Senate Bill Threatens FPC Independence
Police and fire fighter unions handed power over Fire & Police Commission disciplinary hearings.
Mar 10th, 2021
City Should Reject Federal COPS Grant
What sounds like community oriented policing will really expand the War on Drugs.
Dec 10th, 2020
Defund the Drug War
You can’t defund the police without changing what’s driving the military mentality of cops.
Oct 11th, 2020
Jimmy Harris’s Long Struggle for Justice
Pulled over by police and beaten, he filed and won — finally — a civil rights lawsuit.
Mar 25th, 2020
City Attorney Guts Authority of FPC Board
The FPC board clearly has the power to oversee executive director and staff.
Jan 13th, 2020
Fire & Police Commission Too Passive
Needs to review Milwaukee Police use of informants, coerced confessions, no-knock searches.
Oct 29th, 2019
Fire & Police Commission Is Too Lax
It has statutory authority to oversee Police Department’s operations, but isn’t doing so.
Jun 2nd, 2019
War on Drugs Is Devastating City
So why won’t we talk about it? Why aren’t city-county officials confronting it?
Mar 12th, 2019
Doctors “Pumping Pills on the Streets”?
The City-County heroin and opioid task force should be investigating the role of physicians.
Nov 13th, 2018
