CBS 58 confirmed the discipline through city leaders on Thursday that included two days suspension for the first officer responded, ten days suspension for a sergeant and 15 days suspension for a second sergeant. 

Morales statement confirms those suspensions. 

The sergeant that received ten days suspension had 12 years of service, the one that received a 15 day suspension has 11 and a half years service and the first responding officer had two and a half years service.

The three suspended officers will also receive an employee improvement plan for failing to be a role model for professional police service.

The statement also says that eight officers will receive policy review courses for failing to cooperate with a citizen to ensure public safety. 

The full statement is below:

Below is a statement from Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales:

“The discipline for the officers involved in the arrest of Sterling Brown is set forth below:

One member with eleven and a half years of service and two years as a police sergeant received a (15) fifteen-day suspension and will have an employee improvement plan implemented for violation of Core Value 4.00 – Leadership, referencing Guiding Principle 4.04 for failing to be a role model for professional police service.

One member with twelve years of service and one year as a police sergeant received a (10) ten-day suspension and will have an employee improvement plan implemented for violation of Core Value 4.00 – Leadership, referencing Guiding Principle 4.04 for failing to be a role model for professional police service.

One member with two and a half years of service as an officer received a (2) two-day suspension. That member will receive additional remedial training and will have an employee improvement plan implemented for violation of Core Value 5.00 – Respect, referencing Guiding Principle 5.01 for failing to treat a member of the public with courtesy and professionalism.

Eight members will receive policy review regarding Core Value 1.00 – Competence, referencing Guiding Principle 1.02 for failing to cooperate with a citizen to ensure public safety, and will receive remedial training in Wisconsin’s Law Enforcement Standards Board – Professional Communications.

Once the members have been given the required Wis. Stat. § 19.356 notice, the members’ names will be released to those who have submitted public records requests.”