Acting on an anonymous tip, police raided a well known Bay View tavern late last night. The tipster stated women, covered in whipped cream, would be dancing at a stag party. The women, for a small fee, would allegedly allow the male patrons to lick the whipped cream from their bodies. 

 

Undercover officers entered the tavern and observed several male patrons performing the act of licking whipped cream from two whipped cream covered dancers. A police spokesperson stated the officers watched for about one hour. During that time, all of the male patrons engaged in licking the dancers. When it was the officers turn to lick, they identified themselves as officers and the party was shut down. 

Fifteen persons received citations for disorderly conduct. The tavern owner and bartender were not cited. When asked why, the police spokesperson stated they had liquor licenses and therefore could not be cited.

On Saturday, April 4, 1925, Officer Schmidt was shot and killed while preparing to question two auto thieves. Officer Schmidt was in plainclothes and only 400 feet from the Central Police Station while conducting surveillance on the two suspects. When he began to confront them he was shot and killed.

Officer Schmidt had been with the agency for two years.

                                                                           

Officer Rosario Collura, and Officer Leonard Lesnieski  were shot and killed when they interrupted a drug deal while on patrol.

They observed four men in an alley and stopped to question them. They had patted down three of the suspects and were patting down the fourth suspect when the man produced a gun and shot both officers in the chest. The suspect fled but was later apprehended.

Today, March 19th marks the 24th anniversary of their deaths. They are missed by all of their friends, family, and members of the law enforcement community.

   Patrolman Leonard Lesnieski - 54

  Patrolman Rosairo Collura - 39

Remember them and their families in your thoughts and prayers.

 

New Technique Utilizing Private Branch Exchange (PBX) Systems To Conduct Vishing Attacks

The FBI has received information concerning a new technique used to conduct vishingi attacks. The recent attacks were conducted by hackers exploiting a security vulnerability in Asterisk software. Asterisk is free and widely used software developed to integrate PBXii systems with Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), digital Internet voice calling services; however, early versions of the Asterisk software are known to have a vulnerability. The vulnerability can be exploited by cyber criminals to use the system as an auto dialer, generating thousands of vishing telephone calls to consumers within one hour.

The vulnerability referred to in this alert is a known vulnerability. Digium, the original creator and primary developer of Asterisk, released a Security Advisory, AST-2008-003, in March of 2008, which contains the information necessary for users to configure a system, patch the software or upgrade the software to protect against this vulnerability.

If a consumer falls victim to this exploit, their personally identifiable information (PII) will be compromised. To prevent further loss of consumers' PII and to reduce the spread of this new technique, it is imperative businesses, using Asterisk, upgrade their software to a version that has had the vulnerability fixed.

Further, consumers should not release personal information in response to unsolicited telephone calls. Providing your PII will compromise your identity!

If you have been a victim of Internet crime, please file a complaint at www.IC3.gov.

i Vishing utilizes caller ID spoofing via VoIP to contact potential victims in order to gain access to their PII by convincing the victim that the criminal is associated with a legitimate business with a need to know the victim's PII.

ii PBX Systems are used by companies to allow telephone calls between VoIP enterprise users on local lines while allowing all users to share a limited number of external lines.

This information obtained from FBI web page

Do not be a victim. Click on the picture for ways to prevent having your sticker stolen.

                                               

 

Sometimes I do not understand why people think the way they do! Why does the public think they know better than trained professionals?

Would you tell your dentist how to fill a cavity?

Would you tell your doctor how to do a heart operation?

Would you tell your eye doctor how to do an eye exam?

Of course not, your not trained how to do the exams and operations properly.

Then why does the public think they can tell law enforcement how to do thier job. Recruits receive 6 months of in house training, 1 year of on the street training, and everyone receives additional inservice training 2 times a year.

Every day is a training day because Mickey the Mope is out to scam you anyway he can. He does not follow a book of rules . . . only his book of rules to make you a victim. And the crime stats out for Milwaukee indicate there are more victims each day of the week.

Some of you readers have no clue what it is like working the streets and the danger inherit with the profession. I did it for over 25 years and each year became more violent than the year before it. People will kill you for a pair of shoes. I have been to murder scenes because people fought over a lousy 40 oz beer! People killed over shoes, furniture, drugs sales gone bad, and a number of other crazy situations.

Think about it - opinions are one thing - reality is another.

Let law enforcement do their job. Our community will be a safer place because the coppers are willing to risk their life for YOU and your family.

"Boots"

New Ordinance Would Allow Citizen Complaints Against Nuisance Noise Violators; Also – "Operation Bass Busters" Set to Restart

A new ordinance sponsored by 14 members of the Milwaukee Common Council would allow Milwaukee citizens to lodge complaints against owners of vehicles blasting excessively loud music or sounds generated by car stereos by simply providing a license plate number, the date and time of the violation and their name and contact information, Ald. Bob Donovan, the measure’s principal sponsor, said today.

"Throughout this city loud car stereos rattle our windows and completely disrupt the peaceful enjoyment of our homes and neighborhoods, and this ordinance empowers the people of this community to – for a change – take action themselves to put a lid on it," said Ald. Donovan, chair of the Common Council’s Public Safety Committee, which will take up the proposed ordinance during its meeting at 9 a.m. Thursday (May 8, 2008) in room 301-B at City Hall, 200 E. Wells St.

The new ordinance would mirror the city’s nuisance property ordinance, which allows the city to issue tickets and fines to property owners when police are called to investigate multiple complaints at a home or building.

Under the nuisance vehicle loud noise ordinance, the owner of a vehicle that is the subject of a loud stereo complaint would receive a warning for the first complaint but would be charged for the cost of enforcement on any subsequent complaints, meaning fines of at least $100 could be levied for each subsequent occurrence.

"With the nuisance property ordinance, any unpaid fines or charges go directly on the owner’s property tax bill," Ald. Donovan said. "Under this ordinance, charges and fines will go directly to the owner of the vehicle – no matter who might have been driving at the time of the violation."

Co-sponsors of the ordinance include Ald. Joe Dudzik, Ald. Robert W. Puente, Ald. Robert J. Bauman, Ald. Tony Zielinski, Ald. Jim Bohl, Ald. Willie L. Hines, Jr., Ald. Willie C. Wade, Ald. Joe Davis, Sr., Ald. Michael J. Murphy, Ald. Ashanti Hamilton, Ald. Terry L. Witkowski, Ald. Nik Kovac, and Ald. James N. Witkowiak.

Operation Bass Busters, which allows officers to target vehicles with excessively loud car stereos using special decibel-measuring detectors, is being re-started as another tool to help curb noise violators, Ald. Donovan said. "People may think an (Operation Bass Busters) patrol is enforcing speed limits with a radar gun when they’re really looking for offending vehicles blasting music and brain-numbing bass lines," he said.

This information was obtained from a City of Milwaukee Press Release 

Can you help find and provide information regardng any of these suspects? Call 414-935-7302 (24/7) wih any information.

 

Below is an email I received to help solve crime in the city. Consider watching a few videos, you may be able to help solve a crime or two.

                                                                 

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Beginning this week, the Milwaukee Police Department now has its own page on the popular video Web site, YouTube.

 

At the site, we will be showing the surveillance videos that we distribute to the media when we need help identifying the perpetrators of a crime. Now, the public will be able to access those videos whenever it is convenient for them, helping Milwaukee Police reach a wider audience to assist us in solving crimes. We also will list our favorite videos from positive stories on the Milwaukee Police Department done by news organizations who upload their news stories to YouTube.

 

Simply go to www.youtube.com/milwaukeepolice  which takes you to our site. We invite the public to make MilwaukeePolice one of their favorites on the YouTube site so anyone who may have information won't miss a thing when we upload new surveillance video.

 

Thank you for getting the word out about this terrific tool for law enforcement.

 

Anne E. Schwartz

Public Relations Manager

Public Information Office

Milwaukee Police Department

749 W. State Street

Milwaukee, Wisconsin  53233

 

Office Phone:  (414) 935-7209

Fax: (414) 935-7109

 

This past weekend the motorcycles were out in force. I must have counted over 100 riders this past weekend enjoying themselves on our highways.

Being a former Motorcycle Sergeant with the Milwaukee Police Department, I cannot tell you how many thousands of miles I logged on each season. Nor, can I tell you the number of times some knucklehead turned into my lane or pulled out in front of me because in their words "I didn't see you." Because of my training and experience I was fortunate, I was able to take the proper evasive action to avoid a collision.

I urge everyone to keep an eye out for the motorcycle riders. They are harder to see than motor vehicles.

For you new motorcycle riders I urge you to take a safe rider course. It could save your life. The proper training can make your ride safer.

For you experienced riders I urge you to take a refresher course or an advanced rider course. The time spent is priceless ... so are our lives.

O'yea - successful completion of these classes can save you up to 10% on your annual insurance. That savings can buy you a few bucks and you can use it to off set the high cost of fuel.

For more information on safe rider courses click on this link. You can sign up for classes on line. This school is, in my personal opinion, the best in the State of Wisconsin.

Don't delay, call or sign up today!

                                        

Fire Safety Week – October 7th – 13th

This week is fire safety week. Each year hundreds of people are killed or injured because of fires or fatal burns. Here are a few tips to help prevent burn injuries in your home.

Keep matches, lighters, and smoking materials away from your children. Kids are curious and experimentation with these items to imitate adults can occur.

Each year change the batteries on your smoke detectors. I change mine every year on my birthday. Clean the smoke alarm by gently vacuuming it to remove dust that may block the vents and prevent the alarm from sounding.

Smoke detectors are good for about 10 years. If your detector is more than 10 years old, throw it out and get a new one. Remember to place your smoke detectors in central locations such as hallways. An alarm should be on every level of your home.

Set your water heater lower than 120 degrees. Hot water over 160 degrees can scald you in less than 1 second. Do not let children play with curling irons, hot pads, toasters, etc. They will burn you too. Best tip here? Unplug it after you use it.

Have an escape plan for you home in case of a fire or if the fire alarm sounds. Have a plan and practice it. You should be able to exit your home in less than 5 seconds.

Tell your kids not to not play on or around the big green transformers located in many yards these days. Transformers change the levels of voltage and are very powerful. They can kill you.

Remind your children about the Stop, Drop, and Roll technique if their clothes catch fire. Practice it at home. Each month ask someone in your family to demonstrate how they stop, drop, and roll. It could save a life.

These tips are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to fire safety. There are many sources of information available to assist you in making your home safe. Your local fire department would be more than happy to do a safety check. They would rather visit your home to give you some good tips, than to visit your home and put out a fire.

You are on patrol and the radio cracks alive. The dispatcher gives you an assignment “plane crash about 1-2 miles east of McKinley Marina, no further information available.” Moments later the cell phone rings and your Coast Guard counterparts relay to you the same information. Your heart starts pounding, your senses awaken, and you and your partner plot your course and speed to the area of the crash.


Minutes pass and you get an update the plane was a small private jet with an unknown number of passengers aboard. As you race to the scene you and your partner use every sense available. Your eyes are scanning the horizon with the powerful binoculars on board. You look for something out of the ordinary, a glimmer on the water, a flailing arm signaling for help, debris on the surface, and the smell of Jet A, anything.

You and your partner silently glance at each other. Words are not necessary. You both know the realities of a jet crashing into the water. You know in your heart of hearts death comes instantly to those in a crash of this type. But the hope of survivors is always in the back of your mind. You say a prayer to God for hope and faith because in the measureless realm of time we know how brief is our earthly life, yet how momentous and eternal are its issues.

About 20 minutes have passed. You and your partner have found ground zero and discover before you Jet fuel sheen on the water. You and the Coast Guard work as a team and conduct grid searches to look for survivors. Your senses are heightened to their max because you are now in a very lethal situation.

The men and woman of the Milwaukee Police Department Harbor Patrol are well trained, hard working, dedicated professionals. They put their life on the line in the defense of others. Their area of responsibility (AOR) covers 948 square miles of Lake Michigan. They conduct about 175 Search and Rescues (SARS) each year in the nastiest of weather conditions. Without local security there is no national security.

They are mentally and emotionally committed to the task at hand. They stand between right and wrong on the behalf of society and make that commitment and significant sacrifices in terms of family, time and stress of seeing things no one should have to see. But they are willing to do it day in and day out.

Their training has taught them proven methods of search under heavy adversity. They use an uncompromising system of practical proven techniques with intense mental conditioning. The minutes have become hours. Reality is about to set in.

You notice debris on the surface. Upholstery, foam, bits of clothing, feet, hands, limbs. Before you is the shocking reality and aftermath of a horrific jet crash.

For a moment your mind wanders and you wonder about the final moments of terror those persons must have felt before they crashed. You shudder, shake it off, and get back to your task at hand. The inevitable is now a reality. Your search will now become a recovery. For the next several hours you collect whatever can be found. Tomorrow will come quickly.

You head home and cope with it in your own way. The images, sights and smells forever etched in your memory. But, you can look into the mirror and say job well done. I did everything possible, I never gave up.

You know that you were loyal to your convictions and know that a trustful faith is greater than knowledge and that without faith in God, the suffering and trials in life would be unbearable. You hug your kids good night, snuggle up to your wife, kiss her good night, and wake up the next morning and do it all over again.


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Don recently retired from the Milwaukee Police Department. Prior to his retirement he was in charge of the Milwaukee Police Department Harbor Patrol. He was responsible for the training and selection of those members involved in this operation. This story is his own and his perception of what it would have been like on the lake this past week.