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KENOSHA — Kenosha Alderman Kevin Mathewson has requested that Kenosha Police Chief Daniel Miskinis terminate an officer who is accused of assaulting a man last week outside Kenosha Medical Center.

Kendal West, 29, was arrested Jan. 1 after he allegedly assaulted a man, who was reportedly seeing West’s estranged wife. West was on duty and in uniform at the time of the alleged assault, and faces a felony charge as well as two misdemeanors.

In a release sent Sunday night, Mathewson, Kenosha’s 8th District alderman, said that he contacted Miskinis and asked him to recommend West’s termination to the Kenosha Police and Fire Commission. The commission next meets on Jan. 17, according to the release.

“A swift termination is in order as West is continuing to be paid while on administrative leave,” Mathewson said.

Mathewson argued for West’s termination in the release on the grounds that the incident “was personal in nature and not related to his job,” while also citing details from the criminal complaint. It’s alleged that West punched the victim multiple times and accelerated his police car in the victim’s direction before swerving at the last minute.