City of Milwaukee - File #: 200317

• File #: 200317
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/16/2020
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 7/7/2020
• Title: Substitute resolution expressing the City of Milwaukee’s support for Governor Tony Evers’s policing accountability and transparency reforms.
• Sponsors: ALD. JOHNSON, ALD. MURPHY, ALD. HAMILTON, ALD. BAUMAN, ALD. DODD
• Indexes: POLICE DEPARTMENT

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
7/17/2020	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
7/7/2020	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	15:0
6/29/2020	1	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Appearing: Ald. Johnson - Sponsor Jordan Primakow - IRD Sponosrs added: Murphy, Hamilton, Bauman and Dodd	Pass	5:0
6/24/2020	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
6/16/2020	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
200317
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
180898
Sponsor
ALD. JOHNSON, MURPHY, HAMILTON, BAUMAN AND DODD

Title
Substitute resolution expressing the City of Milwaukee’s support for Governor Tony Evers’s policing accountability and transparency reforms.
Analysis
This resolution expresses the City’s support for Governor Tony Evers’s policing accountability and transparency reforms.

Body

Whereas, On June 19, 2020, Governor Tony Evers and Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes announced policing accountability and transparency reforms, calling for bipartisan support in taking a step toward dismantling racism in a state consistently ranked among the worst in racial disparities; and

Whereas, Social and economic inequities reach every community in the state, and eliminating them will require action at every level of government; and

Whereas, People across the state are demanding local, state, and federal governments to take action in addressing racism and increasing law enforcement accountability; and

Whereas, The legislative package includes:

1. Establishing statewide use of force standards for all law enforcement agencies.

2. Prohibiting discipline of a law enforcement officer for reporting a violation of a law enforcement agency’s use of force policy.

3. Requiring the Law Enforcement Standards Board to develop a model use of force policy for law enforcement agencies.

4. Requiring each law enforcement officer to annually complete at least 8 hours of training on use of force options and de-escalation techniques.

5. Creating a $1,000,000 grant program, administered by the Department of Justice, to fund community organizations that are using evidence-based outreach and violence interruption strategies to mediate conflicts, prevent retaliation and other potentially violent situations, and connect individuals to community support.

6. Requiring law enforcement agencies to develop policies prohibiting the use of chokeholds.

7. Requiring each law en...