UW–Madison Police Department

Alcohol Issues a Big Problem Last Weekend

  • Incident date: April 5, 2014, 12:00 pm
  • Incident type: Alcohol
  • Location/address: UW-Madison Campus

While there was lots of excitement in the air as the UW Men’s Basketball team headed into the Final Four, it brought out some of the worst alcohol-related issues so far this year.

Before tip-off on Saturday night, the UW-Madison Police Department had already transported several students to detox — one of them had a preliminary BAC of .37.  The 21-year old was found unconscious in a restroom at Gordon Commons. It took officers over a minute to try and wake him up — even then, he was unaware of his location, the date, time, etc.  When asked what day it was, he responded, “A.M.”

The two pre-game detox conveyances made up ten total detox trips for UWPD from Friday through 1:00 A.M Sunday morning – seven were UW-Madison students.

In all, UWPD officers issued 13 underage alcohol citations.  One person, not affiliated with the UW, was arrested for Operating While Intoxicated.

Many of the alcohol-related incidents officers witnessed this weekend were extremely dangerous, and could have led to severe injury or death.