On Tuesday, Madison’s City Council again considered whether Madison police officers should wear body cameras, the latest in a five-year plus debate over the policy involving several committees. The council deliberated for over two hours on what to do with a recent report examining the feasibility of body cams. That report, released in January, recommended […]
Long-awaited community control board limited in authority
Since May, Madison’s streets have rumbled with calls for reforms — reforms of the carceral system, of long-standing racist social mores and, most prominently, of the nation’s police forces. Now, a main protest demand — for community control over police — has been enacted in Madison. The city’s new 13-member Police Civilian Oversight Board, formally […]
Reviewing the Local Police Force – MPD and the OIR Report
Over the past year, the OIR Group (an organization that does independent police oversight and review) researched the Madison Police Department’s policies, practices, procedures, and culture. The resulting report offers 146 recommendations, all of which are being reviewed by the Madison Police Department Policy & Procedure Review Ad Hoc Committee with community input. On today’s […]
