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By contributing to Incident Response, you support our efforts to positively promote public safety. Your donation is an important part of our financial health, and the quality of our content. We invest in obtaining dash camera and body worn camera videos from law enforcement agencies as well as filming incidents as they unfold.Over 12 years, we have published videos that highlight the work of law enforcement officers, firefighters, paramedics and first responders in Southeast Wisconsin. During this time, we rarely asked for donations from our followers or viewers. We don't exist to make money. We exist to educate the public and positively promote public safety.However, due to skyrocketing costs, we are asking our most loyal followers to consider making a donation to keep the mission of Incident Response alive. In return for your donation of $20, you will receive an Incident Response shoulder patch. Regardless of the size of your donation, every cent will help us continue to document public safety in the Midwest and beyond.

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Incident Response is a public service but does not receive public funding.Every year, Incident Response spends thousands of dollars to operate and cover public safety. We reply on donations to fund our mission.Dash Cam Cameras
As of 2024, a new Wisconsin law lets allows enforcement agencies to charge for the cost of redacting video and audio records. In the last 12 years, Incident Response has spent hundreds of dollars to obtain videos of vehicle pursuits and incidents. Before 2024, not all agencies charged a fee but when they did, it was for the cost of the CD and postage.The cost of redacting video can add up quickly. For example, if it takes 10 hours to review and redact video from one vehicle pursuit, and the employee makes $50 per hour, the fee could be $500. Because of this, Incident Response no longer requests video from the West Allis Police Department.Vehicle Fuel and Travel
Incident Response was founded in 2012 and began by documenting first responders and incidents as they unfolded in Wisconsin. In 2014, we expanded to covering public safety events and training. A year later, we added Chicagoland to our coverage area.Gasoline and vehicle maintenance is one of the largest costs of Incident Response. We also cover funerals of police officers and firefighters who die in the line of duty. For example, we drove to Illinois, Florida, South Carolina and Mississippi in 2021 to cover the funerals of seven officers killed in the line of duty. In addition to gasoline, we needed funds to cover the cost of the hotels.Photo Library
In addition to publishing original videos on YouTube, Facebook and Instagram, we also publish pictures on the Incident Response Photo Library, a website that hosts over 13,000 images since 2012. The cost to maintain this service runs in the hundreds of dollars annually. This website allows the public, first responders and their families view pictures free-of-charge without annoying advertising.

Incident Response is a public service, operated by Special Affairs, highlights the fire service, law enforcement and first responders. Incident Response produces high quality multimedia content relating to public safety incidents, training, drills, special events and line of duty death funerals. Since it’s founding in 2012, Incident Response has grown to be so much more than pictures of fires and accidents. The division also assists agencies with recruitment efforts and public relations.Photography of public safety efforts is of immense importance. Unfortunately, many agencies do not have the means of employing personnel to carry out this function. As such, Incident Response offers departments the ability to use photos and videos from scenes for reports, training and other purposes at no charge. We also offer our content to educational institutions at no charge.12 years later, Incident Response is recognized for it’s work with over 215,000 followers on Facebook, over 116,000 subscribers and over 13.5 million video views on YouTube. Our content is featured regularly by local and national media outlets.