As Madison community members, we all value playing fair and by the rules. This is one of the reasons our City has become respected for being such a great place to live. When we respect each other, we can accomplish great things for our community. But when a City leader acts with disrespect, doesn't play fair, and breaks all the rules, it can tear our community apart. During his time as Chief of the Madison Police Department, Mike Koval has repeatedly violated the Madison Police Department Code of Conduct and other Madison Police Department rules, as well as City of Madison rules (policies and ordinances) that must be obeyed by all city employees. 1. He has repeatedly violated rules against bullying, disrespectful, threatening, or intimidating behavior. Madison policy for city employees absolutely prohibits “abusive, …, bullying, or other threatening or intimidating behavior”. The Madison Police Department Code of Conduct mandates that officers must on all occasions be “courteous and respectful”. 2. He has repeatedly violated rules against making false or misleading public statements. Two examples: In an apparent attempt to sway public opinion, he untruthfully claimed that at the City-County Building protest after the shooting of Tony Robinson, “Comments such as ‘kill the cops’ and ‘we have guns too’ were yelled frequently”. Full video of the protest (and all witness accounts) shows this statement to be blatantly false. Likewise, he has provided the public with false statistics on the rate of use of force by MPD officers. 3. He has violated rules against political involvement. Policy notes “police should not use their authority or the indicia of office, such as the uniform or title, for this purpose because of its inherently coercive nature.” 4. He has violated City of Madison and Madison Police Department rules against insubordination. 5. And he has violated Madison Police Department Code of Conduct rules that explicitly prohibit any public criticism of specific orders. Under state statute, in the chain of command, the Common Council stands above the police chief, and he must obey all their lawful orders. The Chief has set up a false dichotomy between concern for the well-being of police officers as human beings, and any criticism whatsoever of police conduct. He has encouraged an atmosphere in which people can justify the brutal treatment of a young black woman, Genele Laird, because to do otherwise is "anti-police”. From the beginning, Chief Koval has demonstrated an inability to listen, displaying a "my way or the highway" approach to leadership. In one instance early on in his tenure as Chief, he screamed at a community member who politely asked a question, then cited “passion” as the culprit for his inappropriate behavior, but with no intention of addressing that culprit. This has been an ongoing pattern. His threatening and inflammatory blog post and behavior with the Common Council this past month was only the most recent such event. His blatant disrespect, erratic physical behavior and out of hand dismissals of the concerns of our elected officials, his table pounding, petulant pacing about, and outright bigoted mockery of the few non-white alders in the room reveals a man who believes his own departmental policy and Code of Conduct as well as the city rules governing the professional behavior of Madison Police Officers are beneath him. As former Chief Couper said at the press conference on Tuesday, “It is never, never appropriate for the Chief to be angry, sarcastic or bullying. Period.” He followed it up with the question “Does the chief's public emotional display on his blog and at the June 6 [it was actually the 7th] Council meeting send a bad signal to some of his officers? If the chief doesn’t have to be emotionally controlled and sensitive to others, maybe they don’t either?” In a multi-institutional and multi-constituency setting, a leader can only be good if he or she is a skilled and compassionate communicator--adept at presenting a position, listening to others, negotiating compromises and nurturing relationships that will facilitate those compromises. Chief Koval has a serious problem with anger and with disrespect for the political process. Like many people these days, he seems to view politics with disdain, as something beneath him. In fact, the political process is the mechanism with which democracy operates. Insofar as he shares his disgust with the political process with MPD officers--as he has--he is dangerous. He is widening the "Us vs. Them" gap when one of his first objectives as a chief should be to narrow it. We, the undersigned, respectfully request that members of the Common Council file a complaint with the Police and Fire Commission against Madison Police Chief Mike Koval and that the Common Council censure him for his actions. Regarding Chief Koval's actions and statements in his blog of June 5th and at the June 7th Common Council meeting, we are unable to file a complaint due to lack of "standing" before the Police and Fire Commission. However, you, as alders, were directly impacted by his actions. We ask that you, as our elected representatives and voice in local government, file a complaint as impacted individuals on behalf of our entire community. We expect our elected officials and the public to be treated with dignity and respect from department managers and leaders within our city. For our community to function, it is important that all be held accountable – that no-one is above the law.

More than five years ago, I filed a complaint with the Office of Attorney General against a person, at that time the owner of a mortgage company in Scottsdale, who scammed me and others for more than $200,000. The defendant's own former partner, who described Bill's business practices as a 'ponzi scam,' was scammed for $25,000. Bill ------'s marketing schemes have been described by an attorney as “the unlawful marketing and sale of an unregistered security.” The complaint was transferred to the Securities Division, Arizona Corporation Commission. In October 2015, I was advised that no action would be taken by the ACC, no reason for such a decision would be given to us, and a copy of the investigator's report would not be provided to us. The AZ Corporation Commission and Attorney General's Office find it quite OK for a man who wreaked havoc on the lives of others to go unpunished or to pay restitution and to be employed today as a mortgage loan officer. I want the Arizona Corporation Commission Director and the Commissioners to exercise their legal authority to provide me with a copy of the investigator's report. We have lost more than $200,000 to a scam artist, and the ACC refuses to tell us why they will take no action against the scam artist.

A person experiencing a mental health crisis presents some of the most intricate, dangerous, and unstable conditions that a police officer may encounter. Our mission is to help alleviate the problem by providing law enforcement personnel with information and training in how to safely and compassionately handle a person in a crisis. TN law enforcement can prevent errors in escalated interactions by training to defuse and deescalate moments of conflict.

This petition is in response to the signing of a law to withhold recorded body & dash camera video from public viewing. I'm starting this petition in light of the recent deaths of two African American men in which camera video will provide a pivotal outcome in those two ongoing cases. Also having access to ANY & ALL body & dash camera video in the state of North Carolina will help protect us as citizens as well as the police.

We want a new trial and new venue. We want to be able to question the jurors and we ask that the Federal Judge be dismissed for practicing institutional racism.

Going Green West Coast is a valued part of our community. They have provided medical marijuana patients and recreational users with educational materials and their personal knowledge. Their growing know-how has helped many locals like myself, keep their personal plants safe and legal. Any legal actions against Going Green West Coast should be stopped immediately. We, the caring voters and residents of the City of Toledo and surrounding communities within Lincoln County, do not feel that they are a nuisance, but rather, a very important contributor to the health, safety, and happiness of all marijuana users in our area.

The fine officials of St. Joseph, MO have repeatedly subjected people to abusive treatment and are not held responsible for the abuse.

I'm tired of it. I care about the planet? The list goes on.

Deravis Caine Rogers was shot and killed by Atlanta Police on June 22, 2016 while unarmed and not posing a threat. The officer (James Burns)has since gone silent, refusing to even give an initial statement to investigators. I don't know many innocent people that plead the fifth! So when I ask you all to share, it's because it's not okay to murder someone, execution style, and just go home, hide, and still get paid! #JusticeForCaine CNN MSNBC CNN iReport CNN Center 11Alive FOX 5 Atlanta WSB-TV Cynné Simpson FOX 5

18 USC 871(a) Whoever knowingly and willfully deposits for conveyance in the mail or for a delivery from any post office or by any letter carrier any letter, paper, writing, print, missive, or document containing any threat to take the life of, to kidnap, or to inflict bodily harm upon the President of the United States, the President-elect, the Vice President or other officer next in the order of succession to the office of President of the United States, or the Vice President-elect, or knowingly and willfully otherwise makes any such threat against the President, President-elect, Vice President or other officer next in the order of succession to the office of President, or Vice President-elect, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

William Joseph Walsh's call for the murder of the President of the United States is a pure racial hate crime and violates 18 U.S. Code § 871. Joe Welsh's rhetoric will lead to an all out race war, which threatens and undermines the national security of the United States and will lead to the senseless deaths of millions of Americans of all races, religions, origin, genders, sexual orientation, sexual preference and what have you. This should not be happening in the 21st Century Untied States of America.

The deaths of countless men and women of color by police have gone undocumented and unchecked for too long. A law signed by the House, Senate, and President but not enforced by the Attorney General is useless. I am hoping there will be changes in the way our states hold police accountable by compliance with the Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013. By making local police agencies report deaths on their watch, we can close the gap of numerous deaths by having the Attorney General monitor the behavior of these agencies with investigations for cases that are frequent and suspicious. The collection of data provided will allow the Attorney General to detect misconduct within local agencies. The law also allows the federal government to withhold federal funding for all agencies not in compliance. Although currently this is the law, it has not been enforced. So there has been no requirement for police agencies to send information regarding the death of any person in their care to the attorney general for further review. Tell the Attorney General to act now and make police agencies accountable by enforcing The Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013.