Police in Schools, Milwaukee Mayoral Candidate Comments

Alison Dirr:

Donovan said he would want to see Milwaukee police return to school buildings while Johnson said he’d favor having officers outside when schools are letting out.

In response to protests over the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, in June 2020 the MPS board voted unanimously to stop paying Milwaukee police officers to patrol outside its buildings and events. 

MPS ended the practice of posting school resource officers inside buildings in 2016 in response to complaints about police unnecessarily citing and arresting students in situations that could have been handled as school disciplinary matters.