Milwaukee Police; Convicted - and Paid; Republicans Must Stop Making Milwaukee Taxpayers Foot the Wages of Fired Police Officers. Ridiculously, Even Rogue Cops Convicted of Crimes Keep Getting Salaries.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel › August 06, 2007

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Two rogue Milwaukee cops - Andrew Spengler and Daniel Masarik, convicted July 26 in the ruthless beating of Frank Jude Jr. and fired more than two years ago - are still collecting their police paychecks. They should send Assembly Republicans thank-you notes. GOP legislators have lavished Milwaukee taxpayers' money on fired officers.

A state law forces the city to keep paying dismissed cops until they have exhausted their appeals. Spengler has gotten $195,000 in pay and benefits since he was let go; Masarik has collected almost $176,000. Mayor Tom Barrett wants the Fire and Police Commission to promptly hold hearings to terminate payments, which are now slated to end on Nov. 29, when the two are scheduled to be sentenced.

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Milwaukee Police; Convicted - and Paid; Republicans Must Stop Making Milwaukee Taxpayers Foot the Wages of Fired Police Officers. Ridiculously, Even Rogue Cops Convicted of Crimes Keep Getting Salaries.

But the real solution is for the Legislature to repeal this ridiculous law. In ...

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