The Brief
- MPD said it is no longer required to release video from a March 11 incident.
- A suspect is believed to have ingested drugs before he became unresponsive.
- It all unfolded on the city’s far northwest side.
MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee Police Department on Friday said it is no longer required to release video from an incident that happened earlier this month, during which a suspect is believed to have ingested drugs before he became unresponsive.
Critical incident criteria
What we know:
MPD said the suspect is “no longer in critical condition” and, as a result, the incident no longer meets critical incident criteria. Because it is no longer a critical incident, the department is not required to release video.
Standard operating procedure requires MPD to release footage from critical incidents within 15 days. On the day of the incident, at which time it was considered critical, Police Chief Jeffrey Norman said he expected the video to be released within that 15-day timeframe.
Drug investigation
The backstory:…