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Edward Flynn

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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Edward Flynn
Edward Flynn
stated on July 8, 2016 a news conference:
Milwaukee police use deadly force at a rate that is "among the lowest" in the country.  
Half-True
By Jacob Carpenter, Tom Kertscher • August 19, 2016
Edward Flynn
Edward Flynn
stated on August 27, 2015 a forum:
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 car gets zero points."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • October 19, 2015
Edward Flynn
Edward Flynn
stated on April 14, 2015 a news conference:
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."  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • April 15, 2015
Edward Flynn
Edward Flynn
stated on August 20, 2014 an interview:
In 2012, there were nearly 12.2 million arrests and only 410 "uses of deadly force" by police in the United States.
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • August 29, 2014
Edward Flynn
Edward Flynn
stated on July 24, 2014 a news conference:
The Milwaukee Police Department has seized nearly as many firearms this year as the much larger New York City Police Department.
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By James B. Nelson • August 17, 2014
Edward Flynn
Edward Flynn
stated on March 1, 2013 a TV interview:
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."  
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • March 11, 2013
Edward Flynn
Edward Flynn
stated on February 9, 2012 an interview:
Says 85 percent of Milwaukee shootings involve "people with extensive criminal records shooting other people with extensive criminal records."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • March 19, 2012
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Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on May 30, 2014 a radio interview:
"In the city of Milwaukee, we’ve still got a mayor and a police chief who are furloughing police officers at a time when we have violence all across the city."
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By James B. Nelson • June 11, 2014
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