After the Collins agreement went into place in 2018, field interviews decreased 90% in five years, and traffic stops dropped by 79%.
Milwaukee Police Chief Jeffrey Norman is calling for the Collins Agreement to be “heavily modified,” saying that the “cumbersome” requirements of the controversial 2018 ACLU-fueled settlement have harmed proactive policing.
Norman’s comments represent a major change in the chief’s public stance. In 2021, MPD wrote in a press release that the chief “has continued to stress that compliance with the Collins Agreement and providing high-quality constitutional policing is one of MPD’s highest priorities.”…