Milwaukee Police Department

An initiative written by a group of retired FBI agents and law enforcement officials proposes polygraph tests to identify racial bias and prejudice.

Less than 24 hours after FOX6 News shared the story of Jocqese Carter, shot 11 times and left paralyzed in October, offers to donate the critical wheelchair ramp came pouring in from generous viewers.

Milwaukee police need help locating the person(s) who shot Nevaeha Ware, 13, on Jan. 9 near 65th and Congress.

The decision to suspend the search comes after the commission twice attempted to vote on a new chief, both times resulting in a tie.

Common Council President Cavalier Johnson is urging the FPC to halt the police chief selection process. He suspects Thursday’s vote will result in a third tie with no new commissioner appointed for a tie-breaking vote.

Milwaukee has seen an unprecedented level of gun violence in 2020. The names of the 189 people killed in the city were read one by one during the service.

Retired Milwaukee Police Assistant Chief Raymond Banks says he was drifting back to sleep when a blast from an RV forced his family out of their hotel room in Nashville. 

FOX6 sat down with Morales’s attorney. He described the critical meeting with the city as short, with no real resolution. 

The police oversight body that demoted Morales, who later resigned, is in the midst of a search for a new police chief.

Jeffrey Norman, who has been with MPD since 1996, will take over for retiring Acting Chief Michael Brunson.

The U.S. Department of Justice offered the grant to hire 30 new officers -- a grant program that the city has been part of for more than two decades.

According to MPD, the department's use of force policies are now consistent with the national "8 Can't Wait" campaign.

The Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission voted 3-3 again Thursday night, Dec. 10 for the next Milwaukee police chief. 

On Friday, several members of Milwaukee's Common Council asked the city attorney's office for its opinion on what options the Common Council has if the FPC vote, again, ends in a tie.

The Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission (FPC) on Thursday, Dec. 3 decided to defer the final vote in the police chief search until Dec. 10.