City of Milwaukee - File #: 101525

• File #: 101525
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution-Immediate Adoption
• Status: Passed
• File created: 4/12/2011
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 4/12/2011
• Title: Resolution requesting the Chief of Police to provide police radios to elected City officials upon individual request.
• Sponsors: ALD. DUDZIK
• Indexes: COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, POLICE DEPARTMENT

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
4/21/2011	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
4/12/2011	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED; Minutes note: Ald. Dudzik called for the previous question: On the motion: PASS: Kovac, Puente, Hines NO	Pass	10:3

Number

101525

Version

ORIGINAL

Reference

Sponsor

ALD. DUDZIK

Title

Resolution requesting the Chief of Police to provide police radios to elected City officials upon individual request.

Analysis

This resolution requests the Chief of Police to provide police radios to elected City officials upon individual request.

Body

Whereas, Due to the conversion of the Milwaukee Police Department’s radio system from analog technology to a digital system, interested parties - whether they be the media, elected officials or the general public - can no longer use scanners to monitor police communications; and

Whereas, Elected officials have great concern for public safety in the neighborhoods they represent; and

Whereas, If provided with police radios, elected officials would not use these devices to interfere with police investigations or other police activity, but would have the opportunity to keep abreast of current public safety issues in their districts and to disseminate critical information to constituents if they felt such information could be shared without compromising the work of the Milwaukee Police Department; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the Chief of Police is requested to provide police radios to elected City officials upon individual request.

Requestor

Drafter

LRB126471-1

Jeffrey D. Osterman

03/24/2011