwatosa are both in need of a permanent police chief. The same candidate, Acting MPD Chief Jeffrey Norman, is drawing interest from both municipalities.
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Wauwatosa, Wisc. The Wauwatosa Peace Officers Association (WPOA) is demanding an apology from Wauwatosa Mayor Dennis McBride. On behalf of the WPOA, board member John Milotzky wrote a letter demanding an explanation and an apology from Mayor McBride for insulting a police officer during a radio interview on WTMJ on May 16.
While Mayor McBride claimed that he and the city council support the police, he clearly stated in the radio interview that “the police union is a problem” and that an (Asian-American) police officer “was listening too much to the police union and drinking too much of their Kool Aid.”
Police Chief Barry Weber retiring after 31 years with Wauwatosa
By Sam Kraemer and FOX6 News Digital Team
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Wauwatosa Police Chief Barry Weber will retire after 31 years as chief of police.
WAUWATOSA, Wis. - He has been Wauwatosa s chief of police for 31 years. But Barry Weber announced on Monday, Feb. 1 that he will call it a career in June.
City officials say Weber has helped modernize and diversify the police department. But critics say his leadership helped spur tension over his handling of former officer Joseph Mensah.
Expanding training opportunities, helping draft a body camera policy in late 2020, and changing recruiting efforts to promote diversity. That is just part of how the city says Chief Weber has improved the Wauwatosa Police Department.