Category: Crime and safety

According to a WiscAlert, Engineering Centers, Materials Science will be closed today. Officials say classes are being relocated.

The victim said he allowed Lollis to live with him and his roommates after they said the 21-year-old passed himself off as a UW-student and Badger athlete.

“They are actively working to pump water out of the steam tunnel right now because when the water main break happened, that’s where all the water flowed,” said UW-Madison Police public information officer Marc Lovicott.

The University of Wisconsin did not release reports for two sexual harassment investigations that would detail what actions occurred and how the investigation was carried out.

A Madison man is in hot water after he reportedly lied to police and said he was mugged on the UW-Madison campus.

Robber struck victim, stole wallet, cell phone.

New feature an effort to keep more community members safe, UWPD said.

The languages are English, Spanish, Hmong, Tibetan, Chinese and Nepali.

Emergency messages sent to UW-Madison community members will soon come in six different languages, a first for any college campus in the country, according to police.

The man reportedly told officers he was sleeping when an unknown person approached him and struck him in the face several times.

After checking security cameras and interviewing the alleged victim several times, UWPD said it is still unclear what happened.

Program will process some citations in municipal instead of county court, reducing cost to students.

Six instruments worth $28,000, including a $10,000 violin, have been stolen from lockers inside a University of Wisconsin-Madison campus building, police said.

Samantha Carter said she was “dumbfounded,” when she discovered her violin missing from her locker. She said her violin is worth about $10,000.

he UW-Madison Police Department is investigating reports of burglaries at the Humanities building on campus. In all instances, musical instruments were stolen from the basement of the building.

As the University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department investigates reports of nearly $30,000 worth of stolen instruments, one music student is hoping for the return of her beloved violin.

A University of Wisconsin-Madison employee died from injuries he suffered when he fell while working on campus Saturday.

Officials at the University of Wisconsin-Madison say a school employee has died from injuries sustained from a fall while working on campus on Nov. 30.

Marc Lovicott, communications director for the University of Wisconsin Police Department, said a flute, violin and cello were among the six instruments taken.

The new rule is part of a pilot program aimed at streamlining how UW-Madison Police ticket on and off-campus students.

UW-Madison Police Chief Kristen Roman and officers reiterated the fact their main goal will still be safety and education, not enforcement.

malfunctioning “Exit” sign triggered the fire alarms inside Witte Hall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Friday, causing the building to be evacuated, according to fire officials.

Langdon neighborhood officer left MPD ahead of scheduled reassignment in January because of lack of funding, support

The concerns today about UW intervention are reflected in the external review report on UW’s Fraternity and Sorority Life conducted in the spring semester of 2019.  Similar sentiments about UW’s lack of connection to the Greek community were prominent themes throughout the report.

“When I started to find out more about the politics, how charges were being issued in our community, how certain decisions were being made, I ultimately couldn’t believe in some of those things anymore and had to make the decision to step down,” Figueroa said.

Yu Chen, 43, of Madison, died on May 31 when he was struck by a UW Lifesaving Station boat while he was windsurfing.

UW-Madison police are working with Madison police to address a change in patrols to a troubled off-campus area.It comes after several violent crimes in the Langdon Street area.

The position will serve the off-campus area bordered by Lake Mendota, Lake Street, Gorham Street and Wisconsin Avenue. The role was created to serve as a liaison between students, the Madison Police Department and the University.

UWPD says the officer would liaise with students in the Langdon St., lower State St. and 600 University Ave. corridor. This area is bordered by Lake Mendota, Lake Street, Gorham Street and Wisconsin Ave.

Ferrigno was in Madison for the Wizard World Comic Con.

A Thursday morning public hearing on the measure at the Capitol came shortly after the Association of American Universities released a study finding roughly 26 percent of women and 7 percent of men at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have experienced sexual assault.

Imagine being at an event and having the level of security you would expect at an airport – only no waits, no belts or jackets to take off, and no awkward pat-downs. This could soon be a reality on the UW-Madison campus.

The UW-Madison Police Department is investigating after posters were placed around campus with racial messages.

Officers found property damage in the area, according to Madison police Sgt. Stuart Moeser.

A report from the University of Wisconsin-Madison claims that 26.1% of its female students have been sexually assaulted, paralleling findings from an earlier survey study in 2015. Missing from some of the university’s summaries and from some of the news coverage is a key piece of information found in the detailed report: Only 20% of those surveyed responded.

UWPD announced a partnership with Liberty Defense Holdings Ltd., a leading concealed weapons detection solutions company, to test a technology called HEXWAVE. HEXWAVE is a scanner that uses 3D radar imaging and artificial intelligence to detect and identify weapons.

UW-Madison Police Department Chief Kristen Roman issued an apology on Monday for a tweet that sparked a negative response Saturday.

“(Cars) just barrel on, they don’t stop,” University of Wisconsin-Madison student Samuel Julson said. “It’s crazy.”

911 calls routed to Dane County.