MEDIA RELEASE On Sunday, April 1, 2018 at 2:09 pm officers were dispatched to the area of the 2100 block of Rimrock Road.  The 24 year old male victim told officers he was chased by two subjects in a gray Toyota that “had a beef” with him.  The victim pulled into a parking lot where he thought there would be video cameras outside.  The suspect vehicle pulled into the parking lot immediately after him, stopping on the passenger side of the victim vehicle. The male victim immediately exited his vehicle and started to run away from his vehicle in the … Continue reading Shooting

Did you know you can have access to a Crime Map for the Town of Madison?  As a matter of fact many of the communities in Dane County are using the same Crime Map!  Go to: https://communitycrimemap.com/ and click on WI.  Scroll down to “Town of Madison” and click on it.  You will now see all “events” that occurred, including our neighboring communities.  An “event” is anything that created a written report by an officer except motor vehicle crashes and child sexual assault cases.  These events are created when a report is typed, not when the call comes in so … Continue reading Crime Map

On October 4th, 2017, the Town of Madison Police Department took a phone scam complaint.  The victim said she received a phone call from a male who stated he was a US Marshall. The male stated his name was Deputy McCoy and that he was calling because she missed jury duty that morning.  She was told she had to pay $1,000 dollars or to be arrested. She was instructed to buy a gift card from Walmart or another business and to read the numbers off to Deputy McCoy over the phone. The department obtained the telephone number, that had a 608 area … Continue reading Phone scam