My journey to Fire and Police Commission has involved many threats and much support. //end headline wrapper ?>Amanda Avalos. Photo provided.
The winds are changing. You can feel it in the air a little more every day people are feeling activated. Young people have marched on Milwaukee streets every day for almost a year demanding justice.
The status quo is no longer serving us, and we know what our city can look and feel like when we are truly safe and thriving. We are committed to getting there.
But we need to talk about how exhausting this work can be.
The Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission’s monthslong 3-3 tie between two candidates to be the city’s next police chief will extend well into March, Chairman Nelson Soler announced Thursday.
Despite now having a seventh member on hand to provide a tie-breaker, Soler said he is withholding another vote on the police chief selection until as early as mid-March while the city navigates legal entanglements with ousted Chief Alfonso Morales.
He also said he wanted a vote to come after an upcoming report is made available from the city’s inspector general examining the decision-making behind the commission’s legally flawed move to demote Morales from chief to captain last summer.
Morales lawsuit, commissioner vote addressed at FPC meeting
Morales lawsuit, commissioner vote addressed at FPC meeting
Five months after it began, the search for Milwaukee s police chief is still on hold. But it appears the Fire and Police Commission is taking steps to get it back on track.
MILWAUKEE - Five months after it began, the search for Milwaukee s police chief is still on hold but it appears the city s Fire and Police Commission (FPC) is taking steps to get it back on track.
The FPC met in an executive session at the city attorney s office Thursday night, Jan. 21 regarding the lawsuit from former Chief Alfonso Morales.