FPC TESTING AND RECRUITING COMMITTEE

Tuesday, January 7, 2025 · 5:30 PM AM · City Hall, Room 301-B

TL;DR

The Fire and Police Commission held a hybrid meeting to discuss police recruitment and hiring strategies for 2024 and 2025. They reviewed past promotional examinations and approved previous meeting minutes, focusing on maintaining and improving the city's police force staffing.

Key Decisions

  • Approve September 2024 Meeting Minutes Passed
  • Police Officer Recruitment and Hiring Efforts for 2024-2025 Placed on File
  • Police Promotional Examinations Review Placed on File
Agenda PDF Minutes PDF

Agenda

  1. This agenda has been amended to note there will be no Livestream 2 option available for viewing. Please see below for how to watch virtually.
  2. This is a hybrid meeting that will be conducted via Microsoft Teams and In-Person. Those wishing to view the proceedings in person can do so at City Hall, Room 301-B. Those wishing to join the meeting virtually or for public comment can do so at: https://bit.ly/4gXQ5qd Dial in by phone (audio only) 414-251-0392 United States, Milwaukee Phone conference ID: 590 088 39# The Fire and Police Commission will meet on the following items:
  3. Comment(s) by the Public.
  4. 2. Resolution to approve the September 12, 2024, meeting minutes
    Fire and Police Resolution
    Action: ADOPTED Passed

    This Fire and Police Resolution was ADOPTED

  5. 3. Communication from FPC staff relating to police officer recruitment and hiring efforts in 2024, and recruitment and hiring strategies and plan for 2025
    Fire and Police Communication
    Action: PLACED ON FILE

    This Fire and Police Communication was PLACED ON FILE

  6. 4. Communication from FPC staff relating to police promotional examinations in 2023-24, and planned promotional exams in 2025
    Fire and Police Communication
    Action: PLACED ON FILE

    This Fire and Police Communication was PLACED ON FILE

  7. Motion to Adjourn
  8. This meeting may also simultaneously constitute a meeting of the Fire and Police Commission or any of the following committees or subcommittees: Research and Rules, Testing and Recruiting, Policies and Standards. Whether a simultaneous meeting is occurring depends on whether the presence of one or more of the Fire and Police Commission members results in a quorum or a negative quorum of the Commission or another committee and whether any agenda items listed above involve matters within that committee's realm of authority. In the even that a simultaneous meeting is occurring, no action other than information gathering will be taken at the simultaneous meeting. 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 706A, 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."