Category: Madison city government
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Let the police round-up begin!
Bad boys, bad boys Whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do When they come for you? Madison, be prepared to sing along as we welcome the blue surge. Police Chief Mike Koval announced today a round-up of up to 60 people “who have been identified and vetted as some of our most egregious offenders and gang…
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Alder Rummel is ‘thinking deeply’ about gun violence
Did we say the worm has turned? (Oh yes we did!) Madison alders and their enablers are turning away from harassing Police Chief Mike Koval, suspending the micro-managing and second-guessing of his sworn police officers, and toning down accusations of endemic police racism. Glory be to God, the Madison Common Council has begun thinking about…
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From Ferguson to Madison: safe streets are a casualty of the War on Cops
The War on Cops is real. The victims of this war are more black men slaughtered on the mean streets of America as police pull back, hunker down, drive on by. It’s called the Ferguson Effect and it is being felt today in Madison, Wisconsin, where bullets are flying and bodies falling at record pace.…
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After the latest homicide, has the worm turned? Is Enough finally ENOUGH!
Congratulations, Madison! On the 2nd day of August, a little more than halfway through the year, we have managed to tie the record number of homicides in a single calendar year (10) with five months left to go! Number 10 being the fatal, point-blank hit job shortly after midnight Wednesday (8-2-17) at a convenience store…
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Subscribe to Chief Koval’s blog
Police Chief Mike Koval is the brightest political figure in Madison who doesn’t work at the state capitol. Putting out the day’s police log via his on-line blog is genius in a bottle. He had been sending the recap to the mayor and common council members ever since the night from hell April 27 when…
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Ald. Hall is trying to remain patient and focused amid the flying bullets
… but she’s pretty steamed! “Neighbors, I am trying so hard to be patient. What’s been going on in our city has me pretty steamed. While the further east side of Madison is by far the safest residential area in the city, the rest of the city is contending with way more gun violence than…