Madison police oversight agency condemns School Board member’s arrest

Independent police monitor blames police

For arresting Maia Pearson, their board chairman! Surprise, surprise! Did anyone expect different? Independent Police Monitor Aeiramique Glass says Maia Pearson never should have been arrested for resistance after employees of a downtown Madison venue called police on 12-19-25. Pearson, of course, chairs the Police Civilian Oversight Board that hired Miss Glass, who even acknowledges […]

Madison police oversight agency condemns School Board member’s arrest

The Office of the Independent Monitor said police’s version of MMSD board member Maia Pearson’s arrest omitted facts and minimized the force officers used.

Madison Police Monitor says officers violated policies in arrest of CPOB Chair Maia Pearson -- and that the arrest shouldn't have happened at all

Madison Independent Police Monitor Aeramique Glass said in a statement Monday that officers violated several Madison Police Department policies in the December 19 arrest of Police Civilian Oversight Board chair Maia Pearson. She also said some of their actions were “unacceptable” even when they technically complied with policy. Read the full statement here. An MPD internal investigation found “no policy or procedural violations” in the arrests, …