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Kenosha commission accepts two resignations, honors three officers and sends citizen complaint back to police for investigation
Summary
At its April 15 meeting the Kenosha Police and Fire Commission approved two resignations, presented lifesaving awards to three officers and, after a closed session, referred a citizen complaint to the Kenosha Police Department for further investigation.
At its April 15, 2025 meeting, the Kenosha Police and Fire Commission accepted the resignations of Detective Jason Mel Carte and firefighter Colin Osman, presented lifesaving awards to three officers who resuscitated an unresponsive man, and after a closed-session vote referred a citizen complaint back to the Kenosha Police Department for further investigation.
The personnel actions and awards were approved by voice vote during the open meeting. The commission also received and filed the police and fire department reports for March and approved minutes from its March 18, 2025 meeting.
The lifesaving awards recognized Officer Kyle Topol, Officer Charles Lyons and Officer Matthew Lovell for their response on Feb. 15, 2025, to a reported unresponsive 59-year-old man at 261560 Third Street. According to the commission’s prepared statement, Topol confirmed the subject had no pulse and began CPR; Lovell retrieved and prepared an automated external defibrillator (AED) and delivered a shock after the device advised it; Lyons relieved Topol and resumed CPR until Kenosha Fire Department personnel arrived and took over. The statement says the subject was successfully resuscitated.
“This person is alive today because of that,” Chief Tobin said in remarks recognizing the officers’ actions and the departments’ joint training and coordination.
The commission recorded two personnel resignations: Detective Jason Mel Carte, effective April 2, 2025, and firefighter Colin Osman, effective May 2, 2025. Both resignations were approved by motion and voice vote; the commission’s minutes record no further action or conditions attached to the approvals.
During the meeting the commission also took up a citizen complaint filed by Adam Nichols on Feb. 25, 2025. After moving into closed session, the commission returned to open session and announced it would refer item No. 4, the citizen complaint, back to the Kenosha Police Department for a “thorough investigation to be reported to the commission.” President Jerry Cucanaro announced the referral and the commission set the next meeting for May 20, 2025.
Other routine business included receiving correspondence related to the dismissal of the Nichols complaint and filing it in the commission records. The meeting adjourned after the referral and scheduling the next meeting.
Votes and formal motions recorded in the public transcript were by voice vote with commissioners indicating “aye.” A roll-call vote was taken for the closed-session motion; the transcript records affirmative votes by the commissioners present and the motion carried.
