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Alleged drug planting video: Chief says police were giving plastic bag back, not planting it By FOX 32 Digital Team Published  article CALEDONIA, Wisconsin - Police in a small town in Wisconsin have shared bodycam video that they say proves a police officer did not try to plant drugs in a car during a traffic stop. Video from the perspective of the people in the car, which was shared on social media, shows an officer throwing a plastic bag, or a piece of a bag, into the back of a car in the village of Caledonia on Wednesday. The headline on one post was "Cop caught in 4K planting evidence."

CALEDONIA — The Caledonia Village Board on Monday night gave permission, on a 5-2 vote, to the village Police Department to pursue a federal grant to hire two additional sworn officers, even while the village’s police chief wants to expand the department by five officers in the near future. The Caledonia Police Department has been understaffed for a while, according to department leaders. The department is currently staffed with 35 sworn personnel: a chief, deputy chief, three lieutenants, five sergeants, three detectives, one K-9 handler and 21 patrol officers. The staff was increa...

CALEDONIA — Last July, Caledonia K-9 Officer Cory Radke was one of the first to respond to a house fire at 6821 Beechnut Drive, just south of Six Mile Road. He was able to go inside the home and rescue a dog. However, as far as slowing the fire which was quickly consuming the house, he was unable to do much. All he could do was wait until firefighters arrived. Now, the Caledonia Police Department is doing more to prepare for situations like these. When police officers are able to arrive first at an active fire, they want to do something to stop at least some of the damage.