Madison in the Sixties – August, 1967 After a summer sizzling with what it calls “tension-filled incidents with racial overtones,” the Equal Opportunities Commission holds a series of public hearings in neighborhoods with large minority populations, hoping to gain some understanding and tamp down tensions. A later report documents just how bad things were – […]
City Council Moves Forward on Police Body Cams
On Tuesday, Madison’s City Council again considered whether Madison police officers should wear body cameras, the latest in a five-year plus debate over the policy involving several committees. The council deliberated for over two hours on what to do with a recent report examining the feasibility of body cams. That report, released in January, recommended […]
City Council punts ban on tear gas
Speaking on the very first first night of protests in Madison in May, Interim Police Chief Vic Wahl said that the department’s use of tear gas was their best method for dispersing or moving a crowd — even during a pandemic. Exposure to tear gas, and to pepper spray, can cause burning and teary eyes, […]
New Madison Police Chief unlikely before December
According to a draft timeline of the selection process, the Madison Board of Police and Fire Commissioners intends to select a new permanent Chief of Police by the end of this year. That’s nearly double the timeline proposed by Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway, who says she wants a new chief to be selected in the next […]
A spike in fender benders? MPD issues accountability report
The Madison Police Department has released its accountability report for 2019. The report details internal conduct violations, use of force information and formal complaints issued against department officers. The MPD has faced criticism in the past for its lack of transparency. Last October, a citizen Ad Hoc Committee suggested 177 changes to the department’s operations. […]
Podcast short: At capacity
We’re changing up the Tone Madison podcast feed, bringing you short episodes every other week between our usual, longer episodes. On this short, Tone Madison editor Scott Gordon and contributor/producer Shaun Soman discuss the confusion over Art In’s capacity limits and the upcoming album from producer/DJ Sage Caswell, who spins Saturday, February 16 at Robinia […]
