NEENAH, WI (WTAQ) – More time is being sought by a group that filed a formal complaint seeking the removal of Neenah Police Chief Kevin Wilkinson.
In a document filed Wednesday, the complainants are asking for more time to present detailed allegations against Wilkinson. They told city officials they have had trouble getting a copy of the police department’s rules as of the December 5 standoff at Eagle Nation Cycles.
Without knowing the rules, they say they cannot state specifically which rules they believe Wilkinson violated.
The complaint was presented to the city’s police and fire commission last Friday on behalf of Steven Erato, Ryan Moderson and Michael Petersen. The complaint calls for Wilkinson to be fired over his handling of the standoff which involved the fatal shooting of one of the hostages, Michael Funk.
Officers believed Funk was the hostage-taker. The alleged hostage-taker, Brian Flatoff, has been charged with starting that standoff and causing Funk’s death.
The state Department of Justice cleared the officers who shot and killed Funk of any wrongdoing.
City officials say the commission will still meet September 7 as previously planned, but will meet only to determine procedures and will not begin considering the complaint at that time.
