Tag: Madison police

  • Proving good policing is firm AND caring

    Mike Hanson is a Madison treasure! We have a short list of people we admire. Mike Hanson should be on everyone’s list. After 23 years on the Madison WI police force, Mike is retiring 06-05-24 as captain of the downtown district.  What can you say about a police officer who, confronted with the body of…

  • Madison needs Oh-DUH!

    and a cheeky police union! John Bercow for superintendent of schools … or mayor of Madison … or school board president … high school principal …  John Bercow is leaving his post as Speaker of the British House of Commons. He is the guy who keeps shouting Order! at the unruly members of Parliament. Only…

  • If the city won’t act, will property owners patrol violent State Street? 

    … Because the mayor proposes more free stuff Maria Milsted has had enough. Which means the bums, druggies, and shake-down thugs infesting upper State Street — just one block from the state Capitol — are on notice. One week ago (09-02-19) Maria issued this four-alarm alert: Ok!  Done! No more!  I am going to the…

  • Ali is right to apologize but not just to the Jews

    Madison police and teachers are still waiting Muldrow just got her racist memes mixed My alma mater, The Capital Times, says it was “glad when Madison School Board member Ali Muldrow apologized last week for a Facebook post in which she compared Madison police officers to Nazis.” That’s nice. Warm fuzzies all around. Because “debates…

  • School is out; lock your garages

    UPDATE: Three 14-year-old boys have been arrested after stealing a car and leading multiple departments on a chase Thursday morning (07-11-19). At 2:30 in the morning, a Fitchburg police officer saw a stolen car in the area of the Verona Road Frontage and Atticus Way. The officer tried to stop the car, but it drove away.…

  • Chief Koval: Finally!

    Madison Police Chief Mike Koval: Last night (07-02-19), the Common Council voted to approve a contract to keep police officers in our four main high schools. [More here.] I think this is a win for public safety and I am relieved that this process has come to its conclusion. Over the 2018-19 school year: Citations…