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MacGillis named Wauwatosa police chief

MacGillis named Wauwatosa police chief Published  James MacGillis has been named the new police chief after a nationwide search to fill the position. WAUWATOSA, Wis. - The City of Wauwatosa's Police and Fire Commission (PFC) on Thursday, July 1 voted to appoint James MacGillis as the city's next police chief. MacGillis was working as a drug enforcement officer, used to lead training at the Milwaukee Police Academy and also served in the U.S. Army. All of that combined with a new approach to police the city he grew up in helped him land the chief job. The vote took just minutes, four of five PFC commissioners choosing MacGilllis.

Tosa Mayor, Police Union At Odds

City officials at odds with union amid search for new police chief, calls for reforms.

Police union seeks guidance from city council, after mayor says "I lost my temper"

WAUWATOSA, Wisc. — The Wauwatosa Peace Officers Association (WPOA) continues to recover from seemingly never-ending insults and distractions from Mayor Dennis McBride. A few weeks ago, Mayor McBride said that the WPOA, the local police union "was a problem" and that one of its members was “drinking

Wauwatosa mayor calls police union 'a problem'

Wauwatosa police union and mayor at odds again

The president of Wauwatosa's police union is demanding an apology from Wauwatosa Mayor Dennis McBride, after McBride stated "the police union is a problem" during a recent radio interview.  The incident is another example of the uneasy relationship between the Wauwatosa Peace Officers Association and elected officials in the last year — which was exacerbated by the July 2020 suspension of former Wauwatosa Police Officer Joseph Mensah and the recent unrest in the city. It's the latest in a seemingly endless back and forth between the two entities.  After Mensah's suspension by the Wauwatosa Police and Fire Commission, the police union has sent several letters to McBride and the common council, condemning actions taken by the city to address Mensah and policing in the city. 

Wauwatosa police union demands apology from Mayor McBride

Share and speak up for justice, law & order... Wauwatosa, Wisc. — The Wauwatosa Peace Officers Association (WPOA) is demanding an apology from Wauwatosa Mayor Dennis McBride. On behalf of the WPOA, board member John Milotzky wrote a letter demanding an explanation and an apology from Mayor McBride for insulting a police officer during a radio interview on WTMJ on May 16. While Mayor McBride claimed that he and the city council support the police, he clearly stated in the radio interview that “the police union is a problem”—and that an (Asian-American) police officer “was listening too much to the police union and drinking too much of their Kool Aid.”

Tosa Police Had Many 'High Value Targets' » Urban Milwaukee

Including Mayor Dennis McBride, Rep. David Bowen, protest leaders, attorneys. //end headline wrapper ?>Get a daily rundown of the top stories on Urban Milwaukee Wauwatosa Mayor Dennis McBride listens to the protesters, Coleman, and one of the Cole family’s lawyers. Photo by Isiah Holmes/Wisconsin Examiner. Nearly four months after first learning that the Wauwatosa Police Department (WPD) had labeled its own mayor a “higher value target” (HVT) in a detective’s Powerpoint, an internal investigation conducted by WPD has been released to the Wisconsin Examiner . However, its conclusion that the Powerpoint’s creator and WPD’s Investigative Division “did not conduct any investigation into Mayor

Police Departments Stalling Release of Public Records

City of Wauwatosa announces hiring process for new police chief