David Kolatski and Alfonso Morales will each receive $20,000 in compensation and $65,000 in punitive damages, according to a jury decision in the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Wisconsin on Friday.
A jury concluded after the four-day trial and several hours of deliberation that transferring the officers in retaliation for starting the probe was "willful, wanton and malicious."
Assistant City Attorney Jan Smokowicz said the city is considering an appeal.
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