WAUWATOSA, Wis. (CBS 58) – The Wauwatosa Common Council unanimously approved Joseph Mensah’s $95,000 worker’s compensation settlement related to post-traumatic stress disorder at a meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 29.
Mensah is the former Wauwatosa police officer who shot and killed three people over a five-year stretch, including the shooting death of Alvin Cole in 2020.
He never faced any charges in those cases and resigned from the department in November of 2020. A few months later, he was sworn in as a detective for the Waukesha County Sheriff’s Department. He resigned from his position with the Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office in July 2025.
Wauwatosa Mayor Dennis McBride told CBS 58’s Kathryn Merck he was not surprised the vote was unanimous, despite the controversy surrounding the officer…