Action Steps
Taking Action for Each Demand
Community Control Over Police
- Direct democratic community control of local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies, ensuring that communities most harmed by destructive policing have the power to hire and fire officers, determine disciplinary action, control budgets and policies, and subpoena relevant agency information.
- Our first strategic move towards Madison Black community shifting power to end destructive policing is to show up and demand that an Auditor and Community Review Board is implemented immediately. The police Auditor and Community Review Board recommendations and proposed powers were created and articulated by the Procedure Review Ad Hoc Committee in their final report - after being charged with creating a comprehensive review of the Madison Police Department.
TWO URGENT ACTION REQUESTS
One for today, one for Tuesday…
This coming Tuesday, June 9th, the City of Madison FINANCE COMMITTEE will vote on the 2nd alternate of Resolution #60764.
What is the 2nd alternate you ask?City of Madison Alders Kemble and Bidar have come together to answer our demand for oversight of the two most important recommendations of the Madison Police Department Policy and Procedure Ad Hoc Committee Final Report. They have written a 2nd alternate of Resolution #60764 for temporary oversight over the implementation of two of the most important recommendations. (Thank you Ad Hoc member, Matthew Braunginn, for contributing key ideas to move this effort forward.) We need for this version to pass and NOT Mayor Rhodes-Conway’s version that gutted the Independent Monitor.
ACTION ITEM #1: Community Control Over Police
- Direct democratic community control of local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies, ensuring that communities most harmed by destructive policing have the power to hire and fire officers, determine disciplinary action, control budgets and policies, and subpoena relevant agency information.
- Our first strategic move towards Madison Black community shifting power to end destructive policing is to show up and demand that an Auditor and Community Review Board is implemented immediately. The police Auditor and Community Review Board recommendations and proposed powers were created and articulated by the Procedure Review Ad Hoc Committee in their final report --after being charged with creating a comprehensive review of the Madison Police Department.
TWO URGENT ACTION REQUESTS
One for today, one for Tuesday…
This coming Tuesday, June 9th, the City of Madison FINANCE COMMITTEE will vote on the 2nd alternate of Resolution #60764.
What is the 2nd alternate you ask?
City of Madison Alders Kemble and Bidar have come together to answer our demand for oversight of the two most important recommendations of the Madison Police Department Policy and Procedure Ad Hoc Committee Final Report. They have written a 2nd alternate of Resolution #60764 for temporary oversight over the implementation of two of the most important recommendations. (Thank you Ad Hoc member, Matthew Braunginn, for contributing key ideas to move this effort forward.) We need for this version to pass and NOT Mayor Rhodes-Conway’s version that gutted the Independent Monitor.
ACTION #1
WHEN: IMMEDIATELY ASAP
WHAT: Please send an email to all the alders, Mayor Rhodes Conway and the Finance Committee at:
allalders@cityofmadison.com
srhodes-conway@cityofmadison.com
financecommittee@cityofmadison.com
Please make the following demands:
- Support #16 in the 6/5/2020 version of the agenda (in case they change the agenda) which is the 2nd alternate of Resolution #60764 as written by Alder Rebecca Kemble and Alder Shiva Bidar which will:
- Implement the recommendations for the Independent Monitor and the Civilian Oversight Board exactly as written in the Madison Police Department Policy and Procedure Ad Hoc Committee Final Report dated Oct 18, 2019. This way we get most Community Control of the Police possible under current WI state law!
- Keep the work group as listed in 2nd Alternate Resolution #60764 to Alder Rebecca Kemble, Alder Shiva Bidar and Alder Donna Moreland with a suspension of the rules so all community members can talk freely without time limits with this work group during meetings.
- Object to items #17 AND #18 in the 6/5/2020 version of the agenda. Items #17 and #18 represent the efforts to derail oversight and present the toothless non-independent monitor
- Keep all future handling of anything involving the Madison Police Department Policy and Procedure Ad Hoc Committee Final Report open and transparent. No more power grabs or shady backroom deals!!
ACTION #2
WHEN: TUESDAY JUNE 9th:
WHAT: REGISTER YOUR SUPPORT
PLEASE REGISTER YOUR SUPPORT at the online/zoom Finance Committee meeting and specifically register in support of #16 and object to items #17 and #18 in the 6/5/2020 version of the agenda (#17 and #18 represent the efforts to derail the oversight and present the toothless non-independent monitor). (Sorry it’s complicated, but this is really important!)
Tuesday’s Finance Committee Meeting Agenda
REGISTER, BUT NOT TO SPEAK: You can register your support or opposition to an agenda item without speaking at www.cityofmadison.com/comment-finance-committee
REGISTER AND SPEAK: If you wish to speak at the virtual meeting on an agenda item, you MUST register. You can register at www.cityofmadison.com/comment-finance-committee When you register to speak, you will be sent an email with the information you will need to join the virtual meeting.
WATCH THE MEETING: You can call-in or watch the Common Council meeting in several ways:
- Livestream on the Madison City Channel website
- Livestream on the City of Madison YouTube Channel
- Television: Watch live on Charter Digital Channel 994 and AT&T U Verse Channel 99 • Listen to audio via phone: (877) 853-5257 (Toll Free) Webinar ID: 986 5340 8301
We have to show up! Chief Wahl from the Madison Police Department and Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway have done the following:
- They eliminated the power to conduct independent investigations.
- They eliminated the responsibility of overseeing implementation of the recommendations of the MPD Policy & Procedure Ad Hoc Committee report (that was one of the core reasons OIR wanted an independent auditor set up).
- They eliminated the power to subpoena witnesses.
- They eliminated the power to direct MPD to conduct further investigation if they found MPD’s investigation of a complaint to be insufficient.
- They eliminated the power to independently appoint an outside investigator for complaints against the Chief or a high-ranking officer.
- They eliminated the power to retain independent legal counsel.
- They eliminated the requirement that the person hired for the Independent Auditor position not be a former member of MPD.
- They eliminated the requirement that the person have background in civilian oversight of law enforcement.
- They eliminated the recommendation that they should have sufficient background in civil rights and equity.
- They eliminated the job responsibility of covering policy changes and recommendations in annual reports.
- They eliminated the job responsibility of providing ongoing status reports.
- They eliminated the power to appoint counsel to represent aggrieved individuals at the Police & Fire Commission. Etc. Etc.
On Thursday June 4, 2020, we practiced #CommunityControl by caravanning to MMSD school board President Gloria Reyes house and demanding #PoliceFreeSchools
Gloria has the power to fire the police from our schools--just as the Minneapolis school board did earlier this week. Tell her to put this item on the agenda during the school board meeting THIS MONDAY 6/08/2020 Tell all of the school board members to vote to END THE CONTRACT WITH POLICE! Send emails and make calls!! Flood them with requests to end the contract effective immediately.
MMSD School Board Contact List:
Nicki Vander Meulen (Clerk, Seat 7)
nkvander@yahoo.com
608-332-2807
Gloria Reyes (President, Seat 1)
greyes@madison.k12.wi.us
608-228-5303
Cris Carusi (Treasurer, Seat 3)
cecarusi@madison.k12.wi.us
Christina Gomez Schmidt (Seat 6)
gomezschmidt@madison.k12.wi.us
608-*206-4478
Ananda Mirilli (Vice President, Seat 5)
amirilli@madison.k12.wi.us
608-220-5187
Ali Janae Muldrow, (Seat 4)
ajmuldrow@madison.k12.wi.us
Savion Castro (Seat 2)
sjcastro@madison.k12.wi.us
608-800-1994
Superintendent (Interim)
Jane Belmore
545 West Dayton Street
Room 110
Madison, WI 53703
Call: (608) 663-1607
MMSD Legal Council
Sherry Terrell-Webb
Interim General Legal Counsel
Phone: 608.663.1878
Email: smterrellweb@madison.k12.wi.us
FAX: 608.204.0348
Eric Kestin
Affirmative Action Officer
Phone: 608.663.1530
Email: emkestin@madison.k12.wi.us
FAX: 608.204.0348
#DefendBlackLife #DefundPolice #FreeEmAll
ACTION ITEM #2: Defund the Police Action Steps
- Visit www.defendingblacklives.org and text “Uprising” to the 90975 to join the national campaign to #DefundPolice
- Send an email to all alder persons at allalders@cityofmadison.com
- Send an email the Mayor at SRhodes-Conway@cityofmadison.com
Instructing them to defund the police immediately.
******Urban Triage, Inc. along with Freedom, Inc. will be releasing recommendations based on the City of Madison’s budget later this week.
ACTION ITEM #3: Demand to Free Them All Action Steps
Donate and support #FreeThe350BailFund
We need 3.5 Million to free ALL eligible Black folx who are on locked down at Dane County Jail