
Sheriff Wes Revels is running a write-in campaign to defeat his former jail sergeant Mike Krause, who won the primary. Krause declared himself independent of the U.S. in 2008.
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Paul Picciolo was a lieutenant with the Bayside Police Department. He resigned when he was investigated for complaints from a subordinate.
Sheriff’s offices in Waukesha and Milwaukee counties, Milwaukee Police Department employ the most wandering officers as the total number of police statewide continues its long decline.
Nearly 14,500 officers patrolled the state in 2008. Fewer than 13,000 officers were on the streets at the end of 2023, a drop of 11 percent, and another record low.
Experts say it’s unlikely, but “nothing seems totally out of the question” in the uncertainty of the Republican Party.
The top U.S. intelligence agency says China uses the popular social media platform to influence American elections and “magnify U.S. societal divisions.”
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