Some new details have come to light regarding the recent prisoner escape in Brown County.
It is being reported that on Monday (September 5th), Justin Dietrich was able to escape from the loading dock area of the jail just before 10:30 a.m., but the next reported notice came an hour and a half later when sheriff’s deputies were asked to check the jail.
It is not clear if the Brown County Sheriff’s Department was made aware of the escape before that time.
Some people are also voicing concern that the Department did not notify the public for another 2 hours, with the notification going out at 2:45 p.m., a full four hours after Dietrich was reported missing.
That being said, there is no official protocol departments in Wisconsin have to follow.
A representative of the Badger State Sheriffs’ Association explained that in the rare occurrence of an escape, departments handle it on a case-by-case basis, taking into consideration the threat level the individual poses.
