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FPC audit unit lays out 2025 work plan; Collins settlement audits take priority
Summary
At its March 25 meeting the Fire and Police Commission audit manager presented a 2025 audit work plan prioritizing 12 audits required under the Collins settlement and a slate of operational audits including domestic violence response, ShotSpotter, in-car video, use of force, overtime and supervisor training.
Sean Ratclo, the audit manager for the Fire and Police Commission, presented the audit unit's 2025 work plan at the March 25 Fire and Police Commission Oversight and Accountability Committee meeting, saying the Collins settlement audits will take precedence and that the unit will also pursue several non-settlement operational reviews.
The Collins settlement (referred to in the presentation as the Collins agreement) requires the FPC audit unit to complete 12 audits on a recurring six-month schedule. Ratclo said those required topics include traffic stops; field interviews (also described as stop or 'citizen contact' encounters); 'no-action' encounters; citizen complaints; and internally generated complaints handled through the Milwaukee Police Department and the Fire and Police Commission. "Those will take precedence over our other audits," Ratclo said.
Beyond the settlement audits, the 2025 plan lists operational reviews the audit unit intends to complete: a domestic violence (DV) calls-for-service audit, a ShotSpotter (gunshot detection) audit, an in-car (squad) video review, a use-of-force audit, an MPD overtime audit, a…
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