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After paying $450k to a man involved in a 2020 confrontation, the #LaCrossePolice Department last month stopped using traffic stops to issue unrelated and outstanding citations.

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La Crosse Police were the only department in Wisconsin using this 'unusual practice.’ And it cost taxpayers. - The Badger Project
After paying $450,000 to a man involved in a 2020 police confrontation, the department stopped using traffic stops to issue unrelated and outstanding citations last month.
thebadgerproject.org
May 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Our investigation results in the return of $11,087.50 in public funds to the taxpayers of #WausharaCounty (not including the $1,200 he already repaid).

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thebadgerproject.org
February 21, 2026 at 10:31 PM
After paying $450,000 to a man involved in a 2020 confrontation, the #LaCrosse Police Department last month stopped using traffic stops to issue unrelated and outstanding citations.

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La Crosse Police were the only department in Wisconsin using this 'unusual practice.’ And it cost taxpayers. - The Badger Project
After paying $450,000 to a man involved in a 2020 police confrontation, the department stopped using traffic stops to issue unrelated and outstanding citations last month.
thebadgerproject.org
May 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The department counted 13,354 officers at the end of 2024 compared to 12,788 at the end of 2023. That number excludes those who primarily work in a jail.

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From record low, total number of police officers in Wisconsin ticks up 4% - The Badger Project
The total number of law enforcement officers in the state has steadily decreased since the Wisconsin Department of Justice started tracking it in 2008. Efforts to reverse that trend may be working, ex...
thebadgerproject.org
January 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM