How much does one police officer cost?
It depends.The first 18 officers the Mayor added to the budget would start on May 27th and would cost the city $49,500 per officer...
Westside Crackdown – Help or Harm?
In an effort to think more about policing, I've been reading various materials. This one article, has stuck in my mind for various...
Downtown Residents Concerns – Not Police.
Last night, downtown Alders Verveer, Rummel and myself (Eli Judge was ill) met with the Capitol Neighborhoods group to discuss issues of concern to...
Oooops! 1.9 still equals 2.4, but . . . .
The problem with blogging, is sometimes you make a mistake, then do you erase and fix, or do you just note the problem? ...
When does 1.9 = 2.4?
When you are the City of Madison police department. Ok - you asked for it. Several people asked me, "why isn't that on...
The Cost of 30 Police Officers.
At the last council meeting, we stopped crime in Madison. Well, not really. We passed two ordinances, one that would stop new...
Serious Crime or Quality of Life
The Isthmus has reported on how the police a going to crack down on the west side, and included the letter the police department...
Police Department: No Income/Expense Report with YTD Budget to Actuals?
All I want to do is make an informed vote. It should be something that the public expects. However, sometimes, it is...
A Different Way to Look at Things
So, the police department didn't have to cut 3% like all the other departments and now they have over nearly $3M in supplemental requests...
The Mayor and Police Department exempt?
Every year the Clerk's office sends out an email reminding committee staff not to schedule meetings on certain dates. The memo states as...
Voila! And now the Mayor Agrees to Try to Add 30 Police Officers
That didn't take long. I wonder what the "sacrifice and cuts" are going to be? To: Chief Noble...
Police Department: 18 not enough. Now we need 30.
No joke. The other shoe has dropped.DATE: September 7, 2007TO: Dave Cieslewicz, MayorFROM: Noble Wray, Chief of...