Monona chief: public traffic dashboard shows crash hotspots; department will target enforcement zones

Chief Cheney, Monona police chief, told the Public Safety Committee that the Monona Police Department’s new public traffic dashboard shows concentrated crash activity and is guiding targeted enforcement on the BeltLine, U.S. 51, Broadway and several residential streets.

The dashboard, available on the department’s website, offers interactive maps, incident details and time-range toggles that officers and residents can use to view crashes, citations and directed‑patrol activity, Cheney said. He said the map dots sometimes plot outside Monona when a traffic stop or follow‑up occurred elsewhere in the county on a case that originated in Monona.

“The beauty about the consortium is that it gives us the ability to have this,” Cheney said of the five‑agency records…