What’s happening?  

Public Safety officers respond to many calls for service. However, we would like to keep the college community informed. Here are some of the notable incidents this month.

On Feb. 25, Public Safety officers detained a subject after being caught removing food from the Healthy Food Cafe at Truax without paying. Madison police cited the subject and action is being taken by the college.

On Feb. 27, Public Safety officers responded to a hazardous material spill near the Truax campus and assisted Madison police in securing the area while the Madison Fire Department handled the incident.

On Feb. 28, Public Safety officers responded to a complaint from a female after someone had attempted to lure her into the men’s restroom. Responding officers had recognized a subject matching the description of someone attempting to lure a second female into the restroom. Officers intervened and detained the subject until Madison police arrived at the scene and arrested the subject.

Campus Safety Update of the Month

I am pleased to share that Madison College’s WolfPack Alert text messaging system now offers an opt-in option for our faculty, staff and students. Signing up to receive text messages about campus closures, potentially threatening situations and other urgent information takes about 30 seconds and can be done in four quick steps with any mobile phone:

•   Open the text messaging application on your phone and type 79516 in the

“To” field.

•   In the “message” field, type wolfpackalert (no spaces and all lowercase.)

•   Press “send.”

•   Follow the return directions (you’ll be asked to respond with “yes.”)

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It’s as simple as that. You do not need to set up an account, and WolfPack Alerts can be issued through all major wireless communication providers. If you are already subscribing to WolfPack Alerts, you needn’t do anything. If you haven’t, I encourage you to do so today, before an emergency happens.

Creating an environment that is safe and conducive to learning is our foremost responsibility. Communicating important information as it happens via WolfPack Alerts is one way to ensure that all members of the Madison College community are informed about breaking news you need to know now.

Please contact Public Safety Services if you have any questions at (608) 246-6932, the non-emergency line.

If you have any information regarding the above incidents or other campus safety concerns, please contact our department at (608) 243-4357, we have Public Safety officers available 24/7.