Green Bay Police Department
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The Green Bay Police Department is tasked with securing the streets of Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States. The Green Bay Police Department provides many specialized services such as a Dive Team, Harbor Patrol, Motorcycle Patrol, and of course a S.W.A.T. Team. The Green Bay police department was established in on Aug 27th 1857, when The Green Bay Police Corps was established and Henry Baird was named as Chief of Police.
[edit] Controversies
April 21, 2007 — Ben Sonnenberg, 25, was shot and killed by Green Bay police officers at 2 a.m. after a traffic stop outside Club 720 on Bodart Street. He most recently worked as a driver for Yellow Cab. He and his girlfriend, Shawna Schommer, were expecting a child. A bystander inside the Cesar J. Grijalva-Ortiz, 31 — also was shot and was taken to St. Vincent Hospital. The incident began at 1:56 a.m. when police were called to a disturbance involving a suspect with a baseball bat in the parking lot of a tavern in the 1600 block of Main Street. During the Sonnenberg shooting, four police officers fired 32 bullets, 11 hitting unarmed Sonnenberg and killing him. Attorneys for Sonnenberg's family and a bystander shot by officers during the same incident have filed claims to sue the city of Green Bay.
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