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Government, Police & Fire

Police Records No Longer Open in Many Communities

Fear over multimillion dollar lawsuits has prompted many departments to strictly follow requirements in the federal Driver's Privacy Protection Act that may or may not apply. And in doing so, they're violating the state's open records law.

Police & Fire, Business

Suspected Toilet Valve Bandit Facing a Host of New Charges

Brookfield man, already charged with five counts of property theft, now also faces six felony counts of identity theft for claiming to represent a plumbing company when he sold stolen flushers to salvager, reports say.

Police & Fire

Waukesha Man Draws His 3rd OWI Arrest

Luckily, a Brookfield Police officer is near at hand when a caller reports a driver who was a clear threat to himself and others.

Police & Fire

'All Available Squads': How Duty Officers Took Charge at Azana Spa

When a quiet Sunday exploded into a scene of mass terror at the Azana Spa and Salon in Brookfield, officers from the western suburbs took the initiative to save lives — while risking their own.

Public Safety

UPDATED: Missing Brookfield Woman Has Been Found

Brookfield police say Amber P. Hammond, 26, who is autistic and had been missing since Monday morning, has been located and is safe and unharmed.

Government, Police & Fire

Wauwatosa Officer Jennifer Sebena Laid to Rest

Law enforcement officers and firefighters from across Wisconsin pay their respects to fallen officer – the first to die in the line of duty in the nearly 100-year history of the Wauwatosa Police Department.

Police & Fire

Funeral Plans Announced for Tosa Officer Jennifer Sebena

Services will be Saturday at noon at Elmbrook Church in Brookfield following a morning visitation.

Business, Public Safety

FBI Adviser Says Spa Shooting May Have Been Copycat Crime

Criminologists, agents already looking at how Radcliffe Haughton fits into a pattern of rising workplace violence – and an eerily similar case last week in Florida.

Police & Fire, Business

Tightwad Gourmand Gets to Sample Jail's Bill of Fare

I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a large stuffed pizza with everything today, says Waukesha Wimpy. But his record says he makes a habit of overeating and underpaying.

Government, Police & Fire, Local Connections

Heroin's Twisted Hold on Two More Lives

Court reports tell of the grip of this drug on all those involved in its abuse.

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