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Milwaukee committee pauses review of police pursuit policy after extended data briefing
Summary
A Public Safety and Health Committee hearing on police pursuit policy drew detailed departmental data and calls for further study. The committee held the file to the call of the chair for follow-up after the Fire and Police Commission schedules a fuller review.
Milwaukee — The Public Safety and Health Committee on Oct. 2 heard a multi-hour briefing from the Milwaukee Police Department and the Fire and Police Commission about vehicle pursuit policy and related data, then agreed to hold the item to the call of the chair for further study.
Committee members, law enforcement leaders and the Fire and Police Commission discussed pursuit triggers, pursuit termination, and evolving technology for pursuit mitigation including stop-sticks, GPS-trackers and so-called grappler devices. Assistant Chief Craig Sarnow and Heather Huff, MPD chief of staff, outlined the department's current SOPs and promised a fuller presentation to the Fire and Police Commission in mid‑October for additional review.
The topic drew repeated references to recent fatal collisions in which third parties were killed during incidents involving vehicles that fled police. Leon Todd, executive director of the Fire and Police Commission, told the committee…
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