UWPD News & Incident Reports

For general media inquiries, please contact Marc Lovicott, Executive Director of Communications, at 608-263-2333 or marc.lovicott@wisc.edu. After regular business hours, contact UWPD dispatch at 608-264-2677.

Daily Blotter

Daily Blotter for March 10th 2026

  • 7:50 am, Medical/Alcohol/Detox Conveyance, Location Redacted. MFR transported patient to local hospital, no police assistance needed .
  • 12:43 pm, Found Property, UWPD. Cell phone turned into dispatch, emailed owner to retrieve from UWPD.
  • 1:00 pm, Graffiti, Ingraham Hall. Arrived at Ingraham Hall, but the room was being used at the time, will investigate amount/location of graffiti after class is released.
  • 1:42 pm, Mental Health Welfare Check, Location Redacted. Contact with person experiencing mental health crisis.
  • 5:01 pm, Alarm, Location Redacted. Contacted persons after a force door alarm.
  • 5:09 pm, Medical/Alcohol/Detox Conveyance, Location Redacted. PT transported before UWPD arrival.
  • 5:54 pm, Alarm, Location Redacted. Contacted staff in the room, door is swelling due to outside temp change causing issues with door closing.
  • 6:19 pm, Medical/Alcohol/Detox Conveyance, Local hospital. Received TTY from outside agency to assist with blood draw for patient at local hospital emergency room.
  • 6:27 pm, Alarm, Location Redacted. Contacted person regarding alarm to be disregarded until further notice.
  • 9:20 pm, Damage to Property, Lot 75. Contacted Transportation Services who reported witnessing on camera damage to a bollard at the entrance of lot 75. Driver is known and spoke with TS staff afterwards, TS to put in maintenance request.
  • 12:00 am, Drug Violation, Limnology Dock. Contacted/Verbally Warned persons for smoking marijuana on the Limnology boat dock.
  • 1:25 am, Operating While Intoxicated, UWPD. Traffic Stop – Stopped/Arrested/Released to responsible party driver for Operating While Suspended, Failure to Apply for WI License Within 60 Days, Operating While Impaired (1st), and Operating With Prohibited Alcohol Concentration (1st), vehicle left legally parked.
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