"Public input is critical:" Fire & Police Comm. to hear testimony on body cameras for MPD officers

MILWAUKEE -- The city of Milwaukee's Fire and Police Commission has scheduled a public meeting in the 6th District Tuesday, September 29th to receive public testimony regarding the implementation and use of body worn cameras by Milwaukee police officers.

The meeting is set for 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, and will take place at the Hillside Family Resource Center on N. 7th Street.

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Proposed MPD Standard Operating Procedure 747 – pertaining to the body worn cameras – will also be on the Commission agenda at Tuesday’s public meeting.

“Public input about the use of body worn cameras by officers is critical, especially as procedures are being examined that will dictate how and under what circumstances the cameras are used,” Alderwoman Coggs said. “I urge citizens to make plans to attend the meeting at Hillside."

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett says by the end of 2016, the Milwaukee Police Department will be utilizing 1,200 body cameras. Barrett's 2016 budget proposal includes $880,000 for the technology -- and he's pledging even more money beginning in 2017.