The Police Civilian Oversight Board tapped Robin Copley, above, as Madison’s Independent Police Monitor in October 2022.
Madison’s police oversight agency has failed to fulfill records requests submitted by Isthmus and ignored attempts by the city attorney’s office and Madison Police Department to intervene.
The Office of the Independent Police Monitor was created by the Madison city council in 2020 to be a check on the Madison Police Department. The Independent Monitor reports to a separate city board, the Police Civilian Oversight Board. Both the board and office were slow to begin operations…