Coronavirus

La Crosse police not stopping drivers to check for “papers”

Published

4 years ago

April 23, 2020

Since many states have ‘stay-at-home’ rules in place because of COVID-19, stories have been going around about police stopping drivers to see if they have a reason to be on the street.

Is anything like that happening in La Crosse?

“Absolutely not,” says

The captain also says you may be seeing one police officer per squad car more often in La Crosse, during the outbreak of COVID-19.

Melby tells WIZM that shortages of personnel as a result of virus concerns have led the department to make single assignments in cars.

Brad Williams

A native of Prairie du Chien, Brad graduated from UW - La Crosse and has worked in radio news for more than 30 years, mostly in the La Crosse area. He regularly covers local courts and city and county government. Brad produces the features "Yesterday in La Crosse" and "What's Buried on Brad's Desk." He also writes the website "Triviazoids," which finds odd connections between events that happen on a certain date, and he writes and performs with the local comedy group Heart of La Crosse. Brad been featured on several national TV programs because of his memory skills.