Crime & Safety

Jennifer Sebena's Name Will Be Added to National Memorial in May

An organization reversed to decision to add the name of a slain Wauwatosa officer onto a national memorial for fallen police officers. Jennifer Sebena's name will be added sometime in May.

The name of a slain Wauwatosa police officer will be added to a national memorial for fallen police officers by mid-May after an organization reversed its original decision to deny the addition, reported Fox6Now.

Jennifer Sebena, who was shot and killed while on duty Christmas Eve 2012, will be honored by The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund in the wake of a significant outcry from Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen, Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn, the Wisconsin Professional Police Association and others when the group declined to add her name.

Sebena’s name will appear on Section 58E, Line 25 of the memorial.

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The denial sparked a group to start an online petition that gathered 16,000 signatures in support. 

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.

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The organization originally declined to include Sebena because she was a victim of domestic violence.


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