Recommendation 10.2

MPD should engage with an independent community advisory board to regularly meet with and provide the chief with input on the operations of MPD.

Current:

MPD seeks to create new and foster existing relationships and expand community conversations within the Milwaukee community.  Building on existing efforts, MPD seeks to engage research, evaluation and recommendations for enhanced community engagement around what it seeks to do in its efforts to reduce crime and create safe neighborhoods and how those efforts are communicated to and perceived by the Milwaukee community.  Positive community-police relationships invariably contribute to greater public safety, and MPD strives for each member of the community to experience MPD as positive force acting on their behalf.

MPD appreciates that local stakeholders have a particular interest in this area of focus and believes that a robust conversation can occur relative to how the public experiences and perceives its community-policing activities and how those can be expanded or refined to more effectively meet the needs of the community it serves.

Community meetings, such as town halls and District Crime and Safety meetings, are being hosted to give the community an opportunity to discuss recommendations in the draft report.  MPD will participate in these community meetings as a way to work with the community stakeholders to prioritize and implement recommendations.