State law requires outside investigators whenever the death of a person involves law enforcement. In these cases, little information is typically released by investigators until a district attorney decides whether to charge officers with a crime.
Last fall, however, Dane County authorities released a 911 call recording that provided new information about the circumstances in a deadly police shooting even while the case remained under review by Ozanne.
In August, a Fitchburg police officer fatally shotKevin Price, 28, sparking questions about what happened before and after the shooting. Then in October, under state open records laws, local news outlet Isthmus obtained a 911 call recording as well as reports on police and ambulance dispatches for the case.
The records were released by Dane County Public Safety Communications, which falls under the county executive’s administration and is a separate agency from the District Attorney’s Office.
