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Posted on 08/17/2026 12:03:43 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
The Madison Police Department cannot release records in the Corey Ruiz shooting to the city's independent police monitor because of state statutes and city ordinances, City Attorney Michael Haas said Monday.
Ruiz was shot and killed by an MPD officer at the intersection of Williamson and South Baldwin streets during a struggle. Police said he was seen "checking vehicles" in the Marquette neighborhood before his encounter with police and used a knife to injure one of the four officers taking him into custody. The the Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation is leading the investigation into the shooting and will turn over its findings to the Dane County District Attorney.
The Office of the Independent Police Monitor subpoenaed the city for the records just days after the shooting occurred, and interim monitor Aeiramique Glass alleges that the city is obstructing her investigation.
The city has held firm since the shooting that it cannot release records until the DCI finishes its investigation. In a memo to Madison Police Chief John Patterson, Glass and Common Council members, Haas said Wis. Stat. § 175.47 specifically prohibits the city from taking actions that could interfere with the DCI's work.
"Interference is not limited to concepts such as obstructing the investigation or compromising evidence but can also mean simply affecting the course of the investigation by requiring DCI to alter its approach to accommodate requests of the OIM or to react to any investigative actions of the OIM," Haas said.
While city ordinances give Glass' office some oversight power over MPD, Haas said those ordinances cannot overrule state law.
"Just as MPD must not attempt to influence or interfere with DCI’s investigation or the District Attorney’s process, the OIM must do the same," Haas said.
Haas also said that ordinances written when the OIM was founded also muddy the waters when it comes to if the city can release records. He cited MGO 5.19. Subsection 5.19(7)(i), which gives the office "unfettered access to all MPD records" to the extent permitted by law.
"This phrasing was not accidental or an oversight," Haas said. "It was intentionally used by the Alder Workgroup and the Common Council due to legal issues and uncertainties that our office identified related to the OIM’s access to records under the Public Records Law and its subpoena authority under other Wisconsin Statutes."
Haas said that state law and city ordinances have not done enough since to clarify the office's authority under.
The OIM and MPD have a memorandum of understanding in place that lays out what access the office has to the department's records. That memorandum allows MPD to share confidential records for cases "that are open and active and under investigation by Madison Police Department," but does not cover cases that involve MPD but are being investigated by an outside agency like the DCI.
Haas also said that the state's public records law allows for the records to be withheld if it is decided that releasing them would not be in the public interest.
"In this case there is certainly a strong public interest in disclosure of the records, not only to assist the OIM in performing its duties but in providing information and transparency to the public," Haas said. "But this interest is outweighed by the stronger public interest in ensuring fair and impartial investigations."
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I’d already forgotten about him.
So the state and city are protecting their little precious to preserve their election story line against police and order?
It ain’t over ‘til it’s over, Baby. This is Madistan. They will milk this situation for all it’s worth and use it to justify further mayhem and violence.
They want their George Floyd Payday so bad they can TASTE it!
*SPIT*
“...used a knife to injure one of the four officers.”
Wild animals need put down. Being that as it may. Where were all these clowns helping that wild animal before he was put down?
Corey Ruiz already got his justice.
“Where were all these clowns helping that wild animal before he was put down?”
That is an EXCELLENT question! I’m sure NONE OF THEM took him aside and said, ‘Dude! You’re almost 40 years old. You have 20 FELONIES on your criminal record. Time to grow up, Man. Peace Out!”
*SMIRK*
If Ruiz was still in PRISON where he BELONGED, he never would’ve been roaming the streets, stealing, knifing cops and getting shot. Why, he’d still be ALIVE today!
The WONDER of it all! ;)
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