The total number of law enforcement officers and the total number of police academy graduates in Wisconsin are both at a ten-year low. Recruiting and retaining officers has become more difficult, making it an employee’s market.
Total police officers, academy graduates in Wisconsin at 10-year low
Police chiefs lament difficulty in filling positions; cities innovate to try to reduce violence, stress
ELECTION DAY PHOTO GALLERY: Voters from Both Sides of Wisconsin
Portraits of voters from Milwaukee, Madison and Eau Claire.
PHOTO GALLERY: Images from the aftermath and the cleanup in downtown Madison on Sunday
PHOTO GALLERY: Images from the protest and riots in downtown Madison on Saturday night
Photos courtesy of Zach Zwadzich, citizen journalist
VIDEO: A walk through the rally against the Stay At Home order at the Capitol on Friday, April 24
PHOTO GALLERY: Scenes from the protest against the Covid Stay-At-Home Order in Wisconsin
A few hundred people came to the Wisconsin Capitol on Friday, April 24 to protest Gov. Tony Evers’ Covid precautions.
VIDEO: Madison at the polls, scarves, masks and all
The Badger Project’s Grady Gibson interviews Madison voters at the polls, many wearing protective gear.
UW-Madison suspending in-person classes; 2 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Dane County
VIDEO: Bernie Sanders rally in Madison on April 13, 2019
Footage of the Bernie Sanders rally in James Madison Park in Madison, WI on Friday, April 13.