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Article: We have reason to be proud of the Milwaukee Police Department
- Article from:
- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- April 17, 2005
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Each day, the good men and women of the Milwaukee Police
Department receive the message from the office of the chief, "Hold
your heads high." It may be the most challenging order they have had
to follow.
The members of this department have many reasons to walk proudly,
but recent media attention on the handful of officers whose behavior
both on- and off-duty tarnishes us all, has taken its toll.
They and the community deserve to be proud of the Milwaukee Police
Department.
They can be proud of a police aide program that, since its
inception in 1952, has given hundreds of young people a front-row
seat to evaluate a career of public service through police work.
Those aides have been invaluable ...