Changes in strategy by the Madison Police Department on staffing the city?s annual Freakfest Halloween party on State Street has resulted in a dramatic drop in costs, according to figures released Tuesday.
Since the first year of Freakfest in 2006, city policing costs have dropped 58 percent, from $376,900 to $155,595 this year. These are just Madison Police Department costs; other law enforcement agencies working the State Street area for Freakfest also have their own costs.