‘It shouldn’t be the wild west’: Wisconsin lacks clear system to track police caught lying

This article first appeared on Wisconsin Watch and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.

An Appleton police detective pleaded guilty to forging official signatures on search warrants used in a drug investigation. He was fined $500, far short of the maximum penalty of $10,000 and 3 ½ years in prison.

During sentencing April 30 in Outagamie County Circuit Court, the judge noted that former Appleton Police Sgt. Jeremy Haney’s dishonesty “may impugn any number of cases...