Who is it?
I'm dying of curiosity. Who is it?Who is claiming that because some preliminary numbers from the FBI for a 6 month period...
Who’s Crime is More Important?
As a northside meeting about a specific apartment building nushroomed into a meeting about Northside Crime, similar to the one recently help on the...
Still Not Convinced.
Yesterday, the Council members were emailed a new version of the Public Nuisance Ordinance. I also attended a Community Meeting in the Darbo...
New Year’s Eve Round Up
There were too many items yesterday for me not to do a round up - so here it is . . . COUNTY BOARD...
Full Circle
One of my first posts on this site was in regards to a column written by Chris Rickert. In the column...
Crime in Madison Down, While Fear of Crime Seems to be Up
I'm running out of blog time, so I'm going to be lazy. Check out the bolded parts of the press release below -...
Friday Round Up
Due to the short week, lots of topics left to cover, so little time, so here's a recap of some important, some snarky, items...
Council Recap – Curfew (#102)
They really should have moved this item up on the agenda. They didn't get to it until after 10:00 . . . and...
Serious Crime or Quality of Life
The Isthmus has reported on how the police a going to crack down on the west side, and included the letter the police department...
Crime Snapshot
These two graphs from the Madison Police Department speak volumes about the reality of crime rates in Madison.Population Growth in the City of MadisonNumber...
Racial Disparities Implementation Team Work
I'd kept half an eye on the Dame County Task Force on Racial Disparities in the Criminal Justice System, but my interest and hope...
Policing Discussion
If you have time, take some time to read the policing thread over at thedailypage.com. It's clearly one of the most interesting threads...