At 1:50 a.m. on Sunday, a Bayside officer ran a license plate check on a vehicle and discovered Milwaukee Police had it flagged as stolen. The officer called for backup and moved in.
According to the report:
They approached the car, guns drawn. There was movement inside the vehicle and officers ordered all the occupants to put their hands up. They were all removed from the car and questioned. None of the occupants were armed.
The 21-year-old asked police why he was under arrest. The officer told him it was because he was driving a stolen vehicle. He explained it was his mother’s.
His mother told police she had reported the car stolen when she had found a set of keys missing. She never gave her son permission to take her car.
Her son also had a warrant through Glendale police for $1,033 in retail theft.
The 16-year-old passenger came up with a missing juvenile warrant through the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s office. He was released to his mother in West Allis at 6:10 a.m
The third man in the car was questioned by Bayside police and he said he did not know the vehicle was stolen. Officers asked why they were hiding in the vehicle then when police arrived, and he said, “That’s what you do when you see the police.”
The 21-year-old was cited for operating without a valid license and operating without owners consent.
Thanks for the comment/question. I'm not sure why that is. I will reach out and try to find out for you. Thanks, Sarah
Here's what I received from Bruce Resnick, Bayside Police Chief: every North Shore agency (including Shorewood and Whitefish Bay), Mequon, City of Milwaukee, Milwaukee Sheriff and beyond have SUV’s. These vehicles carry specialized equipment that will not fit in a conventional squad, they give high visibility, and they have the ability to move through snow and mud. While Village streets are well maintained, often officers respond to homes during the winter with driveways that have not been plowed. The four-wheel drive vehicles give us the ability to quickly access homes and businesses under all conditions. We also often use the SUV’s when we have officers in field training. They provide more seating room and a better environment for training. (We currently have two officers in field training) We have found that the gas mileage is similar and in some cases better in the SUV’s. That is due in part to the technology in the engines, which in the newer SUV’s, have Active Fuel Management. The system switches from eight to four cylinders when engine is not under load. This increases fuel mileage. This feature is not available in the traditional squads.
Something new every day. I wonder how long this Active Fuel Technology has been around? Only because when the bottom fell out of the economy and gas prices were on the rise, dealerships couldn't give away SUV's. I'm veering, but any idea when this technology came into being? Is it now standard on SUV/Utility vehicles across the board? Will this buy time or delay SUV's/larger vehicles from transfering over to being hybrids or is electric even possible for such large vehicles due to their weight and the loads they may carry? Gas prices are on the rise and that's going to put the brakes on everything again. Interesting to see if SUV's/larger vehicles will take the same kind of hit they took ~08/09.