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Public commenter urges Fire and Police Commission to review National Guard use and surveillance technologies in city budget

5779115 · September 4, 2025
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Summary

At the Sept. 4 meeting, a community member asked the commission to review a police‑union proposal for National Guard deployment and proposed surveillance technologies, citing cost and civil‑liberties concerns.

During the public‑comment period at the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission meeting Sept. 4, Connor Gross Nickel of Leaders Igniting Transformation urged the commission to review police‑union comments advocating bringing the National Guard into Milwaukee and to examine proposed surveillance technologies in the city budget.

Gross Nickel told commissioners that the cost of deploying…

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