Wauwatosa’s Common Council approved a $95,000 workers’ compensation settlement Tuesday for former police officer Joseph Mensah, who says he suffered post-traumatic stress disorder related to his work with the department. The payment will come from the city’s workers’ compensation fund. Mayor Dennis McBride called the settlement reasonable as a way “to put the matter behind us.” The city has not made public details of Mensah’s diagnosis or the work-related events underlying his claim. The settlement adds to money Mensah received after leaving the department in 2020. His severance agreement included $125,000, and a GoFundMe campaign raised more than $78,000 for him that year. Mensah also is pursuing a separate duty-disability claim. A city spokesperson said state law treats workers’ compensation as a separate matter and does not allow an employee’s right to pursue a claim for a work-related injury to be waived in a separation agreement. Mensah’s severance document included a broad release of claims against the city. The settlement has drawn criticism from Kimberley Motley, an attorney who has represented the families of two people Mensah killed. Motley said the families had to pursue justice and compensation through the courts, while Mensah has received multiple payments connected to his departure and claims. McBride said the settlement was unrelated to the Cole family’s case, while acknowledging their feelings about it. Mensah shot and killed three people during his five years as a Wauwatosa officer. In 2015, he killed 29-year-old Antonio Gonzales, who was intoxicated and holding a sword when officers arrived at his home. In 2016, Mensah killed 25-year-old Jay Anderson Jr. in a park. Mensah said Anderson had been asleep in his car and reached for a gun; Anderson’s family later brought a civil lawsuit, which is on appeal. In February 2020, Mensah shot and killed 17-year-old Alvin Cole during a foot chase after an altercation involving a gun at Mayfair Mall. Mensah said Cole pointed a gun at him, while witnesses gave conflicting accounts. The Milwaukee County district attorney declined to charge Mensah in any of the three shootings. A judge later found probable cause to charge him in Anderson’s death, but special prosecutors declined to pursue the case. Cole’s family brought two federal civil trials against Mensah, both of which ended with hung juries. Mensah reached a confidential settlement with the family in 2026. Mensah left Wauwatosa amid protests in 2020 and later worked for the Waukesha County Sheriff’s Department. He resigned as a detective in 2025, saying he was leaving law enforcement.