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Wisconsin senators pass policing proposals Wisconsin lawmakers on Tuesday tackled proposals regarding to police practice and policy in the state. MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Senate passes several proposals related to policing. One would make it easier for you to learn about policies on the use of force. Another could make it harder for bad offices to hop onto another citys police department. Thats because a proposal requires police departments publish their use of force policies online; anoth...

Wisconsin Senate passes first police reform bills Associated Press Text size Copy shortlink: MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Senate passed the Legislatures first bills Tuesday addressing police reform since George Floyds death. The Senate approved measures that would create a new grant program for police, require police to post use-of-force policies online and require the state Justice Department to gat...

Full agenda on Tuesday of mostly partisan legislation, much of it heading for governor’s veto.

Wisconsin Senate passes first police-reform bills By: Associated Press May 12, 2021 8:14 am MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Senate passed the Legislature’s first bills Tuesday to adopt police reform since the death of George Floyd in May 2020. The Senate approved proposals that would establish a new grant program for police, require police to post use-of-force policies online and require the state Justice Department to gather more data that it does now on use-of-force incidents and...

By Bruce Murphy - May 12th, 2021 04:15 pm //end headline wrapper ?> Lena Taylor speaking at a press conference. File photo by Jeramey Jannene. The bill is being sold as an effort to reform the state’s oversight of police. Except that it singles out only Milwaukee and Madison. Cities across Wisconsin have police and fire commissions, but only those in the state’s two most Democratic cities would be changed.  The Senate bill, which passed 22-11, got only one D...

Eau Claire Leader-Telegram. May 11, 2021.

Riemann While the Wisconsin Senate hasn’t yet ban chokeholds or taken up other use of force policies, it did pass several administrative police reform bills Tuesday. It’s the first movement in the legislature on policing since racial justice protests erupted last year. One bill, dealing with Milwaukee’s Fire and Police Commission, generated animated conversation. The bill would require commissions to accept a member nominee from police and firefighter unions. Each union would submit five ...

Wisconsin Senate passes first police reform bills May 11, 2021 GMT MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Senate passed the Legislature’s first bills Tuesday addressing police reform since George Floyd’s death. The Senate approved measures that would create a new grant program for police, require police to post use-of-force policies online and require the state Justice Department to gather more data on use-of-force incidents and produce an annual report. The bills also would require police to...

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Wisconsin Senate: Police reform bills set to be passed By AP author Wisconsin Capitol in Madison MADISON, Wis. - The full Wisconsin Senate was set Tuesday to take the Legislatures first floor votes on police reform legislation since George Floyds death. The Senate was scheduled to vote on bipartisan measures that would create a $600,000 grant program for police in large cities, require police to post use-of-force policies online and require the state Justice Department to gather more data on u...