KENOSHA, Wis. — The Kenosha Police Department’s email system has reportedly been unreliable for weeks, creating potential communication problems between the public and officers, detectives and command staff.
Kenosha County Eye was told that police department employees are receiving emails only about 75% of the time. That means some messages may be getting through, while others may not be delivered at all.
Unverified rumors have circulated that the problem may be connected to City Hall allegedly failing to pay a bill for a firewall service or another technology service that helps keep the police department’s email system operating. Kenosha County Eye has not independently confirmed that allegation.
Kenosha County Eye reached out to David “Mayor McCheese” Bogdala and asked what is happening with the police department’s email system, whether City Hall failed to pay a bill, what caused the problem and when the public can expect it to be fixed.
Bogdala did not respond.
Kenosha County Eye does know that efforts are being made to fix the problem. However, the situation raises obvious public safety concerns. Victims of sexual assault, victims of property crimes, witnesses, business owners and residents may be trying to contact an assigned detective, patrol officer or police supervisor by email without knowing whether their message was actually received.
For now, anyone who needs to contact the Kenosha Police Department should not rely only on email. Residents who need police assistance or need to reach the department should call the Kenosha Police Department’s non-emergency number at 262-656-1234.
It is not yet known when the email problem will be fully fixed. It is also not yet known what caused the issue.
With no answers from City Hall, questions remain about how long the problem has been going on, how many messages may have been missed and whether the public was ever going to be told.
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Oiy. Reminds me of a boss I used to have. Penny wise and pound foolish
Mayor MacCheese 🤣🤣🤣🤣
This city keeps disappointing me! Between the judges, DA’s, Commissioner’s, sheriff, and now city hall! Come on Kenosha leaders, do better!
No surprise here. The city IT director, Tig Kerkman-yes that same corrupt clan— was facing criminal charges for tampering with police department emails. He actually pleaded the 5th amendment in depositions in a related civil action. Yet, he was promoted to the position of city IT director.
The mayor and city council just enables all this corruption.