was assigned to the MPD's South Side Second District. In her autobiography Woman on the Run, Bembenek claimed that the MPD was then composed of "brutal, lazy, apathetic and corrupt" police officers. She further claimed that female and minority officers were routinely subjected to harassment and abuse during training. Bembenek stated that when female and minority trainees became members of the MPD, they were often severely punished or fired for minor infractions during their probationary period while white male officers went unpunished for more serious offenses. While training at the Academy, Bembenek met and became close with another female trainee, Judy Zess. At a rock concert in May 1980, Zess was arrested for smoking marijuana. Bembenek's subsequent dismissal from the MPD on August 25 stemmed from her involvement in filing a false report on Zess' arrest. After being fired, Bembenek discovered scandalous photos of several MPD officers, including her future husband, Elfred O. "Fred" Schultz, dancing nude on picnic tables in Gordon Park near one of their favorite hangouts, The Tracks tavern. She took the pictures to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) arguing that while she was fired for a minor infraction, the photos proved that other police officers committing more serious violations were not punished. The EEOC encouraged Bembenek to file a discrimination report with the MPD's internal affairs division. In the months following her firing, Bembenek briefly worked as a waitress at the Playboy Club in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Around that time, Bembenek met Schultz, then a 13-year veteran of the MPD. Schultz had two sons and had obtained a divorce from his first wife, Christine, in November 1980. Bembenek and Schultz were married in January 1981 in Waukegan, Illinois. At the time of the marriage, Bembenek was working as a personal trainer at a health club and was living in an apartment with Schultz, her friend Judy Zess, and Zess' boyfriend Thomas D. Gaertner. Bembenek later got a job as a campus security officer at Marquette University in Milwaukee. In November 1981, Bembenek and Schultz were remarried after a judge ruled that the couple's marriage was invalid, stating that Schultz had violated Wisconsin law by not waiting six months after his divorce from Christine to remarry. Murder of Christine Schultz On May 28, 1981, at approximately 2:15am, Schultz's ex-wife Christine was murdered in her Milwaukee home. She had been shot point blank into her back through