Edward Flynn
Edward Flynn was the police chief in Milwaukee, Wis., from January 2008 to February 2018. He was police commissioner in Springfield, Mass., from 2006 to 2008. He served as secretary of public safety under then-Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney from January 2003 until taking the Springfield job.
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Milwaukee police use deadly force at a rate that is "among the lowest" in the country.
In Milwaukee County, juveniles arrested for car theft "get sent immediately home, because under the point system in juvenile court" on holding suspects, "a stolen…
In Wisconsin, carrying marijuana a second time is a felony but illegally carrying gun a misdemeanor?
In Wisconsin, a "second arrest for carrying pot is a felony," but a second or subsequent arrest "for carrying a gun illegally is a misdemeanor."…
In 2012, there were nearly 12.2 million arrests and only 410 "uses of deadly force" by police in the United States.
The Milwaukee Police Department has seized nearly as many firearms this year as the much larger New York City Police Department.
Research found that "over the course of the existence of the Brady Bill ban, the use of assault weapons in crimes decreased by two thirds."…
Says 85 percent of Milwaukee shootings involve "people with extensive criminal records shooting other people with extensive criminal records."