Crime & Safety
Waukesha County Detective Suspended After Drunken Driving Arrest
Detective Brad Anderson was arrested in Sparta in May in a department vehicle.
A Waukesha County detective who was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving in Sparta in May is suspended for 30 days without pay, according to a news release from Sheriff Dan Trawicki.
Brad Anderson, a 23-year veteran, was off duty at the time of the operating while intoxicated arrest. However, he was driving a Waukesha County Sheriff’s Department vehicle because he was in Sparta for training.
The suspension is for violations related to unbecoming conduct and use of department vehicles, according to Trawicki.
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Anderson was arrested after being pulled over in Sparta around 2:30 a.m. May 5. Two Menomonee Falls police officers and a Waukesha police officer were also in the vehicle at the time of the arrest.
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