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MPD updates SOPs on homeless contacts, crashes and evidence vehicle processing; commissioners ask about enforcement and record-keeping
Summary
The Milwaukee Police Department provided the Fire and Police Commission with amendments to three policies: homeless persons, vehicle crashes, and an evidence vehicle processing instruction. Assistant Chief Craig Sarno outlined administrative updates and said the changes do not alter operational practice on sleeping in public.
The Milwaukee Police Department presented amendments April 3 to three documents: SOP 165 on homeless persons, SOP 650 on vehicle crashes, and a standard operating instruction for evidence vehicle processing. Assistant Chief Craig Sarno described the changes as largely administrative and intended to align written policy with current practice.
Sarno said the homeless-persons SOP was updated to remove references to the "technical communications division," which is now the Department of Emergency Communications, and to remove a line directing that homeless outreach team officers be dispatched for calls involving known or suspected homeless persons because the department cannot dictate…
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