MONONA, Wis. — The Monona City Council decided to leave the Police Department’s current pursuit policy as it stands Tuesday night, allowing an officer to start a chase if the
“I’m very frustrated in some of the headlines that this is a policy change," Chief Brian Chaney said. "I have no authority to suspend our policy. This is a refocusing."
Monona Police Chief Brian Chaney said the agency "has decided to temporarily focus our priorities on suspects who we believe to be involved in dangerous and violent felony offenses.
Although the Dane County Medical Examiner s Office has not released the identities of the three people killed in a crash Monday night, friends called them "bright, loving and compassionate individuals."
The Monona City Council in November 2022 removed the requirement that people being pursued must be suspected of having committed a violent felony or about to commit one.