The Badger Project

Wisconsin Watch ran our managing editor's Your Right to Know column, which he wrote for the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council.

Your Right to Know: Names of police should be public If chiefs or sheriffs want to hire an officer with problems in the past, they should say so publicly and defend their decision. They just can’t make these decisions in secret.

June: Names of police should be public – Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council June: Names of police should be public Uncategorized June 1, 2026June 1, 2026Peter Cameron In 2024, a sheriff’s deputy working for the Outagamie County Sheriff’s Department was forced out for being lousy at his job. But even though the deputy, Cristian Morales, was flagged in the state’s negat...