Wauwatosa committee looking at panhandler issues in the city
Wauwatosa wants to address an increase in panhandling activity in its medians, more than two years after the city repealed a law that prohibited “aggressive panhandling.” The discussion of the city's handling of panhandlers comes days after a 24-year-old woman was hit while asking for money near Mayfair mall. That woman is still in critical condition at Froedtert Hospital, according to Wauwatosa Police Capt. Luke Vetter. In 2018, the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin sent letters to Wauwatosa and seven other Wisconsin cities asking them to get rid of their panhandling laws...