Naturally, that's a perversion of the idea of "public record," but we live in perverse times.
I don’t know about Wisconsin, but police reports are public records in most places. No sale needed. The media always look at those.
Interesting.
I wouldn’t blame the police. I suspect this would come from higher up as a means of funding police. Probably an automatic system.
The police didn’t “sell it”, it’s public data and lawyers subscribe to a service that gets that data and sells it to the lawyers.
Down here you would have made the local paper.
That is outrageous. You should do something. In fact, I’m gonna have my friend the attorney contact you.
JUST SAY NO!!!!
Good God, before you post something like this maybe you should check your facts. EVERY single accident is PUBLIC knowledge and usually is printed in your local newspaper!!!! When you have a close relative die, you will receive mailings and emails. I am assuming that you did not have your email address on your driver’s license and did not give it to the officer.
No scandal - you can get circuit court and municipal citation information free and easy in Milwaukee - you can search both via internet. Google “Wisconsin circuit court access” for one ... You can also get property records and inspection/residential enforcement records from “Milwaukee DNS.” And it goes on and on... public records easily accessible, no one in Milwaukee is selling.
Did you ask why she needed your license info?
My mother fell down and broke her hip back in March. Somewhere in the mail that piled up while she was in the hospital was a letter from some outfit looking to see if she wanted to sue anyone. Obviously they had some data mining software going thru ambulance reports.
The police are not selling your information.
Lawyers are looking at police blotters or reading the press beat that covers the police blotters. They are pubic records and the ambulance chaser lawyers are always using them for unsolicited mailings.