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a day ago
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GBPD searching for shooting suspect, victim left with life-threatening injuries
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – The Green Bay Police Department is actively looking for a suspect allegedly involved in a shooting on the City's west side that left a 43-year-old victim with life-threatening injuries. Officers say they were called to the 900 block of Shea Avenue on Saturday, June 14, around 4:15 a.m. Green Bay Police Chief Chris Davis provides details on local immigration enforcement policies When authorities arrived, they found the victim lying outside a residence with a gunshot wound. Witnesses reportedly stated that there had been an argument just before the shooting happened. The suspect, who reportedly fled on foot, is described by officers as a Black man with dreads and was wearing all black. No additional details were provided. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
22-04-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Collaboration key to ensuring the Green Bay area is ready to host the NFL draft
Shed any thoughts or concerns that the NFL's smallest market can't handle the league's second-largest event: Green Bay area is ready to host the 2025 NFL draft. League officials on Monday joined municipal leaders and tourism officials to applaud the region, particularly its public safety agencies, for more than a year of collaboration and cooperation in preparation to host the draft, April 24-26. Ralph Ennis, the NFL's director of investigations and security, said Green Bay Police, Metro Fire, Ashwaubenon Public Safety and the Brown County Sheriff's Office understood its roles and the importance of collaboration to making the draft first and foremost, a safe event for everyone who attends. "Your public safety partners in this area are phenomenal. They have done an outstanding job," Ennis said. "A lot of the stuff we normally have to help facilitate they took the mantle and ran with it themselves." Monday's media event served as a kickoff to the NFL draft week. Green Bay Mayor Eric Genrich, Ashwaubenon Village President Mary Kardoskee and Brown County Executive Troy Streckenbach said it was exciting to reach this point after two years of planning. "Our community is obviously the smallest NFL city, but we've got the biggest heart and a great ability to come together across municipal boundaries through partnerships to pull together a really incredible event," Genrich said. Here are six takeaways with two days to go. More: Your guide to 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay: Registration, parking, things to do and more Spoiler: It's the weather, Ennis said without hesitation. Ennis said NFL and public safety staff have a variety of contingency plans in place should the weather turn dangerous. "One of the things when you have an outdoor event, you have to have plans in place if you have lightning or severe storms or high winds coming through," Ennis said. "We have to take the entire draft footprint and make sure we have really solid plans where to send people, how to communicate. There's a lot of pieces to that." The Green Bay weather forecast currently includes chances of rain, possibly thunderstorms, on April 24 and 25. Several NFL, public safety and tourism officials encouraged visitors to do some planning and research before leaving their home, hotel or vacation rental for the draft grounds. 511 Wisconsin: The Wisconsin Department of Transportation website and mobile apps can show you how fast or slow traffic is moving, provides construction detours and more information for motorists en route to the draft. Discover Green Bay's Draft Transportation page: The region's tourism agency has collected information on places visitors can park near the draft grounds and developed turn-by-turn directions to parking zones around Lambeau Field. NFL OnePass: The app is not just your free, digital ticket to the draft. It's also where you can find information on security procedures, the event's clear bag policy, parking information and a list of activities, games, food and drink options, and anything else you need to know to plan your visit. Brown County Sheriff Todd Delain said public safety agencies haven't been alerted to any draft-related scams or threats, but he still encouraged consumers to be wary of anything that seems out of the ordinary. "If it seems too good to be true, it probably is," Delain said. The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture Trade and Consumer Protection is warning draft visitors to be on guard for transportation scams like fake transit tickets, passes or passes. The agency encouraged visitors to consult the OnePass app for details about parking and transportation services. In line with what he called the "culture of northeastern Wisconsin," Delain said all public safety officers working the draft will be ready to help anyone who needs it. "Find a friendly face in uniform and ask," he said. "That's our culture: We're willing to help." The NFL draft is scheduled to go until 11 p.m. on both Thursday and Friday, possibly later. Metro Transit will be ready to adjust its Downtown to Titletown bus service hours as needed, said Patty Kiewicz, Metro Transit director. Kiewicz said Metro Transit will treat it like a Packers game, which doesn't always end when expected. "We do monitor that very closely. Staff will monitor. We will not leave people stranded there (at the draft)," Kiewicz said. Nicki Ewell, the NFL's senior director for events, said tens of thousands of visitors will attend the draft, but that more detailed numbers will not be available until after the event ends. Ewell said the NFL will share the total attendance and number of OnePass downloads after the event. Additionally, Discover Green Bay has hired a firm to conduct an economic impact analysis during the event to see how it compares to the estimates of $20 million locally and $94 million statewide. The results will be shared this summer. Contact business reporter Jeff Bollier at (920) 431-8387 or jbollier@ Follow him on Twitter at @JeffBollier. This article originally appeared on Green Bay Press-Gazette: Collaboration key to ensuring Green Bay's ready to host the NFL draft
USA Today
30-01-2025
- Politics
- USA Today
What have local law enforcement agencies said about cooperating with ICE deportations?
What have local law enforcement agencies said about cooperating with ICE deportations? Show Caption Hide Caption What we know: How far can immigration officials go under new laws? From executive orders on birthright citizenship to deputizing federal agents, how far can immigration laws go? Here's what we know. GREEN BAY - As the Trump administration initiates its crack down on immigration, Green Bay Police Chief Chris Davis emphasized that local law enforcement is dedicated to protecting everyone in the community, regardless of legal status. 'Always remember that if you're in a situation where your safety is at risk, the Green Bay Police Department is here to help you, no matter where you live or where you come from,' Davis said. 'If you're here in our city, we're here to keep you safe.' Davis appeared Monday on local Spanish radio station La Mas Grande to discuss immigration and answer questions from the community. His main message was simple: Green Bay Police are not ICE, and they are not responsible for immigration enforcement. Immigration enforcement in the United States is a federal responsibility and handled through federal agencies like the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. State and local agencies, like the Green Bay Police Department, don't have the qualifications or legal authority to take enforcement action, Davis said. Local agencies still play a role in immigration enforcement by how much they cooperate with ICE. If ICE asked the police department for assistance, Davis said the decision would depend on what ICE was asking for. Police officers would not, if asked, go into the community to look for and arrest undocumented immigrants, Davis said. However, if ICE asked the department to block traffic on a street while they conduct work, that may be provided, he said. Green Bay Police officers will rarely ask for your immigration status Unless there is a reason tied directly to an investigation, officers will not ask you about your immigration status, Davis said. For example, if police are investigating forgery in the case of someone using a fake green card, questions regarding immigration status may come up. Outside of investigations where the information is necessary, officers are directed not to ask anyone about their immigration status, Davis said. 'The bottom line is, very, very rarely and almost never, is a Green Bay police officer going to need that information and they're not going to ask you,' Davis said. If an officer does stop you and asks about your status, you don't have to answer, Davis said, which is protected under the Constitution. You can also file a complaint to the department. Citizen complaint forms are available in English and Spanish. How will the Brown County Sheriff's Office respond to ICE? The Brown County Sheriff's Office released a statement Jan. 22 emphasizing that immigration is enforced at the federal level, not local. There have been no federal changes that impact local law enforcement, the statement said. 'We are not aware of any federal immigration enforcement actions in our area. Federal agents are not required to notify local law enforcement of their actions," the statement said. "The federal changes do not impact law enforcement at the local level. "The Brown County Sheriff's Office priority is the safety of our communities. We are committed to remaining good partners with all the federal law enforcement agencies, and it is important to remember that immigration is written in federal law and is enforced by federal agencies.' The sheriff's office is one of seven in Wisconsin that have a contract with ICE through the 287(g) program, which allows specially trained state and local law enforcement officers to perform certain immigration enforcement functions under federal oversight. Brown County operates under the Warrant Service Officer model, which means officers can issue immigration arrest warrants to inmates in Brown County Jail that ICE identifies and hold them in custody for two days past their release date to give ICE more time to pick them up. The contract does not allow officers to interview inmates about their immigration status. The Press-Gazette attempted to interview Sheriff Todd Delain and was told the sheriff is not doing interviews on immigration at this time. Vivian Barrett is the public safety reporter for the Green Bay Press-Gazette. You can reach her at vmbarrett@ or (920) 431-8314. Follow her on X, formerly Twitter, at @vivianbarrett_.
