Collins Settlement Agreement Report Highlights MPD’s Significant Improvement

MILWAUKEE, WI – Today, the Crime and Justice Institute (CJI) released its Semiannual Analysis of Traffic Stops, Field Interviews, No-action Encounters, and Frisks. This report details the analysis of Milwaukee Police Department stops and frisks that took place between January 1, 2021 and June 30, 2021. During that same time period, MPD conducted in-service training for all of its sworn members related to compliance with the settlement agreement.

In this report, the Milwaukee Police Department showed significant improvement documenting the individualized, objective, and articulable reasonable suspicion (IOARS) for its traffic stops, frisks, field interviews and no-action encounters. Only “citations and warnings”, a new category that was first tracked last year, did not show improvement. Notably, MPD officers documented IOARS in 95.9% of its traffic stops, a critical data point as MPD has committed to increasing its traffic enforcement through its Traffic Safety Unit.

Acting Chief Jeffrey Norman has continued to stress that compliance with the settlement agreement and providing high quality constitutional policing is one of MPD’s highest priorities, along with addressing violent crime, reckless driving and stolen autos. The Milwaukee Police Department is grateful for CJI’s in-depth analysis as it helps inform the department of areas where it has succeeded and where it needs improvement. The department is committed to doing better in documenting the highly technical reporting requirements and continuing in these positive steps.

NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. It has not been verified for its accuracy or completeness.