Public Safety

This spring's elections need to be about more than water, trolleys and taxes. Yes, our water needs to be safe to...

I received this email from a local Village resident(thanks for putting me on the mailing list). While I am not surprised that one...

In an effort to think more about policing, I've been reading various materials. This one article, has stuck in my mind for various...

Will Chief Noble Wray listen to the City Council or do his own thing? And if he does, what does that mean?During the...

Thanks to Tariq Pasha and the Steering Committee of the Dane County Youth Resource Network for the following information and analysis. Could Madison...

Yet another issue where I can just recycle my folders full of paper. When this issue came back I was a little...

It depends.The first 18 officers the Mayor added to the budget would start on May 27th and would cost the city $49,500 per officer...

From the Madison police department: A West Side resident called for police late last month after two men came to her apartment door offering to...

Yesterday, I was annoyed by the addition of 12 meetings to the weekly agenda, today, there are only three more. Including big news at the Overture and police department input. However, that is a record 15 meetings added. How are people supposed to participate in local government when notices of meetings go out 24 - 48 hours before the meetings start?

I had a somewhat odd experience with thedailypage.com forum, channel 27, Mike Hanson, the democratic party, the Mitch Henck show and the Vicky McKenna...

When Captain Mary Schauf reviewed the Downtown Safety Plan with me, I was very pleased. However, you likely didn't hear about the...

So, I wasn't going to blog today, but . . . I came home last night after being sniffly all day, made...