An 18-year man, who was reportedly grabbing and attacking pedestrians near a UW-Madison dormitory Saturday, charged at officers and ran away before he was eventually Tased and arrested, UW police said.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Police at the University of Wisconsin-Madison say an 18-year-old man is in custody after he allegedly attacked and groped people near a residence hall.
If someone set up a poll of every University of Wisconsin student, I wonder what the percentage of students who have been or have almost been hit by a moped would be.
A UW-Madison student reported that a man touched and tried to kiss her without her consent in Grainger Hall Monday, according to a UW-Madison Police Department crime alert.
Shortly before 3:00 a.m. Sunday, Madison Police were called to Gilman Street, near State Street and close to UW’s campus, because people heard a gun fired in the area.
The University of Wisconsin System has put up a new website to help students deal with problems involving sexual harassment and violence on campus.
With growing concerns about campus safety, and news last week that a student convicted of torching black churches was trying to start a white nationalist group at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the UW System is reviewing a practice of not asking prospective students if they have a criminal history.
After multiple community tips, 52-year-old Michael P. Buckalew of Madison, was arrested for stealing a snowblower from Union South.
In front of current and former colleagues, former Madison Police Department Capt. Kristen Roman was sworn in as chief for the UW-Madison Police Department on Wednesday.
Chief Kristen Roman joined the campus police department early January. She had been with the Madison Police Department for 26 years.
The UW-Madison Police Department officially welcomed Kristen Roman as chief on Wednesday in a swearing-in ceremony at Union South.
LA Times editorial: College, we like to think, is a time of intellectual inquiry. But it is also, as anyone who has spent any time on a campus knows, a time of boundary-testing, experimentation and alcohol-fueled parties. Not exactly the kind of place where it makes sense to let folks wander around carrying hidden weapons.
With her 26 years of community outreach experience in tow, new University of Wisconsin Police Department Chief Kristen Roman is confident she can build up police-community relationships.
Before being sworn in as the newest leader of the UW-Madison Police Department, Chief Kristen Roman sat down with The Daily Cardinal to discuss the most prevalent issues on campus, including campus carry legislation, undocumented students and sexual assault, among other issues.
A UW-Madison student accused of sexual assault, stalking and harassment of 10 women was ordered to stand trial Friday after a preliminary hearing.
Shortly before 3:00 a.m. Sunday, Madison Police were called to Gilman Street, near State Street and close to UW’s campus, because people heard a gun fired in the area.
A judge refused on Friday to dismiss four charges against a suspended University of Wisconsin student from the Twin Cities accused of sexually assaulting and harassing women, rejecting his attorneys’ claim that some of his actions were no worse than “Happy Days” television character Arthur Fonzarelli’s flirtatious antics.
Campus concealed carry legislation hasn’t been formally introduced in the Wisconsin Legislature, but University of Wisconsin-La Crosse students and leaders are letting their opposition be known.
Suspended UW-Madison student Alec Cook asks a judge to dismiss several criminal charges against him, including stalking and a sexual assault count.
Campus concealed carry legislation hasn’t been formally introduced in the Wisconsin Legislature, but University of Wisconsin-La Crosse students and leaders are letting their opposition be known.
One area lawmaker will reintroduce a piece of legislation in the 2017-18 session that would expand the current concealed carry law to University of Wisconsin System owned buildings.
The UW-Madison Police Department announced on Wednesday the passing of police horse Vegas.
On her third day as the newly inducted police chief of the UW-Madison Police Department, Kristen Roman spent part of her afternoon inducting three new officers to the police force.
UW-Madison Police Department’s police horse, Vegas, died Tuesday after more than one year of suffering from Degenerative Suspensory Ligament Disease.
A long-serving campus police horse was euthanized Tuesday after suffering from a painful disease, officials said. The University of Wisconsin-Madison police said Vegas, who served with the department’s mounted patrol for 12 years, was suffering from suspensory ligament disease, an incurable ailment that affects the horse’s ability to use his hind legs, causing a lot of pain.
A Madison man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly entering unlocked apartments last summer, while nothing was reported stolen, the Madison Police Department said.
As Chief Kristen Roman swore in three new police officers, it was symbolic of a new beginning for the University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department. The three officers join the department the same week Chief Roman assumed the leadership role.
Madison Police Department responded to an act of aggravated battery Friday that occurred at the intersection of University Avenue and Hawthorne Court near the UW-Madison campus.
Police are asking for the community’s help to find a person of interest in a theft case.The UW-Madison Police Department (UWPD) said during the Badger football game vs. Minnesota on November 26, the department was contacted by a fan who believed he was pickpocketed sometime during the game while on a concession stand run. The fan notice his wallet was missing from his pocket, and he immediately called police. The fan’s credit card was used at a local mall shortly after the theft.
A football fan was had his wallet stolen while at a Badgers game in November, and police are looking for help identifying a man in a surveillance image.
Advocates for survivors of sexual and domestic abuse are calling on state Sen. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, to retract his condemnation of a University of Wisconsin-Madison program that challenges men to reevaluate ideas of masculine identity.
The leader of the Wisconsin State Assembly is temporarily pumping the brakes on a proposal that would allow people to carry guns on on college campuses in the state.
Two UW-Madison police officers who went into a classroom in April to initiate the arrest of an alleged graffiti vandal were within their rights to do so, according to an administrative review of the case.
Two University of Wisconsin-Madison police officers who entered a classroom to make an arrest in April acted within their authority, according to the conclusion of an administrative review of the arrest. The review also offered recommended changes for the department
Two UW-Madison police officers who went into a classroom in April to initiate the arrest of an alleged graffiti vandal were within their rights to do so, according to an administrative review of the case.
Former UWPD chief Susan Riseling ordered the review after the April 14th arrest of Denzel McDonald. McDonald was arrested on 11 criminal counts of graffiti and one count of disorderly conduct for threatening a bystander.
The two officers who entered a university classroom in April to question a suspect acted within their authority, University of Wisconsin-Madison police said Thursday.
The Republican lawmaker who introduced a bill last year to allow concealed carry permit holders to bring guns inside university buildings says he will reintroduce the proposal in the Legislature’s upcoming session because he believes students are still at risk when they can’t bring weapons with them to campus.
The case against suspended UW-Madison freshman Alec Shiva, 18, of Verona, will continue after Judge Valerie L. Bailey-Rihn found probable cause Tuesday for three felony charges against the student.
University of Wisconsin-Madison students plan to carry sex toys around campus next semester to protest a bill that would allow concealed weapons in university classrooms.
UW-Madison police will not participate in federal immigration operations, campus officials told students, as they look to reassure those who are concerned that the election of Donald Trump could lead to the wave of deportations he promised during the presidential campaign.
If activity so far is any predictor, there’s bound to be debate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison over a “campus carry” bill Republican lawmakers have vowed to introduce when a new session of the Legislature convenes in January.
Letter to the editor from Virginia Tech assistant prof.: News about the Wisconsin Legislature introducing a concealed-carry policy at University of Wisconsin campuses sends fear through me.
Suspended UW-Madison student Alec Cook, charged with many counts of sexual assault reported by 10 different women, will be released Friday from Dane County Jail, according to university officials.
A day after University of Wisconsin student Alec Cook received six new criminal charges, he posted a reduced $100,000 cash bail.
As the semester comes to a close, the University of Wisconsin Police Department has named Kristen Roman as the new police chief.
UW-Madison has chosen a Madison Police captain to lead the University of Madison Police Department as a new chief.
UW-Madison student Alec Cook was released from the Dane County jail Friday, just hours after a judge cut his bail in half, in a case involving more than a dozen sex-related crimes.
UW-Madison Police Department has named their new police chief.
A suspended UW-Madison student accused of sexual assault, stalking or harassment of 10 women was released from the Dane County Jail on Friday after his bail was cut in half at a hearing earlier in the day.
UW-Madison has chosen Kristen Roman, a captain and 26-year veteran of the Madison Police Department who has led efforts to improve relationships between law enforcement and the communities it polices, to be the next chief of the campus’ police force.
A suspended University of Wisconsin-Madison student charged with multiple counts of sexual assault has been released from jail after his bail was cut in half at a hearing this morning.
Six additional criminal charges from five different women were brought Thursday against suspended UW-Madison student Alec Cook, who now faces a total of 21 charges, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.
Thursday saw heated debate and discussion at Union South over potential campus carry legislation.
After University of Wisconsin student Alec Cook’s defense attorneys motioned last week to remove a $200,000 cash bail citing the state’s failure to produce new charges, the state added six new charges to the criminal complaint Wednesday.
UW-Madison student Alec Cook has been charged with six more crimes, involving five additional victims, to add to more than a dozen sex-related counts.
The UW-Madison student accused of several sexual assaults will be in court on Friday, facing more charges.
Prosecutors filed six additional charges Wednesday against Alec Cook, the former University of Wisconsin-Madison student who was already facing 15 charges related to sexual assault claims.
Prosecutors on Thursday added six new charges involving five women to the roll of charges against suspended UW-Madison student Alec Cook, bringing the number of criminal charges he faces to 21.
New charges have been filed against suspended University of Wisconsin-Madison student Alec Cook, bringing to 10 the number of women accusing him of sexually preying on them.
