A group of residents says the city has ignored them and moved forward with a plan to build duplexes on a green space in town.

Scott Schaut first quit a leadership position at the sheriff's office after The Badger Project requested documents on his job ...

A veteran of the City of Waukesha Police Department quit in 2023 after he was arrested for driving drunk and knocking down a ...

Thomas Dammer was fired a month after he tried to pay a man $40 when he backed his squad car into the man’s vehicle on the side of the road. The officer maintains a part-time position with the City of ...

A veteran of the City of Waukesha Police Department quit in 2023 after he was arrested for driving drunk and knocking down a light pole with his Jeep. The Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office hired him in ...

A veteran of the City of Waukesha Police Department quit in 2023 after he was arrested for driving drunk and knocking down a light pole with his Jeep. The Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office hired him in ...

Peter is an award-winning investigative journalist. Before returning to Wisconsin to launch The Badger Project in 2018, he worked at daily newspapers in Scranton and Wilkes-Barre in Pennsylvania as ...

The Wisconsin State Fair Park Police Department fired Thomas Dammer after he caused a minor collision and didn’t immediately report it. He still works as a part-time police officer in Oconomowoc.

Wandering officers — police and jailers who were fired or forced out from a previous job in law enforcement — have increased in Wisconsin by more than 50% since 2021, an investigation by The Badger ...

One officer was accused by a supervisor of snoozing in his squad car while on duty. Another had multiple drunken run-ins with police, including after bar fights. A third repeatedly sent lewd photos to ...