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FPC audit finds most MPD squad-accident records complete but flags documentation gaps
Summary
An FPC audit of Milwaukee Police Department squad accidents from Jan. 1'June 30, 2025 found high overall compliance with documentation but identified gaps in crash reports, photos, video linkage and supervisory recommendations that the FPC says should be corrected as MPD moves to a new records system.
The Fire and Police Commission's audit unit reported that a review of 70 closed Milwaukee Police Department squad-accident records from Jan. 1 to June 30, 2025 found generally strong documentation but several notable deficiencies that merit correction, audit manager Sean Ratclaw told the Oversight and Accountability Committee on Jan. 27.
"This is the first audit of squad accidents for the FPC," Ratclaw said in his presentation. The audit began with 88 records and removed open or voided incidents and those covered by other agencies, leaving a 70-record population for review.
Ratclaw said auditors checked multiple documentation "puzzle pieces" that should be linked: the CAD number in the AIM record, the Wisconsin DT4000 crash report, squad and body-camera video, and photographs. On the CAD linkage, auditors found one failure in the sample (98.57% compliance). For the DT4000 state crash report, auditors reported 67 records passed and 2 failed; one record had…
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