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Milwaukee Acting Mayor Cavalier Johnson has nominated Bree Spencer to fill an open seat on the city's Fire and Police Commission.

The mayoral primary election is a week away, but already Acting Mayor Cavalier Johnson is trying to put his stamp on the Fire and Police Commission.

The council at the same meeting reversed course and sustained two vetoes by Mayor Tom Barrett.

Morales Payout Rises Still Higher City must also pay its private legal team. Total cost of lawsuit will exceed $668,000. By Jeramey Jannene - Jul 19th, 2021 05:27 pm //end headline wrapper ?> Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales. Photo from the Milwaukee Police Department. The City of Milwaukee’s settlement with ousted police chief Alfonso Morales will cost more than the six-figure check the City Treasurer is poised to write Morales. Morales himself is poised to receive $500,000. His legal team, led by Gimbel, Reilly, Guerin & Brown partner Frank Gimbel,...

Ed Fallone, one of three newly appointed members to the Fire and Police Commission to make their debut Thursday, will begin his term as chair of the oversight body for the police and fire departments. The choice marks a new chapter for the board, which now features less than half of the commissioners who were in power during their legally flawed demotion of Alfonso Morales from police chief to captain last summer. Fallone will be backed by Everett Cocroft, one of three remaining holdovers from Morales’ demotion, as the commission’s vice chair. And that number could soon narrow to two, wi...