SB117,7,23 2. Hold at least 2 public meetings to hear comments from residents of the city and other interested persons.

SB117,12 Section 12. 62.13 (3) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

SB117,8,4 62.13 (3) (c) If the board of a 2nd class city with a population of 200,000 or more accepts an additional application for chief of police after the application period for accepting these applications has closed, the board shall reopen the application period for an additional 7 days beginning on the date it accepted the late application.

SB117,13 Section 13. 62.13 (3) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

SB117,8,10 62.13 (3) (d) 1. If the common council adopts a resolution by a two-thirds vote of the members-elect, as defined in s. 59.001 (2m), to conduct a performance review of the chief of police, the chief of the fire department, or the chief of a combined protective services department, the board shall conduct the review and provide a written report to the common council.

SB117,8,13 2. At least once each year, the chief of police and the chief of the fire department, or the chief of a combined protective services department, shall meet with the members of the common council at a regular meeting of the council.

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.