The Appleton Police Community Advisory Board is meeting 03/08/2021 at 6pm. The topic will be “Crime in Appleton – Past, Present, and our Future”. Their last meeting which was about their mental health crisis response was, unfortunately not recorded due to technical issues. Hopefully, they […]
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Appleton Police And Fire Departments Receive Mental Health Grants
During the 03/03/2021 Appleton Common Council meeting former Alderperson Curt Konetzke appeared and presented two grants from the International Association of Clear Thinking, one to the Appleton Police Department and the other to the Fire Department, to provide mental health services to their officers and […]
Safety and Licensing Committee Meeting 01/27/2021
The Safety and Licensing committee is meeting 01/27/2021 at 5:30 pm. Amongst other things, they will be voting on the bartender license an Appleton resident applied for. The police department is recommending denial due to the fact that he has has numerous run-ins with the […]
Police Chief Thomas Gives Presentation To Common Council About APD’s Human Trafficking Response Procedures
Mayor Woodford issued a proclamation declaring January 11, 2021 to be Human Trafficking Awareness Day. He asked Police Chief Todd Thomas to give a presentation to the Common Council on on how the Appleton Police Department responds to human trafficking. Chief Thomas also included a […]
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FROM 12/07/2020 POLICE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING – PART 2
Here is the second half of the question and answer session that followed Chief Thomas’ 12/07/2020 presentation to the APD Community Advisory Board about Use of Force by the police. Question: The questioner hearkened back to a previous questioner who had expressed the view that […]
Questions And Answers From 12/07/2020 Police Community Advisory Board Meeting – Part 1
Following Chief Thomas’ Use of Force presentation to the Community Advisory Board on 12/07/2020 there was a question and answer session. I’m halfway through writing that up and have included that first half below. Question: The state requires a minimum of 24 hours of continuing […]
Just A Snowy Evening In Appleton
Keep it classy, Appleton
Karen Nelson on Appleton’s Participation In The Government Alliance On Race And Equity – “We are looking at tackling this thing from a totally structural standpoint.”
Karen Nelson, Appleton’s Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator, spoke at the 12/07/2020 Police Community Advisory Board Meeting about the Government Alliance On Race And Equity–the goals and focus of that group and what Appleton hopes to accomplish by being a part of GARE. She also mentioned […]
Appleton Police 10 Year Use Of Force Analysis (2010-2019)
On 12/07/2020 Appleton Police Chief Thomas gave a presentation to the Appleton Police Community Advisory Board on Use of Force by the APD. He reviewed the information that is available in the police department’s 2010-2019 Use of Force Analysis. The original document is 180 pages […]
Opening Items From 12/07/2020 APD Community Advisory Board Meeting
It’s the day after Christmas and things are pretty quiet. There are no meetings scheduled until January 5, so we have over a week of no new business. This will hopefully give me a chance to go back and look at some older meetings that […]