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Tag: Chief Mike Koval

  • Police auditor: $200,000/yr for part-time work

    The independent auditor proposed to monitor the Madison Police Department (MPD) sounds worse than a Trump tweet every time we hear about it. The City of Madison paid the OIR Group $372,000 to detect pointy white hoods and/or happy trigger fingers in the police force. Long story short, it found neither. The Berkeley policy boutique…

  • Madison alders get two more kicks at the cops

    Ald. Paul Skidmore just introduced a measure to add eight Madison police officers at  $416,385 (including fringe benefits, uniforms, etc.) and three more marked squad cars for $163,530. Unfortunately, the measure needs 15 votes from the 20 alders because it amends the recently approved 2018 budget. That budget allocated a local dollar match reliant on a federal…