Advisory
Christopher Miller Open Records Request and Investigation
When searching our records for the name Christopher Miller, no records have been located. However, searching the date of the incident, a minor incident report was located in which the City of Janesville and the Rock County Sheriff’s department were advised State Patrol was in a pursuit with a vehicle and were requesting mutual aid. An officer was assigned to the pursuit but the pursuit left the city prior to any Janesville officers becoming involved. The Janesville Police Department was told to disregard the pursuit because it had left the city limits. An officer was later assigned to a hit and run accident related to the pursuit. The suspect vehicle struck a traffic pole in the City of Janesville before getting back on the interstate and fleeing South on I-39/I-90 and out of the City limits.
When the suspect vehicle finally stopped and the driver fled, the Janesville officer responded to that location (outside the city limits) to only take photos of the suspect vehicle damage for the accident report. This concluded our involvement in this incident. At the time, Christopher Miller was not known to be the suspected driver; and therefore, his name was not entered into the reports. This is the only involvement the Janesville Police Department has had in this incident.
These reports all can be accessed by using the following link:
https://www.janesvillewi.gov/home/showdocument?id=11449
Christopher Miller Open Records Request and Investigation 
The Janesville Police Department has recently received several open records requests and inquiries for information related to missing person Christopher Miller. A Facebook post, alleging the police department was withholding information, instructed people to flood the Janesville Police Department with open records requests.
When searching our records for the name Christopher Miller, no records have been located. However, searching the date of the incident, a minor incident report was located in which the City of Janesville and the Rock County Sheriff’s department were advised State Patrol was in a pursuit with a vehicle and were requesting mutual aid. An officer was assigned to the pursuit but the pursuit left the city prior to any Janesville officers becoming involved. The Janesville Police Department was told to disregard the pursuit because it had left the city limits. An officer was later assigned to a hit and run accident related to the pursuit. The suspect vehicle struck a traffic pole in the City of Janesville before getting back on the interstate and fleeing South on I-39/I-90 and out of the City limits.
When the suspect vehicle finally stopped and the driver fled, the Janesville officer responded to that location (outside the city limits) to only take photos of the suspect vehicle damage for the accident report. This concluded our involvement in this incident. At the time, Christopher Miller was not known to be the suspected driver; and therefore, his name was not entered into the reports. This is the only involvement the Janesville Police Department has had in this incident.
These reports all can be accessed by using the following link:
https://www.janesvillewi.gov/home/showdocument?id=11449
| Incident Number: JV2258054 Minor Incident Report and JV2258056 Hit and Run Accident Report + Amendment and supplemental report per policy |
| Location: Humes and I-39/I-90 |
| By: Deputy Chief Chad Pearson |
| Date: 12-22-2022 |
| Pursuant to the directive of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, as found in Supreme Court Rule 20:3:6 Trial Publicity, you are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty. |
Address/Location
Janesville Police Department
100 N Jackson St
Janesville, WI 53548
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 608-755-3100
Deputy Chief Chad Pearson
Patrol
[email protected]
608-755-3149