Your Right to Know: Names of police should be public

OPINION: A Dane County judge was right to order the release of the names and work histories of all law enforcement officers in the state.

In 2024, a sheriff’s deputy working for the Outagamie County Sheriff’s Department was forced out for being lousy at his job. But even though the deputy, Cristian Morales, was flagged in the state’s negative separation database, he ended up being hired a few months later by the Menasha Police Department.

Earlier this year, Morales was arrested and accused of stalking an ex-girlfriend using the city’s FLOCK camera system. He’s now facing criminal charges…

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