The developments surfaced as the council prepared to vote on a resolution to terminate Glass, introduced Oct. 6 by Alder Will Oshowicz. The resolution alleges a breach of contract.

Glass told the city’s Common Council vice president, Carmella Glenn, that she shared emails between city and police staff to show the limits she faced in sharing information about her office’s investigations. Glenn posted screenshots on her official council Facebook page Oct. 14, then archived the post after learning the documents were privileged.

In a memo to the council Monday, City Attorney Michael Haas relayed a concern from Assistant Police Chief Angie Kamoske, who said she recognized the posted information as material she had shared only with Glass and had warned Glass not to disclose it.

Glass acknowledged sharing the emails and said she knew they were marked “red flag.” Under an agreement between the Police Department and the Office of the Independent Monitor, the department may provide certain confidential records to the monitor, but the monitor may not share them with others.

Among the documents was a May 2025 email from Deputy City Attorney Patricia Lauten to a police records manager discussing a potential lawsuit by the estate of Richard Lee Johnson, who died in police custody in December 2024. Lauten asked about records that could be released and directed that audio and video related to the case be preserved. Other correspondence discussed preparing a civil defense while prosecutors considered whether to charge officers.

No officers were charged in Johnson’s death, which was ruled an accidental overdose. In a report issued in June, Glass cited independent pathologist Dr. Victor Weedn, who concluded that prone restraint and officers’ failure to respond to Johnson’s urgent medical needs contributed to his death.

The disclosed records also included an exchange about a proposed training for Madison police officers and firefighters on research concerning prone restraint. Police Chief John Patterson asked Glass to arrange the training; Glass replied she could not compel Weedn to provide it because he now works for the Dane County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Glass said she shared the material after the termination resolution was introduced and that she was “not sorry.” She said the documents addressed claims that she had been reluctant to cooperate with other agencies. Glenn said she did not know the records were privileged when she posted them.

Police Civilian Oversight Board Chair Devon Snyder said he understood why Glass disclosed the documents in the circumstances, while noting that sharing them could be an issue in different circumstances.

Separately, Glass said she appointed attorney Damon Etawlyah to represent Sharon Irwin, Robinson’s grandmother, in a forthcoming complaint before the Madison Police and Fire Commission. Irwin selected Etawlyah from the monitor’s list of approved attorneys. The monitor’s office has $50,000 budgeted for attorneys representing complainants, with a maximum of $15,000 for any one case.

Robinson was shot and killed by Kenny on March 4, 2015. Kenny was not criminally charged and remains a Madison police officer. Irwin filed a complaint with the monitor’s office before Glass became interim monitor in December 2025.

Glass has been seeking records about Kenny’s conduct since early 2026. In April, she requested his personnel file, records of Professional Standards and Internal Affairs investigations, use-of-force reports, complaints, disciplinary records and related incident reports. After police staff raised concerns that the request could produce thousands of records, Glass clarified that she wanted reports connected to reviews or investigations of Kenny’s conduct, along with complaints and his personnel file.

In July, Glass said she would review all records the department had on Kenny herself. Assistant Chief Kamoske later asked whether Glass wanted every report Kenny had authored during his career. Glass agreed to that broader request, while reiterating that she also wanted investigations, use-of-force records and complaints, regardless of their outcome.

On Oct. 6, Kamoske emailed Glass that the records “should be set for release on October 19th.” Glass said the records did not arrive and that the department did not answer her follow-up email that day. City ordinance provides for the independent monitor to have “unfettered access” to police records as allowed by law.

The Police Department had not responded to questions about why it expected the records to be ready Oct. 19, why they were not delivered, or whether they are now available.