MILWAUKEE -- Common Council President Cavalier Johnson says a file was introduced on Monday, June 15 with the purpose of directing the City of Milwaukee’s budget office to prepare a model 2021 police department budget showing a 10% reduction in resources. Those resources, Johnson said, would instead be reallocated to critical community needs such as housing, the health department and violence prevention, as well as funding the work of the Community Collaborative Commission.
In a news release, Johnson continued with the following statement related to this filing:
Alderman Jose Perez also weighed in with this statement: