Committee proposes 7 conditions for police department in order for city to accept federal grant. By Jeramey Jannene - Dec 14th, 2020 02:45 pm //end headline wrapper ?>Milwaukee Police Department. Photo by Jeramey Jannene.
It will attempt to impose seven policy requirements on the police department in exchange for voting to accept the grant. The requests include improving response time, allocating more staff to traffic enforcement and cooperating with an administration analysis on the right balance of civilian staff with sworn officers.
“It will put us in a position that there’s an expectation of what to expect from hiring more officers,” said sponsor Alderman
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In a statement condemning Floyd’s death, Luhnow acknowledged law enforcement’s contribution to the marginalization of disadvantaged groups.
“It is the responsibility of current law enforcement leaders to take measures to prevent those actions from occurring,” she wrote.
“We are first peace officers. That comes with the understanding that we are part of the community, not separate of it,” Luhnow said at one of the protests, announcing that the department is “committed to the development of a citizen review process.”
During her time at SBPD, Luhnow created new officer recruitment strategies to address staffing concerns at the department, according to the city.