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The Madison Police Department is recognized nationally and internationally as one of the leaders in community-based policing where officers are all recognized as leaders and encouraged to be...
Community Engagement Specialist Alex Rickets discusses the importance of engaging youth in our community and highlights the MPD's involvemen...
Chief Barnes sits down with former MPD Leaders, Chief David Cooper (1972-1993) and Chief Noble Wray (2004-2014), to discuss their experience...
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. In this episode, learn how our officers help those living with mental health concerns. We talk about e...
In our inaugural Episode, entitled "Where I'm From" Henry Sanders, from Madison 365 will assume hosting duties. This episode explores a few...
In our inaugural Episode, entitled "Where I'm From" Henry Sanders, from Madison 365 will assume hosting duties. This episode explores a few...
In this previously recorded first episode of Chief's Corner, Chief Barnes sits down with Public Information Officer Tyler Grigg to share rec...
Listen in as we mark a moment of transition for the Madison community and the MPD. After a year-long hiring process, Chief Shon Barnes becom...
Following a nationwide search, the Madison Police Department found the best candidate to take over the public information office close to ho...
After more than 13 years, and four police chiefs, MPD PIO Joel DeSpain has decided to call it a career at the end of the year. In the podcas...
The MPD will be getting a new police chief, possibly by the end of the year, and the selection process turns out to be very unique in Wiscon...
The Madison Police Department, for decades, has been looked at as one of the best in the country with highly-trained officers committed to c...
The MPD is one of the first departments in the country to ask for an outside group to examine and review its response to recent protests. Th...
Presidential candidates, homicides, protests, will all impact the MPD’s bottom-line this year. As they do so at a time when money is needed...
At a time when those applying to be police officers is on the decline nationally, the MPD is bucking the trend. Numbers of applicants are up...
When two Madison Police officers showed up in her hospital room, a woman who had just overdosed on heroin, thought she was likely going to j...
It is one of the most prolific crime problems plaguing the greater Madison area, and finding ways to deter young burglars and car thieves ha...
In terms of cracking cases - from misdemeanors to homicides - it is an incredibly valuable tool, one that has taken on even greater importan...
Wisconsin’s Adult Crossing Guard Recognition Week In the dead of winter, they are bundled up, standing on busy streets shepherding some of o...
In the final Madison Police Department podcast of 2019, Acting Chief Vic Wahl joins Public Information Officer Joel DeSpain for a frank and...
There are new parking orders in place for this winter, and rules could be changing even more dramatically in the future. Madison is a beauti...
Officer Ken Mulry would have already retired had it not been for an opportunity to jump in the saddle. Now he’s still enjoying the ride, pro...
Sometimes it’s hard to find statistics to support some of the most important police work taking place in Madison. When a dedicated and carin...
He spent 35 years helping the MPD move forward as a national model of community-based, problem-solving policing. Along the way, Chief Mike K...
In this podcast listeners are getting a peak behind the multiple curtains that make up the MPD’s Property Rooms. Currently specially trained...
The MPD is finding new and exciting ways to connect with the city’s young people, breaking down barriers with police through youth academies...
It is a specially-trained team whose members pride themselves on being able to resolve high-risk calls without injury to suspects, citizens...
In our back to school special we talk about the safety of children getting to and from school, everything from prevention to enforcement. Cr...
The MPD is having success in rounding up violent criminals and bringing them to justice, and one of the reasons for it is VCU. The Violent C...
The MPD is in the process of hiring a new class of recruits, and despite national trends, the number of applicants applying is going up. In...
The Madison Police Department is blessed to have a top-notch non-profit organization – Capital K9’s – supporting our K9 Unit – now eight dog...
Now in it's 8th year, CampHERO teaches girls courage, character, and confidence, as well as the protective services of EMS, Fire, and Police...
Parking Enforcement Officer is apparently a coveted position! Stefanie Nieson joins us to talk about the unit and some of the most common re...
Specially trained officers and embedded mental health professionals are keeping more people out of the criminal justice system and getting t...
Madison Police officers will be building stronger bonds with area young people this summer through youth academies, soccer programs and othe...
MPD’s training team is gearing up for some real challenges as at least 50 new police recruits will soon be sworn in to protect and serve the...
The MPD has been leading the nation in teaching officers about implicit biases since 2011. Now the Departments’ subject matter experts are t...
It is something the MPD took a national lead on years ago. Now a group of Madison Police officers, all subject matter experts in implicit bi...
At a time in America where some in the Latino community are feeling somewhat uneasy, here in Madison all are finding they have good friends...
MPD’s adult crossing guard program Some have been honored for saving children’s lives, others have escorted the same students from kindergar...
Community engagement is a top priority for MPD officers. In this podcast North District Neighborhood Resource Officer David Dexheimer talks...
In this podcast we venture into a sometimes secret area of the MPD: Professional Standards and Internal Affairs. While members of the public...
There is no doubt about it, says MPD Captain Brian Chaney Austin, MPD’s innovative Peer Support Program has definitely saved officers lives,...
It’s a throwback really, to the way life used to be: neighbor helping neighbor, knowing those who live on your block, pitching in when anyon...
If you see looks of worry on faces of Madison firefighters, it is for good reason! The “Mad City Police” hockey team is sporting a winning c...
Madison’s Special Events Team (SET) is regarded as one of the best crowd management police units in the nation. Now SET is setting a new sta...
The police union and MPD management forge strong bonds and a common vision They both want body worn cameras and more prosecutors for the Dis...
MPD’s Special Investigations Unit recognized as leader in focused deterrence A special team at the MPD looks to identify Madison’s most prol...
It is a subject many in policing have historically not wanted to talk about: suicides among first responders. Officers often see, hear, smel...
Veteran MPD detective provides an insiders perspective What we see on TV crime shows is far from reality. On the podcast veteran detective J...
Department of Corrections joins forces with MPD If you are wanting to find out about sex offenders living in your neighborhood, it is as eas...