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Department News
Preparing for Tornado Season: What to Know!
By: Mclayne Vaughn Tornado Terminology For your own safety, it’s important to know the terms you might hear during tornado season. This could mean the difference between possible or immediate danger, and the more time …
April 18, 2025Lake Rescue 2025 Season Is Open
By: Lake Rescue Staff “Lake Rescue 2025 Season Is Open” As the winter recedes and temperatures continue to rise, we want people to be safe in their adventures on Lake Mendota. If you are considering …
April 18, 2025Spring Break Prep
Spring Break is just about here, and many have their minds set on their upcoming week off — whether that means going home, staying on or near campus, or traveling to a warm, exotic destination. …
March 17, 2025No Ice is Safe Ice
By: Community Officer Jeff Kirchman “No ice is safe ice.” That’s what a fishing mentor told me years ago, before my first ice fishing adventure. And that’s what I remind myself before I step onto …
March 14, 2025- Read more UWPD news
Incident Reports
UWPD Arrests Man for Arboretum Aggravated Assault
April 9, 2025Suspect with Knife Arrested
March 31, 2025UWPD Investigating String of E-Bike and E-Scooter Thefts
February 11, 2025- Browse all Incident Reports
Daily Blotter
Daily Blotter for April 24th 2025
- 8:50 am, Trespassing/After Hours, University Ave. & Brooks Street. Contacted/Cited/Arrested/Transported/Released to Dane County Jail suspect for trespassing after observing them following a subject, who they later said they were asking for money, while at Grainger, in the area of the campus ban.
- 9:54 am, Other, Slichter Hall. Contacted by telephone person who reported their Ebike was stolen on 4/22/25 from a rack outside Slichter Hall. Bike recovered near Langdon Street thanks to an AirTag placed on bike.
- 10:32 am, Graffiti, East Campus Mall Tunnel. Numerous drawings and writings in the pedestrian tunnel in white, black, pink blue spray paint.
- 6:12 pm, Information, Doty Street. Delivered ban letter to Dane County Jail to deliver to inmate which bans them from the UW Law Building.
- 10:19 pm, Theft/Larceny, Vilas Hall. Contacted person for theft of E-scooter from bike rack at Vilas Hall. Suspect located without the scooter and arrested for theft but refused to provide information on the scooter’s whereabouts.
- 2:41 am, Mental Health Welfare Check, Location Redacted. Contacted person experiencing mental health crisis.
The blotter content above represents significant incidents/calls for service from the previous 24 hours, starting at 6 a.m. the prior day.
Equity Dashboard
After more than a year of community meetings, listening to concerns, and collecting feedback, the UW–Madison Police Department is embarking on a one-of-a-kind approach to sharing key data with a focus on racial equity.
The UWPD Equity Dashboard is the result of a collaboration with community members and stakeholders to develop a unique and powerful tool that promotes transparency and provides a set of success metrics that speak directly to the UWPD’s commitment to equity in policing.
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