Number
251799
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. BROWER, DIMITRIJEVIC, ZAMARRIPA, PEREZ AND BAUMAN
Title
A substitute motion modifying Milwaukee Police Department Standard Operating Procedures regarding the duty to intervene, investigate, and report unreasonable uses of force.
Analysis
This motion modifies Milwaukee Police Department Standard Operation Procedure (SOP) 460 - Use of Force and 004 - Whistleblower Protection. The existing SOP 460 assigns a duty to intervene in situations where a department member observes another department member using force which the observing officer, based on their training, believes or knows to be beyond that which is objectively reasonable under the circumstances. This motion modifies SOP 460 to explicitly include intervention regardless of the agency that employs the officer that is using unreasonable force. The motion also changes the SOP to require that members investigate to determine if a violation of the law has occurred in these situations.
The existing SOP 004 states that members have a duty to report noncompliant uses of force when they witness another law enforcement officer use force that does not comply with the standards under s. 175.44(2)(b) and (c) Wis. Stats. This motion modifies SOP 004 to explicitly state that the duty to report includes observations of noncompliant uses of force regardless of the agency that employs the officer. SOP 004 is also modified to allow members to direct complaints of illegal conduct by law enforcement officers not employed by the Milwaukee Police Department directly to the Chief of Police, or designee.
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Whereas, There are credible reports that federal law enforcement members are physically assaulting members of the public while they are exercising their constitutionally protected rights to speak and assemble, without probable cause that the victims were engaged in any illegal activity; and
Whereas, Members of law enforcement agencies are not allowed to br...
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