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.
The family of a windsurfer killed in a collision with a University of Wisconsin Lifesaving boat has settled a lawsuit with the state.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison says it has already taken measures to combat sexual assault, but some students say the school can do more to protect them.
UW-Madison has paid $850,000 to the family of a windsurfer killed in 2017 in a collision with a UW Lake Safety lifesaving boat, settling a wrongful death lawsuit the family filed earlier this year against the UW Lifesaving Station and four of its employees.
The University of Wisconsin, Madison, awarded John Brady a doctorate in engineering in 2017, following his seven long years in the campus’s Wireless Communications and Sensing Laboratory.
UW-Madison police will expand their footprint by adding an officer who will oversee a densely populated area of student housing next to campus — the first position serving entirely off-campus in the department’s force.
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.
Across the state, the cost of excessive alcohol use in Wisconsin is approximately $6.8 billion, according to the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.
City officials are expecting another safe Freakfest this Saturday after 13 years of no major incidents inside the gates of the event.
A Madison man was arrested for an exchange of gunfire after a dispute at a State Street apartment Thursday night that caused property damage but no injuries, Madison police said.
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.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has signed an agreement with a security systems company to begin beta testing a technology that would detect concealed weapons and potential threats on campus.
Noted: The legislation applies to municipalities, Marquette University and University of Wisconsin campuses. Families of special agents employed by the Department of Revenue and State Fair Park police officers also are eligible for the continued benefits.
UW-Madison Police are embracing old and new technology as they prepare to protect more than 44,000 students and 21,000 employees on a sprawling campus in case of an active shooter situation.
About one in four undergraduate female students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have experienced a sexual assault since entering college, a study found.
More than a quarter of undergraduate women at UW-Madison who participated in a national survey said they had been sexually assaulted since entering college, according to results released Tuesday by the university.
Rates of sexual assault at 33 leading research institutions slightly increased during the past four years, according to the findings of a new survey report released today. But the people most likely to be victims of such assaults are more aware of how to report them and how to access help than they were four years ago.
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.
After a sharp decline in 2017, the University of Wisconsin-Madison saw an increase in stalking cases in 2018, according to its annual security report released Sept. 30. Meanwhile, hate crimes, rape and domestic or dating violence statistics remained generally consistent with past years.
Hate crimes have dropped five-fold since 2016 on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus but sexual assault cases have increased since then, according to an annual security report required by federal law.
DeSpain said both students are from China and were told by the caller to wire money to China to avoid going to jail or face heavy fines. DeSpain said it appeared to be a sort of passport fraud.
Two UW-Madison students from China were victims of scammers pretending to be Chinese police in separate incidents on Monday, Madison police reported.
Report also found an increase in liquor law violations, a decrease in drug violations.
The victim and her friends got separated when her friends went to a bar, after which the victim accepted an offer from some suspects to give her a ride to that bar at 11:19 p.m., according to the Madison Police Department.
The off-campus alert was sent at 6:27 a.m. and reported that the burglary happened on the 200 block of Langdon Street.
Shan K. Daley, age 19, of Madison was arrested early Friday morning on three counts of burglary and four counts of attempted burglary on the 100 block of Mills Street.
The 28-year-old woman sought refuge by running up to a UW-Madison police car that was operating in the area, and Madison police officers soon arrived to take the suspect into custody, and talk with the woman who reported the attack, Madison police public information officer Joel DeSpain reported.
According to the Madison Police Department, a UW-Madison student woke up around 3:40 a.m. Tuesday and found a burglar inside her apartment on the 400 block of West Johnson Street.
According to a post from the UW-Madison Police Twitter page, the kitten was stuck in a fountain outside the UW-Madison College of Engineering building.
UWPD said 19 citations were for underage alcohol consumption, while three people received citations for possession of false identification.
A random attack near the UW-Madison campus in February that left a woman with multiple facial fractures will send a Madison man to prison for seven years, to begin once he is done with other sentences he is already serving.
Under the leadership of Chief Kristen Roman, UWPD has created a first-of-its-kind Diversity and Inclusion officer to head up recruitment for the Department.
While UW doesn’t have plans to remove them, efficiency of devices has been questioned.
A 28-year-old woman is behind bars after police said she is responsible for nine vehicle break-ins at the parking ramp and lot near UW Hospital.
Over the course of the investigation, and with the help of some local businesses with security cameras, UW Police Department officers and detectives were able to identify a primary suspect – Brittany L. Townsend, 28, of Madison.
According to police, since late July, at least eight vehicles in the hospital parking ramp and a nearby parking lot were broken into. The windows and windshields of some vehicles were broken, in addition to valuables stolen.
Lawyers for the two women who accused fellow University of Wisconsin-Madison student Quintez Cephus of sexual assault — charges of which he was acquitted by a jury — are calling on the university to further explain its decision to reinstate Cephus.
Attorneys representing the women who accused Wisconsin Badgers player Quintez Cephus of sexual assault last year say UW-Madison’s decision to reinstate him sends a message that the university cannot be trusted to protect victims.
Sophomore Cameron Jacobson said her friend, who is also a student, woke up around 4 a.m. Sunday morning to a man standing over her. She said the man was holding a flashlight over her friend’s face, trying to pull her pants down.
According to new research from Ohio State University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, racial and ethnic gaps in criminal sentencing have declined significantly since the mid-1990s.
Noted: Staying safe is much more important than getting caught doing drugs or drinking, so rather than fearing potential consequences of drinking underage or doing drugs, focus on calling for help if it means helping someone else or saving a life. Some police departments and colleges, like the University of Wisconsin-Madison, even have a system where if someone is underage drinking, but call to report a crime, they will be safe from any consequences because they were responsible by reporting.
“I understand why the decision was made,” said Erin Thornley Parisi, executive director of the Rape Crisis Center, noting that Cephus was acquitted in criminal court. “But that doesn’t change the impact that it might have on the survivors of the alleged crimes as well as other survivors on campus. It is painful for those who still believe that these women were sexually assaulted by him.”
The Marquette University Police Department will issue citations, with a fine of $86.20, for riding scooters on public sidewalks — enforcing an existing Milwaukee municipal ordinance.
Wisconsinites understand the issues associated with the case of Quintez Cephus, and the dilemma facing UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank. She’ll be damned if she decides to reinstate the former Badger wide receiver and to allow him to attend the university this fall, and she’ll be damned if she doesn’t.
No matter what UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank decides, she will be criticized.
During the investigation, UWPD identified one of the suspects as Travon M. Pearson, 20, of Madison. On Thursday, Pearson was taken into custody on the 500 block of East Washington Avenue.
