Waukesha County Cop Killer to Remain in Mental Health Institution

A Waukesha County man who killed two police officers in 1975 was denied release Tuesday by the Wisconsin Court of Appeals from the state’s mental health institution, according to a news release.

Alan Adin Randall was convicted in 1976 for the murder of the two officers but he was found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect and was committed to the mental health institution, according to the news release.

Randall petitioned for release in 2008 to be freed from being held in the slaying of the two Summit officers, Robert Atkins and Wayne Olson. Randall was 16 at the time of the killings.

“The court of appeals concluded the record contained sufficient credible evidence to sustain the trial court’s finding that Randall continues to present a danger to himself or others based on the brutal nature of Randall’s crimes, his behavior while institutionalized and the testimony of the mental health experts,” a news release from Attorney General J. B. Van Hollen’s office.           

The Waukesha District Attorney’s Office handled the case in the trial court.  Assistant Attorney General Sally L. Wellman represented the State of Wisconsin in the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, according to the release.

The Wisconsin Court of Appeals decision can be found online.