For the Milwaukee Police Department and Fire and Police Commission

Chapter 5
Use of Force and Deadly Force Practices
Finding 21
IAD investigative files do not adequately document involved officer interviews.
MPD should transcribe and include the complete involved officers' administrative interviews in the IAD file and reference them in the case summary.
Implementation of this recommendation would be dependent on budgetary authority. MPD does not currently have the technical capabilities or personnel necessary to transcribe entire interviews.
All officer interviews are recorded and a CD is created with the recording of each statement. IAD supervisors summarize officer involved interviews in their written reports.
Note: The estimated cost for the transcription software or service is $250,000.
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