As Madison enters the final stages of selecting a new Chief of Police, we look back on the tenure of David Couper, the city’s police chief from the early 1970s […]
Policing in Madison Roundtable with Everett Mitchell and David Couper
“Until we change, we’re going to keep revisiting these events year after year after year,” says David Couper, former police chief of Madison. In the wake of George Floyd’s murder […]
Night On Fire: The Untold Story Of The Battle Of Miffland
As you may know, there was a famous and pivotal event in Madison and University of Wisconsin history of May 1969 known by some as the Mifflin Street Riot and […]
Following Up on Ashland Shooting
Last November, an officer-involved shooting in northern Wisconsin resulted in the death of a fourteen-year-old Bad River Tribe member Jason Pero. After a Department of Justice investigation into the shooting, […]
Chief Koval Against Change to Deadly Force Policy
MADISON (WORT) — Isthmus editor Joe Tarr reports on the call for reform of the Madison Police Department’s deadly force policy following the officer-involved shooting of 19-year-old Tony Robinson.
Police Response to Ferguson
What is the police response to Ferguson? What does this mean for the Madison police department? Will changes be made? Check out this edition of A Public Affair to find our more!
