Citizen Complaints Against Police and Fire Departments & the Department of Emergency Communication
Fire and Police CommissionAbout this dataset
The Fire and Police Commission (FPC) is the civilian oversight agency of the Milwaukee Fire Department (MFD), Milwaukee Police Department (MPD), and the Department of Emergency Communications (DEC). The FPC has full authority to investigate and discipline department employees for rule violations.
Data-sets contain complaints against the City of Milwaukee Fire and Police Department personnel and/or the Department of Emergency Communication personnel.
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Citizen complaints made against the Milwaukee Fire Department (MFD), the Milwaukee Police Department (MPD), and/or the Department of Emergency Communications (DEC)
330 KBUpdated Feb 24, 2026Table and Data API available
Tracking NEW, PENDING, and CLOSED complaints in which allegations have been made related to UNJUSTIFIED police action(s) and/or RACE-BASED police action(s). Citizen complaints submitted to the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission Pending = number remaining…
30 KBUpdated Mar 6, 2026
Citizen complaints made against the Milwaukee Fire Department (MFD), the Milwaukee Police Department (MPD), and/or the Department of Emergency Communications (DEC)
190 KBUpdated Feb 24, 2026Table and Data API available
Beginning in October 2025, the MPD and FPC began the transition to a new records management system. As a result, we anticipate there may be delays with posting as old data is migrated, new data is entered, and we are trained on the various aspects of the new…
314 KBUpdated Feb 24, 2026
Citizen complaints submitted to the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission Pending = number remaining open at beginning of quarter; New = number received during quarter; Closed = number resolved during quarter Q1 = January - March; Q2 = April - June; Q3 = July…
30 KBUpdated Mar 13, 2026
31 KBUpdated Mar 13, 2026