Madison Common Council members raised concerns about the Madison Police Department’s alleged “intimidation” of the Public Safety Review Committee and subcommittee members during meetings.
The PSRC acts as an advisory body to the mayor and city council and reviews the capital budget priorities of MPD. The PSRC has several subcommittees, including a budget subcommittee that examines the MPD budget.
Matthew Mitnick, who serves as a committee member on the PSRC and chairs the PSRC’s budget subcommittee, said he sometimes felt members of MPD would challenge certain aspects of committee discussions without viewing items holistically. While Mitnick said the challenges themselves are not “necessarily bad,” he said the methods often came off as “combative.”
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The year of reckoning: How 2020 revealed the fault lines in American policing, and what we can expect next CNN 12/18/2020 © Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images
Every morning, Victor Wahl walks into his office with a sense of dread. © Riverside Police Department Riverside, Illinois, Police Chief Tom Weitzel
Months of intense protests and heightened scrutiny have left the acting police chief of Madison, Wisconsin, like many in his shoes, on edge about what lies ahead. © Mark Makela/Getty Images Demonstrators gather in protest near the location where Walter Wallace, Jr. was killed by two police officers on October 27, 2020 in Philadelphia. I m fearful to find a bunch of resignations on my desk, said Wahl, whose department has lost twice the number of officers this year compared to previous years.