You asked for it! You got it.
Under the new system, light-duty officers, those with restricted capability due to injury or other reasons, will staff the phones in the self-report unit in the City-County Building from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. The phone number for the self-reporting service is 608-245-3662.
Self-reporting is essentially a non-emergency reporting system, for such things as suspicious activity, threats, theft from an auto, a stolen bicycle, neighbor trouble, lost property, graffiti, seeing drug activity, etc.
“The officers will not only take information but will ask the type of questions officers are trained to ask in order to better facilitate investigations,” said police spokesman Joel DeSpain. “The officer’s inquiries will also provide for greater data analysis and will help to recognize crime trends.”
Residents not wanting to call will also be able to file complaints through the police department’s Web site at www.madisonpolice.com.
Residents will also still have the chance to fill out reports at any police district office.
This reminds me, why the hell can’t the police department send information to alders when they send it to the press? Why do we read this stuff in the newspaper instead of getting information directly from them? And where’s that report that tells us what the 30 new police officers are doing? And the police staffing report that we paid for? Still waiting!
