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Milwaukee residents demand oversight after police chief’s training trip to Israel
Summary
Hundreds of Milwaukee residents used public comment at the Fire and Police Commission meeting to press for transparency and bans on training and technology exchanges after Chief Jeffrey Norman attended counterterrorism training in Israel; the commission said public funds were not used and pledged to follow up on oversight questions.
Hundreds of Milwaukee residents told the Fire and Police Commission on Jan. 22 that Chief Jeffrey Norman’s trip last year to attend counterterrorism training in Israel had eroded trust in the Milwaukee Police Department and raised serious ethical questions.
Speakers at the meeting — representing community groups, faith leaders, advocacy organizations and families affected by police pursuits — demanded documentation of the trip’s funding and itinerary, asked whether city policy was followed, and urged the commission to recommend that the Common Council ban further exchanges of training, technology and software between MPD and…
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