The Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office is one step closer to acquiring a new body scanner and another narcotics detection dog.
The moves are part of an effort to reduce illegal drug use inside the Milwaukee County Jail, where multiple overdoses have occurred in recent years.
“In talking with jail leadership and doing research on this, it was pretty evident that one of the biggest safety risks at our jail is the influence of drugs being smuggled in,” Milwaukee County Supervisor Sky Capriolo said…