Amendment to Madison operating budget would eliminate Office of Independent Monitor, fund police body cameras

Amendment to Madison operating budget would eliminate Office of Independent Monitor, fund police body cameras

MADISON (WKOW) -- A new proposal to the city of Madison's 2026 Operating Budget would eliminate the Office of the Independent Monitor (OIM) and increase funding for the Madison Police Department's body-worn cameras.

Kill independent police monitor

and use money for police-worn cameras. Three common sense alders serve Madison. They are Isadore Knox, Joanne Pritchard, and Barbara Harrington-McKinney. All are black. They propose eliminating the money taxpayers spend on the do-nothing Independent Police Monitor and using $405,299 to pay for police body-worn cameras. The budget amendment would also eliminate the 11-member Police […]