Once a case is started, investigators or analysts pull those recordings, which can span hours, and listen for any sign of intimidation, sometimes hidden in coded language. More than 60% of the unit's cases involve domestic violence. The witness intimidation unit - eight investigators and two full-time analysts - work on cases that come to their attention by way of victims, victim advocates, prosecutors or police. As of last month, the jail population included about 175 people awaiting homicide charges, another 100 with pending first-degree sexual assault cases and about 70 more facing charges related to serious crimes against children.Ī witness protection analyst with the Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office listens to jail calls in 2015.
The Milwaukee County Jail can hold about 900 people. But that does not account for the realities of investigating those kinds of cases, others argue.
To some, the witness intimidation case represents another missed opportunity to hold Brooks accountable before the parade attack, as he made those calls weeks before. "We, of course, went back to listen to the phone calls to see if there had been contact and what it was, and we did find that intimidation and that's why it was charged in that case."īrooks and his multiple criminal cases have prompted heavy scrutiny on the local criminal justice system - from bail decisions and risk assessments to how domestic violence cases are handled. "So that was a violation of the no contact order that we had," she said. "We had intel that prior to the (parade), the victim in the Waukesha incident with Brooks was the same victim we had on our (domestic violence) case here in Milwaukee," said Tara Ferguson, deputy chief investigator for the witness intimidation and child support units.
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