Investigative Units
The Madison Police Department's detectives are divided into specialty units overseeing crimes against people and properties. The units and the specific crimes detectives investigate are listed below.
Case Status
Victims receive communication from our agency as long as they provided accurate contact information. These notifications focus on where your case currently stands. These notifications are not sent to victims of domestic violence due to safety concerns.
Investigative Process
Cases lacking evidence and other solvability factors are not assigned a detective. Cases assigned to a detective may result in an arrest. Cases may be closed if a detective has exhausted all investigative leads.
Units
Sensitive Crimes
(one unit is based out of East District and one unit is based out of our West District)
Contact information for the Detective Lieutenant of this unit at our East District is Tracie Jokala. She can be reached at tjokala@cityofmadison.com or 608-266-4876.
Contact information for the Detective Lieutenant of this unit at our West District is Greg Esser. He can be reached at gesser@cityofmadison.com or 608-243-0527.
This unit investigates cases involving intimate partner violence and domestic and family relationships. Some of the crimes detectives will investigate are domestic disturbances, elder abuse, strangulation, stalking and miscellaneous sex offenses.
Mission Statement: Sensitive Crimes Unit's mission is to respond to and investigate crimes involving intimate partner violence, elder abuse/neglect, stalking, and sexual assault. First responding officers and assigned detectives will strive to serve the needs of the victim/s in a trauma-informed manner, while working collaboratively with community partners to end the cycle of familial and interpersonal violence and sexual assault.
Persons Crimes
(based out of our North District)
Contact information for the Detective Lieutenant of this unit is Paul Bauman. He can be reached at pbauman@cityofmadison.com or 608-243-5898.
This unit investigates cases where a person is the victim of a crime and there is a nexus of violence of a threat of violence. Some of the crimes these detectives will investigate are robberies, batteries, stabbings, threat complaints, shots fired, missing persons and hate crimes.
Mission Statement: Persons Crimes Unit's mission is to utilize a comprehensive, city-wide investigative methodology through the coordination of shared information, resources, and effective community partnerships to solve person-related crimes and to contribute to successful criminal prosecutions.
Computer and Financial Crimes
(based out of our Central District)
Contact information for the Detective Lieutenant of this unit is Tim Radke. He can be reached at tradke@cityofmadison.com or 608-266-4874.
This unit is assigned cases involving finances and technology-based incidents. Some of the crimes detectives investigate include forgeries, frauds, scams, embezzlement, identify theft, swatting and bomb threats.
Mission Statement: Financial/Computer Crimes Unit's mission is to thoroughly investigate financial and technology-based crimes while making efforts to recover stolen funds, uphold statutory law, and prevent future criminal activity via education and enforcement.
Special Victims
(based out of our South District)
Contact information for the Detective Lieutenant of this unit is Justine Harris. She can be reached at jharris@cityofmadison.com or 608-266-5934.
This unit investigates cases involving crimes against children and
human trafficking. Death investigations involving a child, child sexual abuse, child pornography, sextortion, enticement and internet crimes against children.
Mission Statement: Special Victims Unit's (SVU) mission is to respond to and investigate crimes against children. In conjunction with their community partners, SVU detectives advocate for victims and offer supportive resources to them and their families. The SVU personnel work to hold offenders accountable for their actions by contributing to successful criminal prosecutions.
Violent Crimes
(based out of our Central District)
Contact information for the Detective Lieutenant of this unit is Matt Nordquist. He can be reached at mnordquist@cityofmadison.com or 608-261-9673.
This unit investigates cases where a person is the victim of a violent crime. Homicide, attempted homicide and stabbings are some of the crimes these detectives investigate.
Mission Statement: Violent Crimes Unit's (VCU) mission is to reduce violent crimes against persons and hold accountable those offenders who have committed acts of violence within the community. The VCU is a proactive, intelligence-based investigative unit that brings the strength of collaboration, teamwork and communication to positively impact the investigations of individuals committing violent crimes.
Property Crimes
(based out of our Midtown District)
Contact information for the Detective Lieutenant of this unit is Glenn Davis. He can be reached at gdavis@cityofmadison.com 608-266-4418.
This unit oversees cases involving criminal damage to property. Burglaries, thefts, stolen autos, graffiti, arson, retail theft and animal abuse are some of the crimes these detectives will investigate.
Mission Statement: Property Crimes Unit's mission is dedicated to creating safer communities by reducing and preventing property crimes through evidence-based policing, strategic enforcement, and community collaboration. By employing data-driven strategies, pattern crime analysis and advanced investigative techniques, we work to recover stolen property, apprehend offenders, and ensure successful prosecution.