The Milwaukee Police Association President Dale Bormann Jr. in a 90-page notarized complaint to the Ethics Board claims that Milwaukee Fire & Police Commissioner DeVougas could have earned income as an attorney representing the Haywood Group LLC and did not disclosed his earnings in his City of Milwaukee Statement of Economic Interests filings for multiple years.
By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.
February 26, 2020
Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On Tuesday, Dale Bormann Jr., the President for the Milwaukee Police Association sent a 90-page complaint to the Ethics Board of the City of Milwaukee claiming the Milwaukee Fire & Police Commission (F&PC) Chair Steven M. DeVougas had failed to report alleged earned income in multiple City of Milwaukee Statement of Economic Interests report filings for 2018 and 2019. Bormann also claimed that DeVougas represented Kalan R. Haywood in an alleged Milwaukee Police Department sexual assault criminal investigation, which a female victim claimed that Haywood sexually assaulted her. DeVougas apparently committed a conflict of interest in that incident because he was a F&PC Commissioner, but told detectives that he was there to just accompanied Haywood while being interviewed by detectives for the alleged sexual assault, according to Bormann.
Third allegation, DeVougas and another F&PC Commissioner Crocoft appeared on WNOV radio in December 2019 and discussed F&PC business in contrary to Open Meeting laws. Fourth, DeVougas hasn't released any information in his Statement of Economic Interests on whether he holds a financial interest with the Haywood Group LLC, formerly Vanguard or Vangard.
If the Ethics Board finds that DeVougas violated ethics laws, the case will be referred to a Steering Committee for review and investigation.
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