A Madison city committee is quietly working on ways to end the violence in the streets around bars in the central city.
The Downtown Hospitality Council is a group of bar owners, business owners, and cops. It has been meeting for a few months.
The idea discussed by the group include expanding the police department’s safety classes of liquor license holders, creating an award program for establishments with clean security records, and establishing management practices prohibiting alcohol consumption by tavern staff members while they are on duty.