Former Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales Sworn-in As Fitchburg Police Chief And First Day On The Job Is Monday

Morales first day as Chief of Police in Fitchburg is Monday.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

October 18, 2021

Fitchburg, WI - On Monday, former Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales who was demoted to Police Captain and immediately retired in August 2020 from the Milwaukee Police Department will begin his first day as Chief of Police in Fitchburg. Fitchburg is a suburb in Madison and is located in Dane County.

Morales was sworn-in as Fitchburg's Police Chief on Saturday. 

Former Milwaukee Police Chief Morales was previously demoted to Captain in the City of Milwaukee and was allegedly accused of lying to members of the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission and not completing certain demands from the Commission.

Morales sued the City of Milwaukee for violating his employment due process when he was demoted to Police Captain and he later received a $626,000 settlement with the condition that he wouldn't be reinstated back on the job as Milwaukee Police Chief.

Morales is a known Trump supporter. Fitchburg is considered a majority liberal City compared to Milwaukee, which the majority of voters are Democrats.

The MAGA (Make Amerikkka Great Again/Keep Amerikkka Great) Milwaukee Police Association, which endorsed Trump for President also backed Morales during his controversial demotion.

Morales was also accused of lying by Voces de la Frontera, an immigrant rights organization who learned that Morales was collaboratively working with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to detain undocumented immigrants without judicial warrants in the City, after Morales would denied that he wasn't. Morales testified at a Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission hearing that on September 23, 2019 in the Southside of Milwaukee, the ICE arrest of Jose Alejandro de la Cruz-Espinosa, 38, by ICE agents and Milwaukee police officers was due to a legal warrant to detain him. But, Hispanic News Network U.S.A. (HNNUSA) found that ICE only had an administrative ICE warrant signed by an agent and not by a federal judge to arrest Cruz-Espinoza. Cruz-Espinoza was later released by ICE pending the outcome of the immigration case when news broke out about the illegal arrest by both ICE agents and Milwaukee police officers who denied Cruz-Espinoza his due process rights by illegally turning him over to ICE at the scene without a legal warrant by ICE.

None of the police officers involved in the incident with ICE were ever held accountable by Morales for illegally turning over Cruz-Espinoza to ICE and violating his due process rights.

Morales will be the Chief of Police for a small City of 32,000 in population compared to the City of Milwaukee, which had nearly 600,000 in population.

Morales will earn a salary per year of an estimated $65,093 to $85,152.

Fitchburg has an estimated 42 sworn officers including supervisors compared to the City of Milwaukee, which has an approximate 1,800 sworn officers.