Dane County CAD – CAD Log & 911 Dispatch

This is the most useful official source for recent Madison Police call summaries.

Weekday posts often cover approximately 24 hours, while weekend posts may cover several days.

The page commonly reports the number of calls received during the listed period.

Calls may be grouped into Central, East, Midtown, North, South, West and Other categories.

The narratives are selected examples—not a complete list of everything officers handled.

A separate incident-report page may provide more detail for selected cases with significant public interest.

Use this for major crashes, investigations, searches, arrests, road closures and public-safety announcements involving the Sheriff’s Office.

The posting date may differ from the actual incident date.

Read the location, agency, case status and public-safety instructions rather than relying on a headline.

A press release is a public summary and does not replace the complete incident file.

Write down the date, approximate time, location and type of incident.

Determine whether Madison Police, Dane County Sheriff, another municipal police department, fire or EMS responded.

Add the number when known. It can substantially improve the record search.

Examples include CAD event detail, dispatch chronology, 911 audio or another identifiable communications record.

A specific hour or short range is more useful than requesting every dispatch record from an entire week.

Use Dane County 911’s Public Records Request page.

The custodian may need more identifying information or may explain applicable search, copy or media fees.

Personal, medical, juvenile, victim, tactical or active-investigation information may be withheld or redacted.

A dispatch record does not automatically include the officer’s narrative, body-camera recording, photographs or final report.

Keep the submitted wording, confirmation and any custodian correspondence.

Do not send a Madison Police or municipal police request to the Sheriff simply because the incident occurred in Dane County.

Include the case number, names, date, time and location when available.

Electronic Sheriff requests should be submitted through the official online option rather than ordinary email.

Identify the incident report, photographs, video, audio or other specific material requested.

Requests exceeding $5 and requests for photographs, video or audio may require prepayment.

An anonymous requester still needs to provide an email or mailing address where the completed record can be sent.

Use crashreports.wi.gov.

The document number provides the most direct search route.

The official system offers date and Wisconsin driver-license search criteria.

Wisconsin DOT states that a report can take 10 business days or longer to become available.

Online purchases are made available electronically after payment.

The investigating agency may retain narratives, photographs, body-camera video or other records not included in the standard crash report.

Give the address, intersection, landmark, business name or other clear location.

Describe the immediate emergency without guessing facts you did not observe.

The dispatcher can relay information to responders while questions continue.

Move to a safer location when directed and avoid interfering with responders.

Do not end the call simply because you hear sirens or see responders arriving.

Use the Sign Up Now button provided by Dane County Emergency Management.

The county recommends using an email address as the User ID.

Select text, email or both and verify the mobile number.

Include locations where you want geographically relevant emergency notifications.

Choose the public-safety and severe-weather notifications that are useful to you.