Milwaukee Chief Supports Getting Jennifer Sebena's Name on National Memorial

Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn is in support of adding the name of a slain Wauwatosa police officer to a national memorial to fallen officers, reported Patch media partner WISN 12. 

The organization in charge of the national memorial will reconsider its decision to exclude slain Wauwatosa Police Officer Jennifer Sebena.

"It shows the National Law Enforcement Memorial Fund is listening," Flynn told WISN 12. "They're a compassionate group. They're there to recognize the service of police officers and their sacrifice."

The organization declined to include Sebena because she was a victim of domestic violence; the result was a significant outcry from Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen, the WPPA and and others.

Sebena was shot and killed while on duty Christmas Eve 2012. Her husband, Benjamin Sebena, has been charged with first-degree intentional homicide in the slaying. He has pleaded not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect.