Fire and Police Commission meeting minutes — February 5, 2026

This agenda has been amended to remove File ID FPC212389

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Please note that Item 6 (FPC212382) will be heard no later than 7:00 p.m. in order to accommodate the schedule of a guest speaker(s) from the NYU School of Law Policing Project. Any unfinished public comment will be paused at that time and will continue following the presentation.

The Fire and Police Commission will meet on the following items:

Comment(s) by the Public.

Consent

Resolution relating to the January 22, 2026, meeting minutes

Resolution relating to the appointment to the Police Services Specialist - Investigator position within the Milwaukee Police Department

Resolution relating to the appointments to the Custodial Worker 1 position within the Milwaukee Police Department (2)

Resolution relating to the appointment to the Maintenance Assistant position within the Milwaukee Police Department

New Business

Communication from the New York University School of Law Policing Project relating to facial recognition technology

Communication from the Milwaukee Police Department relating to facial recognition technology

Communication from the Milwaukee Police Department (MPD) relating to recent changes to MPD Standard Operating Procedures and/or Standard Operating Instructions

Communication from the Department of Emergency Communications (DEC) relating to recent changes to DEC's policy regarding holiday scheduling and compensation

Communication from FPC staff relating to community and problem-oriented policing

Department of Emergency Communicaitons

Resolution relating to the promotion to the Emergency Communications Supervisor position

Resolution relating to the cancellation of the Emergency Communications Systems Administrator job announcement bulletin and recruitment (see FPC212355 & FPC212358)

Resolution relating to the promotions to the Emergency Communications System Administrator position (2)

Resolution relating to the promotion to the Emergency Communications Information Systems Technology Manager position

Fire Department

Resolution relating to the appointment to the Youth Fleet Apprentice position

Police Department

Resolution relating to the rescission of the reappointment to the Police Officer position

Resolution relating to the detachment request for a Police Liaison Officer

Motion to Adjourn

The Board may receive a motion to convene in closed session in City Hall, room 301-B, 200 East Wells Street, on the appointments, promotions, reappointments, or residency extension request in the Department of Emergency Communications, the Fire Department, and the Police Department pursuant to Section 19.85(1)(c) Wis. Stats. to consider employment, promotion, compensation or performance evaluation data of any public employee over whom the Board has jurisdiction or exercises responsibility,. The Board may then reconvene in open session concerning any such item following the closed session. Upon reasonable notice, efforts will be made to accommodate the needs of persons with disabilities through sign language interpreters or auxiliary aids. For additional information or to request this service, contact the Fire and Police Commission ADA Coordinator at 414-286-5072, 414-286-5050 (fax), 414-286-2960 (TDD), or by writing to the Coordinator at Fire and Police Commission, Milwaukee City Hall, Room 705, 200 East Wells Street, Milwaukee WI 53202. This notice is being made pursuant to Section 19.84 (3) Wis. Stats., "Public Notice of every meeting...shall be given at least 24 hours prior to the commencement of such meeting unless for good cause such notice is impossible or impractical, in which case shorter notice may be given, but in no case may the notice be provided less than two hours in advance of the meeting."