Madison City Council Ald. Yannette Figueroa Cole authored a resolution in December that pushes city officials to recoup "extraordinary costs" related to mutual aid requests from neighboring jurisdictions, something that was already allowed under state law. She said the goal was to draw attention to Monona police's "more aggressive" pursuit policy.
Monona Ald. Patrick DePula took issue with Figueroa Cole's resolution. "It is clearly the intent of the Madison Common Council to influence our police pursuit policy through this," he said during a March meeting.
Monona Police Chief Brian Chaney said he took personal offense at Madison's resolution on mutual aid, particularly the part that described his pursuit policy as "more aggressive." “That is not accurate,” he said. “It's offensive. It's shameful.”
Madison Police Chief John Patterson said he took offense to comments that pointed to the community collaboration during the Abundant Life shooting as an example of why the city should not try to bill other communities for mutual aid. “Invoking the Abundant Life tragedy is a poor example, in my opinion, because those costs were shared throughout the county,” he said.
Madison Police Chief John Patterson and Monona Police Chief Brian Chaney said they don't want their two communities pitted against each other. But their disagreements over pursuits have had consequences.
Madison Police Chief John Patterson and Monona Police Chief Brian Chaney said they don't want their two communities pitted against each other. But their disagreements over pursuits have had consequences.
Madison City Council Ald. Yannette Figueroa Cole authored a resolution in December that pushes city officials to recoup "extraordinary costs" related to mutual aid requests from neighboring jurisdictions, something that was already allowed under state law. She said the goal was to draw attention to Monona police's "more aggressive" pursuit policy.
Madison Police Chief John Patterson said he took offense to comments that pointed to the community collaboration during the Abundant Life shooting as an example of why the city should not try to bill other communities for mutual aid. “Invoking the Abundant Life tragedy is a poor example, in my opinion, because those costs were shared throughout the county,” he said.
Monona Ald. Patrick DePula took issue with Figueroa Cole's resolution. "It is clearly the intent of the Madison Common Council to influence our police pursuit policy through this," he said during a March meeting.
Monona Police Chief Brian Chaney said he took personal offense at Madison's resolution on mutual aid, particularly the part that described his pursuit policy as "more aggressive." “That is not accurate,” he said. “It's offensive. It's shameful.”
