City of Milwaukee - File #: 061134

• File #: 061134
• Version: 2
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 12/12/2006
• In control: PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
• Final action: 1/17/2007
• Title: Substitute resolution requesting the federal government’s assistance in fighting violent crime in the city of Milwaukee.
• Sponsors: ALD. ZIELINSKI, ALD. WITKOWSKI, ALD. BOHL
• Indexes: CRIME PREVENTION, FEDERAL LEGISLATION, SOCIAL CONCERNS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
1/23/2007	2	MAYOR	SIGNED
1/17/2007	2	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	13:0
1/11/2007	2	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Appearances: Sharon Cook, City of Milwaukee, Intergovermental Relations	Pass	5:0
12/12/2006	1	COMMON COUNCIL	SUBSTITUTED; Minutes note: Identified as Proposed Substitute A.	Pass	14:1
12/12/2006	2	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO	Pass	9:6

Number
061134
Version
SUBSTITUTE 2
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. ZIELINSKI, WITKOWSKI AND BOHL
Title
Substitute resolution requesting the federal government’s assistance in fighting violent crime in the city of Milwaukee.
Analysis
This resolution requests the federal government to assist the City of Milwaukee in fighting violent crime by committing additional resources to the city. It also requests that the Federal Bureau of Investigation undertake a thorough study of the causes of the recent surge in violent crime in Milwaukee and other cities across the nation.
Body
Whereas, Milwaukee has experienced a sharp rise in violent crime in the past 2 years, as evidenced by a 38.6% increase in homicides and a 53.8% increase in aggravated assaults between 2004 and 2005; and

Whereas, According to a recent report by the Police Executive Research Forum, among 55 major cities and counties surveyed, Milwaukee had the second-highest increase in the combined total number of homicides, robberies and aggravated assaults -- 32.7% -- between the first 6 months of 2005 and the first 6 months of 2006; and

Whereas, According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, each year approximately 600 people are victims of non-fatal shootings in Milwaukee; and

Whereas, As reported in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in November, 2006, gun violence costs taxpayers, hospitals and people with insurance tens of millions of dollars each year and consumes a significant amount of police officers’ time, thereby slowing police response to other calls for service; and

Whereas, The recent surge in violent crime has led the Milwaukee Police Department to consider changes in its call-for-service response policy, including the possibility of no longer sending officers to lower-priority calls, but rather handling such calls over the phone or by computer; and

Whereas, A substantial portion of violent crime in Milwaukee is drug-related; and

Whereas, Since trade in illegal drugs occurs on the national an...