This Sunday is Madison’s annual OutReach Pride Parade, but what should be a celebratory event has recently come under some controversy over whether Madison Police should be allowed to formally participate in the event. After last year’s parade, some members of the LGBTQ+ community and communities of color objected to the number of armed, uniformed […]
Reviewing the Local Police Force – MPD and the OIR Report
Over the past year, the OIR Group (an organization that does independent police oversight and review) researched the Madison Police Department’s policies, practices, procedures, and culture. The resulting report offers 146 recommendations, all of which are being reviewed by the Madison Police Department Policy & Procedure Review Ad Hoc Committee with community input. On today’s […]
Madison PD Officers: Are There Too Many? Too Few? Best Approach?
At a news conference in April, after a particularly busy night of gunfire reports, Madison Police Chief Mike Koval told reporters that Madison needs to have a “come to Jesus moment” about the amount and nature of gun violence in the city. Koval argued that the Madison Police Department has too few patrol officers and […]
Improving race relations and building trust in Madison
Important conversations happening today regarding race relations in Madison. How do we build trust? How do we balance the requirement for people to legally respect police orders vs. people who feel their self worth is being challenged? Today Carousel is joined by Madison Police Captain Kristen Roman and Matthew Braunginn, one of the founder’s of […]
Local activists concerned with police practices
Last weekend, yet another local Madisonian, a mentally ill man, was killed by police bullets. Are the Madison police “out of control” or is there something institutional in the operation of the MPD that explains the increase in recent years, the “uptick” in the number of police killings and military-type responses to those deemed “aggressors,” […]
Madison Reeling from Police Shooting of Teenager
On Friday night, 19-year old Tony Robinson was shot and killed by Madison Police Officer Matt Kenny after police were called to an apartment on Williamson Street. Little is known about what triggered the call to police or what happened after Officer Kenny arrived on the scene. Madison Police Chief Mike Koval has said that […]