RACINE â Despite what you may have heard, the city is not prohibiting veterans from applying to work for the Racine Police Department.
That was a suggestion included in the City of Racine Police Reform Report that was presented to the City Council on Tuesday, but it was included specifically as representative of comments by the public and not as an action the city intends to undertake.
However, several local law enforcement officers took offense at the suggestionâs inclusion in the report, according to a leader of a state police organization.
The suggestion
Shannon Powell, communication director for the City of Racine, stressed Friday afternoon that the report was informational and not a policy document.