Milwaukee’s Top Law Enforcement Officials Square off on Crime

By Jenn Jacques

In my great home state of Lambeau Field, Miller beer and cheese curds, we have the very liberal, progressive cities of Madison and Milwaukee… then we have the rest of the Dairy State.

Milwaukee County is no exception. We have the very progressive, urban city of Milwaukee, then we have the rest of the county. The law enforcement officials of these two polar opposites are a great example of their vast differences despite their close proximity. Milwaukee County has the no-nonsense leadership of Sheriff David Clarke, Jr. and the city of Milwaukee has the excuses of MPD Chief Ed Flynn.

The city of Milwaukee continues to rapidly decline, and in September, the Police Department announced Milwaukee’s per-capita homicide rate was significantly higher than the homicide rate of the city of Chicago. With a staggering 145 homicides already this year, the city hasn’t been this deadly since July 1991, the same year 11 dismembered bodies were found in Jeffrey Dahmer’s Milwaukee apartment.

Recently, in an attempt to shed some light on the root of his city’s troubles and deflect blame away from his own desk, Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn once again attempted to throw the law-abiding citizens of Wisconsin under the bus.

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