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.
But even if council affirms rejection, Wilson could continue to serve. By Jeramey Jannene - Jan 7th, 2021 01:39 pm //end headline wrapper ?>Get a daily rundown of the top stories on Urban Milwaukee
Mayor Tom Barrett and Ann Wilson accept a grant in 2018. File photo by Jeramey Jannene.
Ann Wilson to the Fire & Police Commission, but no one is specifically saying why. The committee spent over an hour in closed session Thursday, and then, with little discussion, voted to reject her reappointment. The recommendation will go before the full Common Council on January 19th.
The high-level view of why the council might want to reject Wilson’s reappointment is clear. The City of Milwaukee is poised to shell out hundreds of thousands of dollars as a result of a lawsuit filed by former police chief
Acting Milwaukee police chief wants the permanent position
Acting Milwaukee police chief wants the permanent position
The search for the next Milwaukee police chief is ongoing, the mayor said Wednesday, after a judge s ruling that reversed the FPC s demotion of Alfonso Morales.
MILWAUKEE - Amid calls for an investigation into the decision by the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission to demote former Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales in August, Acting Chief Jeffrey Norman said he wants to be the permanent chief. Norman officially took over Wednesday, Dec. 23, following Acting Chief Michael Brunson s scheduled retirement.
Norman was among the original candidates for Milwaukee police chief during a nationwide search, but he was not on the list of finalists.