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Chief Flynn Welcomes French Police Chiefs
Photograph taken by the Milwaukee Police Department today, Wednesday, August 27, 2008, of Milwaukee Police Chief Edward A. Flynn (third from right) welcoming police chiefs to Milwaukee from France for the Harley-Davidson 105th Anniversary celebration. The visiting chiefs represent the cities of Pontoise, Yerres, Bry-sur-Marne and Rosny-sous-Bois. Each of the cities has police motorcycle units. The chiefs exchanged gifts and shared information about their respective crime prevention efforts.
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News Release # 08-34 - Date: August 15, 2008
CHIEF FLYNN REQUESTS OFFICERS TO ASSIST CITY OF ST. PAUL DURING CONVENTION
Milwaukee Police Chief Edward A. Flynn is requesting to send 36 Milwaukee Police officers to assist the St. Paul, Minnesota Police Department during the Republican National Convention, a national special security event, September 1-4, 2008.
Chief Flynn emphasizes that any assistance provided to the St. Paul Police Department would not impact Milwaukee Police patrols on the streets of the city of Milwaukee.
“We would have the same number of officers we always have had conducting patrol duties on our streets,” Chief Flynn said. “Assistance provided during a major incident for a neighboring state will not affect any neighborhood in the city of Milwaukee.”
The MPD response to this mutual aid request from the St. Paul Police represents a unique training opportunity for our Major Incident Response Team (MIRT) – invaluable experience and training they could not access locally.
The costs incurred will completely be reimbursed by the federal government. For the first time in recent memory, the Milwaukee Police Department is operating within its overtime budget. There will no “backfill” overtime of any significance during this event.
Additionally, as 36 of 2,000 Milwaukee Police officers would be in St. Paul, the city of Milwaukee is left with more than enough police officers to respond to any major incident that could occur here.
“As a law enforcement executive, I have been asked to provide police personnel for mutual aid and have asked for mutual aid during my career,” Flynn said. “We in law enforcement know that no one police department can handle an event of this magnitude alone. In America mutual aid is critical and if we can supply it at no cost to our city, we have an obligation to assist. We never know if the city of Milwaukee may someday need to make a similar request.”
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SPECIAL NOTICE:
TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF LICENSED PREMISES FOR SPECIAL EVENTS ( Exception Application)
A temporary waiver has been established for licensed premises to apply for an exception to their approved extension application pursuant to City Ordinance 90-4: Classification of Licenses. To file for an exception application please download and complete the following form:
Click here to download form (pdf format)
Upon completion return to Milwaukee Police Department, License Investigation Unit, 749 W. State Street, Rm B009 Milwaukee, WI 53223. Fax: 414-935-7381
For additional information call 414-935-7428
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News Release # 08-34 - Date: July 28, 2008
MILWAUKEE POLICE SUPPORT ALDERMAN, RESIDENTS’ EFFORTS TO ENGAGE COMMUNITY
Milwaukee Police Chief Edward A. Flynn today expressed his support for the efforts of Ald. Joe Davis and his constituency to ask for community cooperation regarding shootings that have occurred on the northwest side of the city.
“I commend Ald. Davis and the members of the Grantosa Heights Neighborhood Association in their efforts to encourage the community to assist the Milwaukee Police during our investigation of the violent crime that has occurred in the area,” Flynn said. “While we have made some arrests in these incidents, we appreciate that our elected officials and the community join together with the police to help stop crime, fear and disorder in our public spaces and in our neighborhoods.”
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News Release # 08-30 - Date: July 28, 2008
SIX-MONTH VIOLENT CRIME SHOWS DOUBLE-DIGIT DROP
Nearly all crime categories showed a double-digit drop, according to city of Milwaukee crime statistics released today by Police Chief Edward A. Flynn. Overall violent crime (homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault) decreased by 19.4 percent in the first half of this year.
The numbers are encouraging, showing a substantial drop in all categories except for burglary. Note, however, that in the MPD’s First Quarter numbers, burglary had increased 10.6 percent in the first three months of the year, but at the 2008 halfway point, now shows a 9.1 percent increase – still troubling, but it is trending in the right direction.
| MAJOR CRIME TOTALS FOR JANUARY – JUNE, 2008 |
| VIOLENT CRIME: |
2007 |
2008 |
% CHANGE |
| HOMICIDE |
48 |
33 |
-31.3 |
| RAPE |
124 |
88 |
-29.0 |
| ROBBERY |
1,607 |
1,392 |
-13.4 |
| AGG. ASSAULT |
2,210 |
1,703 |
-22.9 |
| VIOLENT CRIME TOTALS: |
3,989 |
3,216 |
-19.4 |
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| PROPERTY CRIME: |
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| BURGLARY |
2,618 |
2,855 |
+9.1 |
| LARCENY-THEFT |
11,521 |
11,456 |
-0.6 |
| MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT |
3,718 |
3,334 |
-10.3 |
| ARSON |
152 |
138 |
-9.2 |
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| OVERALL TOTALS: |
21,998 |
20,999 |
-4.5 |
(note: These numbers are preliminary data that may see some fluctuations after they are verified and sent back to MPD from the State of Wisconsin Department of Justice)
“When we released our first quarter 2008 crime statistics, many people noted a correlation between the cold weather and crime reductions, even as the police district captains were rolling out their anti-crime plans. It’s reasonable to say as these plans matured, we continue to see improvements even in the warmer weather,” Chief Flynn said. “I’m optimistic that the partnerships between the Neighborhood Task Force and the police districts that are invigorated with new recruits, will continue to make progress reducing the levels of crime, fear and disorder.”
"I'm encouraged by these numbers, most of which are headed in the right direction, but it is clear there is more work to do," said Mayor Tom Barrett. "There are still far too many shootings and too many neighborhoods continued to be plagued by crime. I have complete faith and confidence in the Milwaukee Police Department and neighborhood specific policing strategies, and I ask all neighborhood residents to get engaged in the fight against crime on every block."
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MILWAUKEE POLICE MAKE ACCIDENT REPORTS
AVAILABLE ONLINE
Copies of reportable traffic accident reports are now available online at www.milwaukee.gov/accidentreports. Reports may be viewed and printed free of charge. Available reports include those for all incidents occurring after June 1, 2008, as well as some occurring before that date. The public may search for a report online in the following ways:
- By a case number that was provided by the investigating officer
- By the first and last name of a driver involved in the accident
- By the date the accident occurred
Online public access to reports of a sensitive nature is restricted. These reports include fatalities and matters involving juveniles. Individuals requesting these reports will be directed to the Traffic Records Section. [read more]
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Search Reports by:
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The Milwaukee Police Department is implementing WisDOT Badger TraCS software to make accident reports available online. Reports filed as of June 1 will be filed electronically and made available at the below accident lookup link.
[TRAFFIC ACCIDENT LOOKUP ]
Reports filed BEFORE June 1, may by available if they were filed electronically.
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A billboard message generously donated by Clear Channel Outdoor to assist Milwaukee Police in getting information on the July 4 homicides at 28th & Wright. We thank Clear Channel Outdoor for being our strong community partner in helping keep the City of Milwaukee a safe place to live and work.
The six billboards are scheduled to be up Friday, July 11. The locations are as follows:
- 30th St. & Center St.
- Fond du Lac Ave. & Locust St.
- 30th St. & North Ave.
- 24th St. & North Ave.
- 27th St. & Atkinson Ave.
- 35th St. & Wright St.
Thank you for helping us publicize this important community safety effort.
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D3 Community Liaison page (click here)
Wells St. Neighborhood page (click here)
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