Category: Madison city government
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Madison alders try to rein in police monitor
Just want Office to obey the law! Madison alders only want the Independent Police Monitor to play by the same rules as other city agencies. Because: • Independent Police Monitor data analyst Greg Gelembiuk was crunching sensitive crime victim information on his personal computer while working from home until Police Chief John Patterson put a stop…
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Keep issuing disorderly conduct citations, Madison police!
Get ’em young before they graduate to maximum security! Madison’s Office of Independent Police Monitor is hot and bothered that its nemesis, the Madison police department, charges disorderly conduct 50 times more often (it claims) than cops in Milwaukee. To which Blaska Policy Werkes says: GOOD! Well done! Keep it up! In its still shrouded…
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No complaint too trivial
for Madison’s police hall monitor! We have reviewed the first four complaints adjudicated by Madison’s Office of Independent Police Monitor. The Cliff’s Notes summary: Don’t play against OIPM in Trivial Pursuit. The cases included in its still-withdrawn annual report amount to deploying the SWAT team over an expired parking meter. First, a word about the…
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A disquisition on the amazing Dr. G
the brainiac behind Madison’s police monitor. The last thrilling episode of Madison’s favorite blogge limned the role played by the one constant in the revolving doors of Madison’s independent police monitors, he being Dr. Gregory Gelembiuk. Our favorite Madison morning newspaper quoted him as saying the merest contact with law enforcement is hurtful to the…
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Woke cop-bashing queen story hour
Madison had two capitols! Sometimes one CAN judge a book by its cover. According to the annual report of the city’s latest independent police monitor, Madison has not one but two capitol buildings, within blocks of each other. Sure, the monitor is only four months in town but might she have questioned the likelihood of…