Months after putting a ban on police from using chokeholds except in life-or-death situations into official policy, the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission on Thursday will again consider removing that one exception.
The proposal, which has been discussed at two of the commission’s meetings in the last month, has the support of at least three out of six commissioners on the oversight board. But it has also received some pushback from the Milwaukee Police Department and the union representing its rank-and-file officers, the Milwaukee Police Association.
Both organizations have made it clear they do not favor the use of chokeholds in general. Neither the Police Department, nor the union, pushed back against the December 2020 policy move that banned the technique unless used in a life-or-death situation.