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Public Safety Update for Nov. 12

Joe Steffen, Public Safety Officer November 12, 2014

Public Safety Officers respond to many calls for service and we communicate our activities to the college community.  Here are some of the notable incidents from this past month. On Nov. 3, a Public...

Public Safety report for Oct. 29

Joe Steffen, Public Safety Officer October 29, 2014

Public Safety Officers respond to many calls for service and we communicate our activities to the college community.  Here are some of the notable incidents from this past month. On Oct. 6, Public...

Public Safety report for Oct. 15

Sgt. Joe Steffen, Public Safety October 16, 2014

Public Safety Officers respond to many calls for service and we like to communicate our activities to the college community.  Here are some of the notable incidents from this past month. On Oct....

Incident offers a test for campus alert system

Betsy Osterberger, News Editor April 24, 2014

The Madison Police Department received word of a man threatening suicide in the Village of Oregon just seven miles south of Madison on April 10. According to Public Safety Director Jim Bottoni, The man...

Public Safety report for March 5

Joe Steffen, Public Safety Officer March 10, 2014

What’s happening?   Public Safety officers respond to many calls for service and we enjoy communicating our activities to the college community. Here are some of the notable incidents from this...

Public Safety report for Feb. 19

February 19, 2014

What’s happening?  Public Safety officers respond to many calls for service and we enjoy communicating our activities to the college community. Here are some of the notable incidents from this past...

Public Safety report for Feb. 5

Sgt. Joe Steffen, Crime Prevention Leader February 6, 2014

Public Safety officers respond to many calls for service and we enjoy communicating our activities to the college community. Here are some of the notable incidents from this past month. On Dec. 31,...

Any firearm discussion needs student participation

Ryan Spoehr, News Editor February 5, 2014

Although there is no proposal at this time to equip Public Safety officers at the college with firearms, some have recently commented about the possibility. I am not advocating for or against Public...

Public Safety report for Jan. 22

January 22, 2014

What’s happening?   Public Safety officers respond to many calls for service and we enjoy communicating our activities to the college community.  Here are some of the notable incidents from this...

Public Safety officer Joseph Steffan on his rounds of the Truax campus wearing a taser on his left hip.

Taser resolution passed by board

Daniel Herron, Multimedia Editor January 22, 2014

The resolution for allowing full-time Public Safety at the college to carry Tasers was passed this month and full-timers started to carry them on campus prior to the first day of classes. The resolution...

Tasers could help ensure safety of first responders, others

Jacob Ennis, Managing Editor December 11, 2013

When the police show up after someone has broken into your home, you would expect them to show up carrying a firearm. When you are running from a mugger and see a police officer, you’re going to want...

Arguments against arming Public Safety officers with tasers

Colin Bowden, Staff writer December 11, 2013

Safety. We use that word so loosely at times it can seem to mean everything and nothing at once. It can mean peace and war, noise and silence, weapons and the lack thereof. Such times call for moral and...

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