PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
TL;DR
The Public Safety Committee met to address several public safety and law enforcement initiatives, focusing heavily on crime prevention, drug control, and policing grants. Multiple resolutions were passed to support new task forces, grant programs, and community policing efforts.
Key Decisions
- City-County Heroin, Opioid, and Cocaine Task Force Passed
- Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation Program Grant Passed
- COPS Hiring Program Grant Passed and Assigned to Finance Committee
- Joint Human Trafficking Task Force Initiative Passed and Assigned to Finance Committee
- Prescription Drug Neutralizing Packets Acceptance Passed
Agenda
- 1. A substitute ordinance relating to parking controls.OrdinanceAction: RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE Passed
A motion was made by ALD. WITKOWSKI that this Ordinance be RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
- 2. A substitute ordinance relating to traffic controls.OrdinanceAction: RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE Passed
A motion was made by ALD. JOHNSON that this Ordinance be RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
- 3. Substitute resolution relative to acceptance and funding of a Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation Program (Police Department).ResolutionAction: RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION Passed
A motion was made by ALD. WITKOWSKI that this Resolution be RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
- 4. Substitute resolution relative to acceptance and funding of a Byrne Crime Gun Intelligence Center Initiative grant.ResolutionAction: RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION AND ASSIGNED Passed
A motion was made by ALD. JOHNSON that this Resolution be RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION AND ASSIGNED to the FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE due back on 1/13/2017. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
- 5. Substitute resolution relative acceptance and funding of a 2016/19 COPS Hiring Program (CHP) Grant.ResolutionAction: RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION AND ASSIGNED Passed
A motion was made by ALD. WITKOWSKI that this Resolution be RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION AND ASSIGNED to the FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE due back on 1/13/2017. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
- 6. Substitute resolution relative to application, acceptance and funding of an Office of Community Policing Services (COPS) Community Policing Development grant.ResolutionAction: RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION Passed
A motion was made by ALD. JOHNSON that this Resolution be RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
- 7. Substitute resolution relative to acceptance and funding of a Milwaukee Joint Human Trafficking Task Force Initiative (Police Department).ResolutionAction: RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION AND ASSIGNED Passed
A motion was made by ALD. WITKOWSKI that this Resolution be RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION AND ASSIGNED to the FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE due back on 1/13/2017. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
- 8. Substitute resolution relating to the creation of a City-County Heroin, Opioid, and Cocaine Task Force.ResolutionAction: RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION Passed
A motion was made by ALD. BORKOWSKI that this Resolution be RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
- 9. Substitute resolution authorizing the acceptance of 2,000 Med-Destroyer prescription drug-neutralizing packets from Reno Products, LLC, by the Health Department.ResolutionAction: RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION Passed
A motion was made by ALD. BORKOWSKI that this Resolution be RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
- 10. Substitute resolution relating to the Office of Violence Prevention.ResolutionAction: HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR Passed
A motion was made by ALD. WITKOWSKI that this Resolution be HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
- 11. A substitute ordinance relating to health department reporting requirements.OrdinanceAction: HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR Passed
A motion was made by ALD. WITKOWSKI that this Ordinance be HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR. This motion PREVAILED by the following vote:
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- Meeting adjourned at 10:12 AM Joanna Polanco Staff Assistant
- Meeting convened at 9:07 am