Wisconsin Well-Represented at National Law Enforcement Memorial

A large contingent of police officers from the Milwaukee area and throughout the state are in Washington, D.C. to honor their fallen brothers and sisters, including Wauwatosa's Jennifer Sebena and Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Deputy Sergio Aleman.

Wisconsin had a strong presence leading up to a candlelight ceremony Monday night at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C. Dozens of police officers from departments throughout the state made the trek to the nation's capitol to honor those who died in the line of duty, including Wauwatosa officer Jennifer Sebena and Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Deputy Sergio Aleman. Their names are among 321 names added this year to the memorial wall. Just before the Monday night vigil, Jason Newton, a reporter for Patch's media partners WISN 12 News, spoke with some of the Wisconsin officers who were on hand. “We knew all along that Jen earned her place on this wall,” Wauwatosa detective John Milotsky told Newton. “It’s all …

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Jennifer Sebena, 320 Other Fallen Officers Now Part of National Memorial

Visitors gather at nation's capital for National Police Week to honor those who died while on duty, including Wauwatosa police officer Jennifer Sebena.

Thousands of people began flowing Saturday into Washington, D.C., for National Police Week, filling a sacred section of the northwest portion of the capital and the national memorial honoring fallen officers. Wauwatosa police officer Jennifer Sebena, who was killed on duty on Christmas Eve 2012, is among those who will be honored. Her name freshly etched into one of the two 304-foot-long marble walls that are now part of the living National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial. The names of more than 19,000 officers who have been killed in the line of duty are etched into those walls. This year, 321 were added. The curving blue-gray marble with all those names on it was dedicated in 1991, and it has become the focal point of National Police …

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Have Recent Events Made it More Likely for You to Own a Gun?

Discussion on gun control, ownership and use has come to the forefront locally and nationally. Vote in our poll on the matter, and participate in the comments.

Three high-profile shooting deaths in the Milwaukee area since August — coupled with mass shootings in Aurora, CO and Newtown, CT — have heightened the national dialogue on gun ownership and control. It’s also increased the interest in Americans of owning guns. Sellers across the country reported surges in business following the Newtown elementary school shooting, and the head of the National Rifle Association called for armed security in schools. Meanwhile, Democrats plan to introduce federal legislation to ban production of high-capacity magazines, according to the Huffington Post. Have recent events made it more likely you would own a gun for personal safety? Or have they squelched any notion of owning one? Finally, have events and …

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The Anti-Alinsky

6:29 pm on Thursday, January 17, 2013

Johnny, you are just getting ridiculous. I don't know ANYONE that uses the acronym ACA for B.O.Care. There are too many other things with those 3 simple initials. As far as B.O.Care, have YOU read the bill? If so enlighten us. If not, here is the guts of it: Parent's can carry their children up to age 26. Preventative health services for women is required at no extra charge above men's coverage. …   more ›

Jennifer Sebena Remembered for Caring Nature, Loving Spirit

Slain Wauwatosa police officer had tremendous impact on the community as a youth group leader and as an up-and-coming law enforcement member.

Jennifer Sebena had a major impact on the lives of high school students at Elmbrook Church. She reached out to them, mentored them through ins-and-outs of high school and comforted them during tough times, like the deaths of classmates. But as the students are mourning the loss of a young woman who they would normally turn to, they are leaning on each other instead. “She always would be able to help us with anything that we had,” said Kristen Overstreet, 18, a senior at Arrowhead High School. “She could relate to anything that we said, which was really, really helpful. We knew that she is not just making it up or isn’t going judge us because she has been through a lot of it.” Sebena, 30, was shot and killed early Christmas Eve while on …

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Tosa Police Officer Shot, Killed By Unknown Suspect

Jennifer Lynn Sebena, 30, was found dead early Christmas Eve morning.