According to my alder and a neighbor, the drinking and behavior there is out of control. Well, I had to find out for myself how bad it is.

This was my request for information.

Please send me the list of calls that resulted in you saying the following:

Police calls for the area have spiked from virtually none before the center’s opening to 16 calls for service to Reynolds Park and 31 calls for service to the center last month, says Madison Police Central District Capt. Carl Gloede.

Also, please send me any additional calls that may have occurred since this statement.

I’m particularly looking for the reason for the call, date, time, the name of the person involved and if there was a ticket or arrest as a result of the call.

Any questions, let me know.

Brenda

REYNOLDS PARK

Here’s the list of police calls Reynolds Park that was sent to me:

OCTOBER
10/07/2011 13:51:00 Private Property Parking Complaint
10/07/2011 15:23:51 Special Event
10/08/2011 05:58:54 Special Event
10/09/2011 20:28:43 Check Property

NOVEMBER
None

DECEMBER
None

JANUARY (These are the 16 calls in the last month)
01/05/2012 13:58:25 Check Property
01/05/2012 14:57:44 Weapons Offense
01/06/2012 12:41:41 Check Property
01/06/2012 20:50:27 Check Property
01/10/2012 21:01:39 Check Property
01/11/2012 12:56:09 Check Person
01/14/2012 16:19:30 Check Person
01/15/2012 11:38:14 Check Property
01/15/2012 11:52:58 NOTE NON-URGENT NOTIFICATIONS
01/27/2012 12:31:04 Check Person
01/31/2012 06:49:15 Check Property
01/31/2012 06:54:50 NOTE NON-URGENT NOTIFICATIONS
01/31/2012 09:54:38 Check Person
01/31/2012 12:22:06 Drug Incident
01/31/2012 14:54:05 Check Person

FEBRUARY
02/04/2012 14:46:32 Person Down
02/16/2012 10:33:36 Disturbance Call
02/18/2012 07:09:21 Check Person

(The data runs through Feb 23rd)

Not sure what to think of the data. Obviously a weapons charge and a drug incident are not good. Checking the property and people could mean just about anythings. I didn’t get the information on what happened, if there was an arrest or ticket . . . yet? Even if there was an uptick in January, it seems to have settled down in February. To me, it looks like another over-exaggeration by the police department and the city.

DAY CENTER

Here’s the calls to the Day Center

DECEMBER
12/03/2011 19:24:56 SILENT 911 CALL
12/15/2011 16:28:06 EMS Assist
12/16/2011 16:27:24 Check Person
12/27/2011 15:49:21 PC Conveyance/Commitment (Chptr 51)
12/30/2011 13:50:02 Trespassing Complaint
12/30/2011 18:24:20 Assist Citizen

JANUARY (These are the 31 complaints from the newspaper article)
01/01/2012 00:28:20 DISCONNECTED 911 CALL
01/02/2012 12:57:38 PC Conveyance/Commitment (Chptr 51)
01/04/2012 12:54:28 Trespassing Complaint
01/04/2012 13:46:30 Disturbance Call
01/04/2012 13:54:38 UNKNOWN
01/05/2012 14:32:20 Trespassing Complaint
01/06/2012 10:25:34 Theft
01/06/2012 10:26:08 Fight Call
01/11/2012 16:06:39 Check Person
01/13/2012 14:56:30 Assist Fire/Police
01/16/2012 10:32:50 Fight Call
01/16/2012 12:56:33 Check Property
01/16/2012 22:25:56 DISCONNECTED 911 CALL
01/17/2012 12:16:49 Assist Citizen
01/18/2012 12:54:43 Check Person
01/18/2012 15:47:41 EMS Assist
01/18/2012 15:58:09 Violation of Court Order
01/18/2012 16:39:58 Information
01/19/2012 15:42:01 Trespassing Complaint
01/24/2012 13:43:07 Injured Person
01/25/2012 14:45:12 EMS Assist
01/26/2012 10:48:17 Check Person
01/27/2012 15:40:50 Trespassing Complaint
01/27/2012 16:47:30 Disturbance Call
01/28/2012 10:51:45 Check Person
01/28/2012 12:55:53 Adult Arrest
01/28/2012 14:42:58 Suspicious Person
01/28/2012 16:35:15 Intoxicated Person
01/29/2012 14:12:36 Sexual Assault 1-2-3-4-/Rape
01/29/2012 14:14:06 Check Person

FEBRUARY
02/01/2012 10:47:08 Disturbance Call
02/01/2012 15:24:00 Disturbance Call
02/02/2012 13:23:22 Adult Arrest
02/02/2012 14:13:32 ASSIST/FOLLOW UP
02/03/2012 09:20:56 Disturbance Call
02/05/2012 14:47:54 Adult Arrest
02/06/2012 11:27:48 Disturbance Call
02/08/2012 16:10:13 ASSIST/FOLLOW UP
02/08/2012 16:29:42 Missing Juvenile/Runaway
02/09/2012 18:14:12 Theft
02/11/2012 15:58:18 PC Conveyance/Commitment (Chptr 51)
02/12/2012 14:51:02 PC Conveyance/Commitment (Chptr 51)
02/13/2012 13:01:45 Attempt to Locate Person
02/14/2012 10:24:11 Check Property
02/16/2012 14:23:26 Assist Fire/Police
02/16/2012 16:11:02 Domestic/Family Trouble
02/18/2012 14:43:14 Civil Dispute
02/20/2012 16:02:43 Intoxicated Person
02/22/2012 11:02:57 Check Property
02/22/2012 14:27:21 Disturbance Call
02/22/2012 14:33:02 Attempt to Locate Person
02/22/2012 16:24:36 Check Person
02/22/2012 16:37:05 ASSIST/FOLLOW UP

Again, not sure what to make of some of it. Check property or check person doesn’t tell me much without the rest of the information. EMS and assist fire/police could be just plain old medical issues or could be an intoxicated person. Chapter 51 could be mental health commitments or alcohol. The trespassing is probably from banned people, but who knows why they were banned from the day center. Attempts to locate a person could be a witness or a victim or a suspect. Assisting a citizen doesn’t sound ominous.

Of the 58 calls in nearly 3 months it appears that there were 7 disturbances, 2 thefts, a 4th degree sexual assault (unwanted touching), 5 trespassing, 2 fights. 1 violation of a court order, 3 arrests, 4 forced commitments for alcohol or drugs or mental health issues, 2 intoxicated people, 1 domestic/family issue, 1 suspicious person and 1 missing juvenile/runaway. There were also 3 disconnected or silent 911 calls, 1 unknown, 3 EMS calls, 2 assists to citizens, 3 property checks, 7 checks on people, 2 assist/follow ups, 2 assists for police/fire, 2 attempts to locate a person, one civil (not criminal) dispute, 1 information call and 1 injured person.

Obviously, some of this stuff isn’t good, but given that there are 75 – 100 stressed out people caged in close quarters for nearly 90 days . . . this doesn’t seem too bad.

Bums me out when I seek information and it doesn’t really help me draw strong conclusions. Hopefully when I get the additional information it will help me make more sense of it.

OCCUPY

Meanwhile, I didn’t ask for this, but here are the calls to the Occupy Site. Not too much exciting given the 5 months covered and many are bad 911 calls, citizen assists for non-criminal reasons and traffic/parking issues.

OCTOBER
10/04/2011 14:02:51 Accident w/ Injuries
10/08/2011 12:50:49 TRAFFIC STOP
10/28/2011 16:45:08 Accident – Property Damage

NOVEMBER
11/04/2011 18:08:43 ABANDONED 911 CALL
11/11/2011 00:15:27 SILENT 911 CALL
11/23/2011 15:29:20 Suspicious Vehicle
11/23/2011 15:39:34 Private Property Parking Complaint

DECEMBER
12/01/2011 00:29:09 Check Person
12/08/2011 06:43:52 QUESTION 911 CALL
12/08/2011 03:01:56 Disturbance Call
12/16/2011 21:32:00 Information
12/17/2011 09:09:25 Disturbance Call
12/19/2011 22:48:01 Adult Arrest
12/21/2011 22:05:59 Liquor Law Investigation
12/29/2011 15:04:23 Assist Fire/Police
12/31/2011 20:34:20 Check Property

JANUARY
01/05/2012 19:27:24 PC Conveyance/Commitment (Chptr 51)
01/07/2012 17:02:25 Theft
01/07/2012 17:44:49 Adult Arrest
01/08/2012 20:53:27 Trespassing Complaint
01/09/2012 19:08:48 Disturbance Call
01/10/2012 21:57:57 Information
01/12/2012 03:56:14 Disturbance Call
01/23/2012 13:03:58 Check Person
01/27/2012 15:59:11 Attempted Suicide
01/28/2012 11:07:13 Adult Arrest
01/28/2012 14:15:00 PHONE CALL
01/29/2012 21:10:37 Information
01/30/2012 12:47:53 PC Conveyance/Commitment (Chptr 51)

FEBRUARY
02/04/2012 00:09:50 Disturbance Call
02/12/2012 17:33:26 Assist Citizen
02/14/2012 17:07:27 SILENT 911 CALL
02/18/2012 08:57:16 Disturbance Call
02/19/2012 12:40:40 SILENT 911 CALL
02/21/2012 09:59:57 Theft

Again, not very conclusive to me. Hopefully more information will help us draw better conclusions, but I don’t see the huge problems portrayed in the paper.