City of Milwaukee - File #: 201114

• File #: 201114
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: In Committee
• File created: 11/24/2020
• In control: STEERING & RULES COMMITTEE
• Title: Substitute resolution urging the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners to ensure that civilian positions are primarily responsible for the review of Milwaukee Police Department data required by the settlement in the lawsuit titled Charles Collins, et al. v. the City of Milwaukee, et al.
• Sponsors: ALD. KOVAC, ALD. BAUMAN, ALD. PEREZ

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
11/30/2020	0	STEERING & RULES COMMITTEE	HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR; Minutes note: Ald. Nik Kovac Assistant City Attorney Heather Hough - would like this be held and heard in closed session.	Pass	7:0
11/24/2020	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
201114
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. KOVAC, BAUMAN, AND PEREZ
Title
Substitute resolution urging the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners to ensure that civilian positions are primarily responsible for the review of Milwaukee Police Department data required by the settlement in the lawsuit titled Charles Collins, et al. v. the City of Milwaukee, et al.
Analysis
This resolution urges the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners to ensure that civilian positions are primarily responsible for the review of Milwaukee Police Department data required by the settlement in the lawsuit titled Charles Collins, et al. v. the City of Milwaukee, et al.

Body
Whereas, Charles Collins and others filed a complaint against the City of Milwaukee, the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission, and former Police Chief Edward Flynn (Charles Collins, et al. v. the City of Milwaukee, et al.), alleging that members of the police department violated the plaintiffs’ rights and the rights of others by unlawfully stopping, frisking, or searching people and by engaging in such conduct in a racially or ethnically discriminatory manner; and

Whereas, The parties agreed to settle this lawsuit with a financial payment from the City and an agreement for certain actions to be taken by the Milwaukee Police Department and the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission, as set forth in a Settlement Agreement and Consent Decree; and

Whereas, Under the Settlement Agreement, the Police Department is required to document every traffic stop, field interview, no-action encounter, frisk, or search conducted by an officer, regardless of the outcome of the stop; and

Whereas, The documentation for each incident must include a number of data points indexed and stored according to standards set forth in the Settlement Agreement, including the reason for the encounter, a narrative of the legal basis for the stop, any use of force, the outcome of the encounter, and related demographic inf...