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Madison Police Chief reports 2024 training hours, hiring efforts and system upgrades
Summary
Chief Sean Scudder told the board the department logged nearly 1,400 training hours in 2024 (about 50 hours per officer), plans a 40-hour minimum training offering in 2025 and is pursuing policy updates, hiring and data improvements to better target resources.
Madison Police Chief Sean Scudder presented 2024 year-end training and activity data to the Board of Public Works and Safety and outlined department priorities for 2025.
Chief Scudder said the department recorded almost 1,400 collective training hours in 2024 — an average of roughly 50 hours per officer — with about 30 of those hours provided internally. For 2025 the department’s goal is to offer a minimum of 40 hours of department-provided training per officer, to encourage at least one external training per officer and to emphasize leadership development. Scudder said the department will complete a two-year cycle of defensive-tactics training to meet mandates from the…
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