Arts & Entertainment - March 25, 2008
Pictorial history traces Milwaukee police
Maralyn A. Wellauer-Lenius talks about researching her new illustrated book, "Images of America: Milwaukee Police Department."
Tags: Milwaukee Police Department, Maralyn A. Wellauer-Lenius, Arcadia, Images of America, Hegerty, William Beck, Walter Sheldon Johnson, Herman L. Page

Politics - Oct. 24, 2007
New contributors get into old style politics
A recent Wisconsin Democracy Campaign investigation found a unique class of politically-active students in the Badger State -- those that gave some $86,243 to state candidates between 2002 and June 2007.
Tags: state budget, doyle, fire and police commission, hegerty, barrett, common council, alderman, election

Milwaukee Buzz - July 13, 2007
Give the public a little good news
Surely something good must be happening in a city of nearly 600,000 people. The reason we know that is because every member of the Milwaukee Police Department lives in the city of Milwaukee.
Tags: police, harbor patrol, schwartz, hegerty

Politics - April 19, 2007
Hegerty to Hines: Council controls police budget
Milwaukee Chief of Police Nannette Hegerty released a copy of a letter she penned to Common Council President Willie Hines in response to an April 12 letter in which Hines claimed that Hegerty, in a newspaper editorial she wrote, blamed the Common Council for the rise in crime in Milwaukee.
Tags: Hegerty, Ald. Hines, Common Council, police, MPD, crime

Politics - Jan. 6, 2007
Police Chief Hegerty's resignation causes reverberations
In the wake of Milwaukee Police Chief Nanette Hegerty's resignation, we offer some facts, reactions, questions and observations.
Tags: milwaukee police, hegerty, resigns

Milwaukee Buzz - Jan. 5, 2007
Hegerty retirement creates opportunity for MPD, city
Milwaukee Police Chief Nan Hegerty’s sudden and unexpected announcement that she will step down as top cop for the city of Milwaukee creates a very unique opportunity for our city. This also can provide a way to see the true mettle of Mayor Barrett and potentially affect his bid for re-election.
Tags: Hegerty, MPD

Milwaukee Buzz - Jan. 5, 2007
Police Chief Hegerty announces retirement
Milwaukee Police Chief Nannette Hegerty has announced her retirement in a memorandum that was sent to all members of the Milwaukee Police Department on Friday morning.
Tags: Hegerty, MPD, police, schwartz

Milwaukee Buzz - Sept. 26, 2006
Milwaukee Talks: MPD's Anne E. Schwartz
Anne E. Schwartz, PR Manager for the Milwaukee Police Department, sports a resume more complete than three women her age. But you might remember her work on the biggest story she ever covered: breaking the Jeffrey Dahmer arrest. We caught up with her recently.
Tags: anne schwartz, police, hegerty, dahmer, MPD, Milwaukee Police Department, frank jude, henning, parker, waukesha freeman

Politics - July 28, 2006
Coalition works to keep police accountable
The Milwaukee Police Accountability Coalition hasn't copped out on trying to change the way the city's law enforcement officials are held accountable. In fact, Matt Nelson, MPAC's executive director, tells WisPolitics the group sees all its efforts coming to a head in August.
Tags: MPD, police, accountability, frank jude, hegerty

Politics - June 16, 2006
Milwaukee considers policing options
Milwaukeeans have heard proposals from state, county and local officials to counter the violence problem, and on Monday a Common Council committee will consider a proposal to shift $750,000 from a contingency fund to pay for police recruit training.
Tags: MPD, gun, violence, murder, homicide, Common Council, WisPolitics, Barrett, Hegerty

Milwaukee Buzz - June 6, 2006
100 Milwaukeeans you need to know, part one
In a city of a million or so people, there are hundreds of movers and shakers who make Milwaukee tick. Whatever they put on their business cards, all contribute to Milwaukee in their own special way -- and you'll be better off adding them to your list of acquaintances.
Tags: 100 people, 100 need to know people, abele, selig, cebar, dolan, gimbel, eitel, 100 things, crawford, chudnow, hegerty, movers, shakers

Politics - May 12, 2006
Bartlett verdicts stir anger in Milwaukee
Upset by two recent court decisions that found Milwaukee Police Officer Jon Bartlett not guilty in incidents involving minority men, the NAACP plans to begin holding hearings to plan its reaction.
Tags: Jude, racism, hegerty, police, shook, wispolitics

Milwaukee Buzz - Sept. 9, 2004
Candidates ignore Hispanics at their peril
Both political parties have launched efforts to reach out to Wisconsin's Hispanic population -- a group that has nearly doubled in the last decade and increased by about 8 percent in the last two years.
Tags: Kerry, Democrat, campaign, Bush, Republican, Latino, Hispanic, Hegerty, Election2004

Milwaukee Buzz - Aug. 24, 2004
Reason for alarm: False alarms take cops from real crimes
The recent announcement by Milwaukee Police Chief Nannette Hegerty that officers will respond only to verified burglar alarms is less alarming than the number of false activations with which police have had to contend for more than a decade.
Tags: crime, police, Hegerty, alarm

Milwaukee Buzz - July 27, 2004
Don't overlook the women making a difference in Milwaukee
As we pass the 20th anniversary of Geraldine Ferraro becoming the Democratic vice presidential nominee, it calls to mind those women in Milwaukee who may not get the headlines, but who truly deserve them.
Tags: Hegerty, Ferraro, WisPolitics, women, Barrett, Bevan, Legacy, Henningsen, Lanier, Sennett