Outrage\, safety concerns follow attack on parking officer

THERE ARE RENEWED SAFETYCONCERNS FOR MILWAUKEE CITYWORKERS.

THAT'S AFTER APARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERWAS BEATEN AND STABBEDOVERNIGHT.

MARY JO OLA REPORTSFROM 67TH AND VILLARD.11:04:28JOSEPH KAMINSKI/OWNEROF DJ GOLDEN CHICKEN: "Youshouldn't have to worry aboutdoing your job when you'retrying to make a living." FROMLOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS...TOELECTED OFFICIALS...09:43:21ALDERMAN CAVALIERJOHNSON/DISTRICT 2: "Foranother person to be accostedand hurt the way this personwas in my district it wasappalling.PEOPLE ARE ANGRYTHAT A MILWAUKEE PARKINGENFORCEMENT OFFICER WAS BEATENAND STABBED ON THE JOB TUESDAYMORNING.02:16-24MAYOR TOMBARRETT/MILWAUKEE: From mystandpoint just a couple ofmorons who are hopefully goingto do some serious prison timeas a result of this.POLICE SAYTHE LONGTIME CITY WORKERESCAPED TO HIS CAR AND GOTHELP AT THE DISTRICT 4 POLICESTATION.37MAYOR TOMBARRETT/MILWAUKEE: "He is ingood spirits obviously he'sstill in pain."MAYOR TOMBARRETT SAYS HE VISITED THEWORKER...WHO WAS WEARING ABULLETPROOF VEST DURING THEATTACK.01:22 MAYOR TOMBARRETT/MILWAUKEE: "Hebelieves and I believe alsothat helped him to stave offmore serious injuries bothfrom a knife attack and fromthe physical attack."WITH YETANOTHER CITY EMPLOYEEATTACKED...CITY LEADERS SAYTHEY ARE ALWAY RE-EVALUATINGSAFETY PRECAUTIONS.09:44:25ALDERMAN CAVALIER CT 2: I'msure that this incident aswill give us pause and make ussorta rethink some of thosethings or probably even addnew things to make sure thatour city workers are protectedwhen they're out serving thepublic.MJ TAGMILWAUKEE POLICEHAVE 2 PERSONS OF INTEREST INCUSTODY.AT THIS TIME THEPARKING ENFORCEMENT NOT BEENMARY JO OLA TODAY'S TMJ4.