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Minutes note: Call to order at 6:14 p.m. Present: Steve Jansen, Deborah Blanks and Paul Mozina. (Video of meeting here https://youtu.be/FP0lTFPORzw) | | | |
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| | 1. | | Minutes Discussion and Approval.
Minutes note: Minutes from August 9, 2021 meeting unanimously approved | | | |
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| | 2. | | Update complete timeline on Resolution to conduct a Community Survey.
Minutes note: We updated the Consultant Specifications incorporating more flexible timelines for completion of the Community Survey: “The consultant shall complete the execution of the survey within 4 months of signing the agreement/contract, at which time a preliminary report will be submitted to the Survey & Research Committee and a final report will be submitted to the Survey & Research Committee one month later with possible extensions negotiated by the Chair of the Committee and confirmed in writing.” | | | |
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| | 3. | | The MPD is required by the Charles Collins et al., vs City of Milwaukee et al. Settlement Agreement to provide data on Traffic Stops and Field Interviews to the FPC for public access. Review the scope and impact of the data integrity issues related to mismatched Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) numbers between CAD, TraCS and RMS and discuss making a recommendation/resolution for the CCC to follow-up with the parties to the Settlement Agreement.
Minutes note: We reviewed the MPD Data Integrity Analysis document appended to these minutes. The problem is that MPD members must manually enter the Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) number when creating records related to traffic stops or field interviews and they sometimes enter the wrong value. The CAD number is the “key” connecting the data across MPD systems which enables getting a complete and accurate context for stop.
Paul presented analysis of the numbers of contact summaries, traffic citation, non-traffic citation, warnings, and field interview records, by quarter spanning 2019-2020, that could not be matched correctly. The “missing” data includes the call type, vehicle search information, person search information, use of force, and probable cause for the stop, which are all essential for getting a complete picture of the incident.
The data shows that MPD members have made steady improvement in entering the correct CAD numbers since the 1st quarter of 2021. However, more improvement is needed for the database to be sufficiently clean and accurate.
Paul suggested creating a resolution to present to the full CCC to ask for their help in following up with the defendants regarding this and other issues with the data. The City Attorney is now the focal point for all inquiries regarding the Settlement Agreement and Paul explained that Assistant City Attorney Heather Hough asked him for a summary of all the issues he had been bringing up with the MPD, FPC, CJI and Common Council. He provided that summary in early June and has not heard anything back yet.
Paul described the effort that the Crime and Justice Institute has made to “clean” the data by correcting the mismatched CAD numbers. We don’t know how many records they fixed and Paul repeated a suggestion he made at the last meeting that we ask if CJI could share their cleaned data.
Deborah suggested adding statement explaining: What’s the impact? How does not having this data impact the community? How does it impact the lawsuit? Why is it important? She asked for a clear statement of why the data integrity issue I raised matters. How does it impact an individual or the community if these records don’t match? Is a citizen being penalized because these records don’t match? Is it true that community police relations can continue to be strained because there’s a perception of inadequate data and so the public can’t get the full picture of why things are happening, why police are taking the actions that they’re taking. So, inadequate data fosters the perception that police are acting inappropriately.
Steve agreed with Deborah and added that we need to have matching data to have an accurate picture of what is going on on the ground. He explained how this data was related to the Community Survey data that will be collecting. He pointed to a possible discrepancy between whatever data is being collected and the feelings on the ground with the average person. He reiterated the importance of having accurate data to get an accurate picture.
Steve explained that a motion is all we need to present to the full CCC for them to act. A more formal resolution for the Common Council would only be necessary if the defendants are not responsive to our request for consultation.
We agreed that Paul would prepare a motion for consideration and refinement at our next meeting and Steve would make sure it got on the agenda for the next CCC meeting.
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| | 4. | | Discuss the research areas that the Committee should focus on going forward including:
MPD Data, status of recommendations in the original Collaborative Community
Committee’s “Report to the Community”, ongoing activities of the FPC and MPD (SOP Changes, New Initiatives e.g., new traffic enforcement effort), and any other suggestions you may have.
Minutes note: This item was held until the next meeting. | | | |
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| | 5. | | Discuss semi-annual report of the Survey and Research Committee’s activities for submission to the full CCC.
Minutes note: Steve clarified that the scope of the semi-annual report would include all of the CCC’s activities, not just the Community Survey and Research committee. It will be referred to as an Executive Summary report. The report will include a summary of the history of the CCC, the current membership, a synopsis of the committees and their roles, the accomplishments of the CCC, a detailed analysis of the work of committees, data collection challenges when it comes to outreach and recommendations going forward. Steve is looking for input from the rest of the committee on this report and he will present a draft for consideration soon.
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