Crime & Safety
1 Greenfield OWI Arrest Among 23 on New Year's Eve
Some 59 officers from area agencies also wrote 210 tickets and issued 105 warnings during the evening.
One OWI arrest in Greenfield was among 23 made on New Year's Eve in the Milwaukee area, according to preliminary results from the Southeast Wisconsin Drunk Driving Task Force
Officers from Greenfield joined those from 11 other suburban communities, Milwaukee Police and Milwaukee County Sheriff's Deputies, and Wisconsin State Patrol in the effort. A total of 59 officers participated in the task force.
Officers from Cudahy made four arrests, the Milwaukee County Sheriff made two arrests and the Milwaukee Police Department made 12 arrests.
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An alleged drunk driver was pick up for a fifth offense by the Milwaukee Police Department and the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Department arrested a drunk driver for their third offense.
Greenfield's arrest came 20 minutes after the task force roll call, a Milwaukee man arrested for his third offense, according to the department's Facebook page.
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The task force made a total of 274 contacts with motorists, wrote 210 tickets and issued 105 warnings during the evening. The task force also handled twelve warrants.
DEPARTMENT NAME OWI ARRESTS TOTAL CONTACTS TOTAL CITATIONS TOTAL WARNINGS WARRANTS Wauwatosa PD - 1 Officer 0 3 2 0 0 Menomonee Falls PD - 1 Officer 0 7 10 3 0 St. Francis PD - 1 Officer 1 7 6 3 0 Elm Grove PD - 2 Officers 0 7 1 4 0 Brookfield PD - 2 Officers 1 10 2 1 0 State Patrol - 6 Officers 1 31 14 49 2 Hales Corners PD - 5 Officers 0 26 21 0 2 Greenfield PD - 5 Officers 1 20 24 0 4 Milwaukee Co. Sheriff - 14 Deputies 2 35 29 0 0 Milwaukee Police Dept. - 12 Officers 12 91 75 24 4 Town Of Brookfield PD - 3 Officers 0 19 17 7 0 Greendale PD - 1 Officer 0 7 3 0 0 Fox Point PD - 2 Officers 1 7 2 6 0 Cudahy PD - 4 Officers 4 4 4 8 0Franklin and West Allis also participated, but no statistics were provided.
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