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Alders Say Madison’s Police Monitor Broke the Rules. Their Plan to Fire Her Breaks Them Too.
Key Points On October 20, the Madison Common Council will vote on a resolution to immediately end interim Independent Police Monitor Aeiramique Glass’s appointment and put the Council’s chief of staff in charge of her office staff. Madison’s ordinances required the Common Council to confirm Glass’s appointment and approve a written employment contract, but the Council did neither. City Attorney Michael Haas says the Council can end Glass’s appointment because the City’s Perso
Milwaukee Releases Body-Worn Camera Video of Officer-Involved Death During Open Investigation
Key Points Just 15 days after a Milwaukee police officer shot and killed Printis Smith, Milwaukee police released their body-worn camera video of the shooting while the outside investigation was still open. Sixty-four days after a Madison police officer shot and killed Corey Ruiz, Madison police have yet to release any video or other records of the shooting. City Attorney Michael Haas claims the same state laws Milwaukee must follow require Madison to wait for the state inves
![On September 8, the Common Council took up a resolution to move $28,500 from the City’s contingent reserve, the fund it keeps for unanticipated expenses, to the Office of the Independent Monitor. The money would have made the office’s part-time data analyst full-time through the end of the year and paid for training.[1] Council President Sabrina Madison voted no, and in her comments during the debate she referred her colleagues to a memo she had requested from City staff and posted on her blog six days earlier.[2][8] The motion to adopt failed, 7 to 12.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/668754_f6d904eb25604ec5b1e8d79545e48328~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_571,h_429,fp_0.50_0.50,lg_1,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/668754_f6d904eb25604ec5b1e8d79545e48328~mv2.jpg)
![On September 8, the Common Council took up a resolution to move $28,500 from the City’s contingent reserve, the fund it keeps for unanticipated expenses, to the Office of the Independent Monitor. The money would have made the office’s part-time data analyst full-time through the end of the year and paid for training.[1] Council President Sabrina Madison voted no, and in her comments during the debate she referred her colleagues to a memo she had requested from City staff and posted on her blog six days earlier.[2][8] The motion to adopt failed, 7 to 12.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/668754_f6d904eb25604ec5b1e8d79545e48328~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_571,h_429,fp_0.50_0.50,lg_1,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/668754_f6d904eb25604ec5b1e8d79545e48328~mv2.jpg)
The Council Heard One Side of the Police Monitor Story. The City’s Own Rules Say Hear Both.
Key Points On August 31, four City department heads sent Council President Sabrina Madison a memo she had requested, listing budget, contracting, open meetings, and personnel problems in the Office of the Independent Monitor, and she posted it on her blog on September 2. On September 8, the Common Council voted 7 to 12 against adding $28,500 to the office’s budget; President Madison cited the memo in the debate, and the Monitor had not answered it. The City’s own written stan
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