SB117,8,17 3. Upon request by the common council or any committee of the common council, the chair of the board, the vice chair of the board, or the independent monitor under sub. (3m) shall attend a meeting of the common council or a committee of the common council.

SB117,8,19 4. This paragraph applies only in a 2nd class city with a population of 200,000 or more.

SB117,14 Section 14. 62.13 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB117,9,6 62.13 (3m) Independent monitor. (a) No later than the 2nd Monday in June occurring after the effective date of the paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], the 2nd Monday in June immediately preceding the expiration of the regular term of office of the independent monitor, or within 60 days of a vacancy in the position, the board shall submit to the mayor a list of 3 qualified candidates for the position of independent monitor. Before submitting the list of candidates to the mayor, the board shall publicly announce the proposed list and hold a public hearing that includes a public comment period with regard to the list. No later than 30 days after receiving the list, the mayor shall appoint an individual selected from the list as independent monitor. The individual appointed is subject to confirmation by the common council.

SB117,9,8 (b) The common council shall fix the salary or other compensation of the independent monitor.

SB117,9,14 (c) The initial regular term of office of the independent monitor is 4 years from the 2nd Monday in July occurring after the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date]. Thereafter, the regular term of office is 4 years from the 2nd Monday in July following appointment of an independent monitor to a regular term under this subsection. An independent monitor appointed under this subsection may continue to hold office until a successor is appointed and confirmed.

SB117,9,16 (d) 1. An independent monitor may be removed by a majority vote of the board in open session.

SB117,9,18 2. Notwithstanding s. 17.12 (1) (c), an independent monitor may not be removed by the mayor.

SB117,9,19 (e) The independent monitor shall do all of the following:

SB117,9,21 1. Act as the principal staff of the board in exercising the board's functions and powers under this section.

SB117,9,24 2. Review situations or investigations when an individual is dissatisfied with the outcome of an investigation or situation involving the police, fire, or combined protective services department.

SB117,10,4 3. Evaluate the policies, practices, and patterns, including staff deployments, crime and fire prevention training, use of force, search, seizure, citizen interaction, and communication of the police and fire departments or the combined protective services department.

SB117,10,8 4. Issue reports to the public at least annually relating to the status and outcome of complaints that have been filed, the timeliness of complaint resolution, trends and patterns of concern pertaining to complaint investigations, the nature and frequency of complaints, and other performance indicators.

SB117,10,10 (f) If the independent monitor is an attorney, no attorney-client privilege exists between the independent monitor and the mayor or common council.

SB117,10,12 (g) This subsection applies only to a 2nd class city with a population of 200,000 or more.

SB117,15 Section 15. 62.13 (6m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB117,10,20 62.13 (6m) (intro.) If a city of less than 4,000 population has not by ordinance applied subs. (1) (1m) to (6) to the city, the city may not suspend, reduce, suspend and reduce, or remove any police chief, combined protective services chief, or other law enforcement officer who is not probationary, and for whom there is no valid and enforceable contract of employment or collective bargaining agreement which provides for a fair review prior to that suspension, reduction, suspension and reduction or removal, unless the city does one of the following:

SB117,16 Section 16. 62.50 (1e) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

SB117,10,23 62.50 (1e) Definition. In this section, “board” means the board of fire and police commissioners of a 1st class city.

SB117,17 Section 17. 62.50 (1h) of the statutes is renumbered 62.50 (1h) (a) and amended to read:

SB117,11,4 62.50 (1h) (a) In all 1st class cities, however incorporated, there shall be a board of fire and police commissioners, consisting of either 7 or 9 citizens, not more than 3, if the board has 7 members, or 4 , if the board has 9 members, of whom shall at any time belong to the same political party.

SB117,11,8 (c) The staff and members of the board shall receive the salary or other compensation for their services fixed by the common council. The salary shall be fixed at the same time and in the same manner as the salary of other city officials and employees. All employees of the board shall be nonpartisan.

SB117,11,23 (d) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a majority of the members-elect, as that term is used in s. 59.001 (2m), of the board shall constitute a quorum necessary for the transaction of business. A 3-member panel of the board may conduct, and decide by majority vote, a trial described under sub. (12) or may hear and decide, by majority vote, charges filed by an aggrieved person under sub. (19). It shall be the duty of the mayor of the city, on or before the 2nd Monday in July, to appoint 7, or 9, members of the board, designating the term of office of each, one to hold one year, 2 to hold 2 years, 2 to hold 3 years, one to hold 4 years if the board has 7 members, and 2 to hold 4 years if the board has 9 members, and one to hold 5 years if the board has 7 members, and 2 to hold 5 years if the board has 9 members, and until their respective successors shall be appointed and qualified. Thereafter the For a trial of a member of the police force, at least one member of the panel shall have professional law enforcement experience, and for a trial of a member of the fire department, at least one member of the panel shall have professional fire fighting experience.

SB117,12,13 (e) The terms of office for members of the board shall be 5 years from the 2nd Monday in July, and until a successor is appointed and qualified. The mayor may reduce the size of the board from 9 to 7 members by failing to appoint 2 successors for individuals whose terms expire at the same time. Every person appointed a member The mayor shall appoint members of the board shall be subject to confirmation by the common council and every. Except as provided in par. (b), if the mayor fails to make an appointment within 120 days of a vacancy occurring, the common council may make the appointment. Before confirmation, the common council shall hold 2 public hearings that include public comment periods with regard to appointment. Every appointed member shall, before entering upon the duties of the office take and subscribe the oath of office prescribed by article IV, section 28, of the constitution, and file the same duly certified by the officer administering it, with the clerk of the city. A member of the board may not continue in office after the expiration of his or her term, unless the member is reappointed to the board and confirmed by the common council.

SB117,12,21 (f) 2. Not later than the first day of the 7th month beginning after a member of the board appointed by the mayor is confirmed by the common council, the member shall enroll in a the training class that is related to the mission of the board under subd. 1. and, not later than the first day of the 13th month beginning after a member appointed by the mayor is confirmed by the common council, the member shall complete the class. The training class shall be conducted by the city. Appointments made prior to the time this subchapter first applies to a 1st class city shall not be subject to confirmation by the common council.

SB117,18 Section 18. 62.50 (1h) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

SB117,13,18 62.50 (1h) (b) At least one member of the board shall be selected from a list submitted by the employee association that represents nonsupervisory law enforcement officers and at least one member selected from a list submitted by the employee association that represents fire fighters. Lists of individuals submitted for selection under this paragraph shall contain 5 names. Individuals included in a list submitted under this paragraph by an employee association that represents nonsupervisory law enforcement officers or fire fighters shall have professional law enforcement experience or professional fire fighting experience, respectively, and shall be at least 5 years removed from service as a professional law enforcement officer or fire fighter, respectively. If the mayor fails to make an appointment that is required to be selected from a list under this paragraph within 120 days after the a vacancy occurs, the association that provided the list may make the appointment without confirmation by the common council. Notwithstanding the other requirements regarding length of terms in this subsection, the initial term of the member selected from a list submitted by the employee association that represents nonsupervisory law enforcement officers shall be 2 years and the initial term of the member selected from a list submitted by the employee association that represents fire fighters shall be 5 years. The members selected from lists submitted by employee associations that represent nonsupervisory law enforcement officers and fire fighters shall comply with any residency requirements that apply to current members of the police or fire department, respectively, of the city.

SB117,19 Section 19 . 62.50 (1h) (f) 1. of the statutes is created to read:

SB117,13,22 62.50 (1h) (f) 1. The city shall provide a training class for members of the board. The city may provide this class directly or in another manner, including by contracting with another person. The training class shall cover all of the following: