{"id":233536,"date":"2026-04-20T17:08:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T21:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/20\/madison-wis-police-scrutinize-data-sharing-cybersecurity\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T18:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T22:10:09","slug":"madison-wis-police-scrutinize-data-sharing-cybersecurity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/20\/madison-wis-police-scrutinize-data-sharing-cybersecurity\/","title":{"rendered":"Madison, Wis., Police Scrutinize Data Sharing, Cybersecurity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Madison, Wis., Police Scrutinize Data Sharing, Cybersecurity<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.govtech.com\/security\/madison-wis-police-scrutinize-data-sharing-cybersecurity<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-04-20 17:08:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.govtech.com<\/a><\/p>\n

(TNS) — The office established to investigate complaints against\u00a0Madison\u00a0police was temporarily denied access to the department\u2019s data last year after mishandling sensitive information, including victims\u2019 names, addresses and case details, the city\u2019s police chief said.<\/p>\n

At the same time, the city board that manages the office ignored concerns from other city departments and officials that the office may have violated state laws, a member of the\u00a0Madison City Council\u00a0said.<\/p>\n

Madison\u00a0police paused openly sharing data with the\u00a0Office of the Independent Police Monitor\u00a0and requested an internal review of its employees\u2019 handling of sensitive documents after learning that sensitive, unredacted documents it had provided the office were being uploaded to a personal device and analyzed with software not approved by the city\u2019s IT department.<\/p>\n


Cybersecurity isn\u2019t the city\u2019s only concern with the monitor\u2019s office. In an email the\u00a0Wisconsin State Journal\u00a0obtained through a public records request, Ald. MGR Govindarajan told the chair of the Police Civilian Oversight Board,\u00a0Maia Pearson, the office\u2019s staff were working beyond allotted hours, circumvented the city\u2019s AI policy and purchased and contracted services without following city guidelines.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile independence in its core function is both important and necessary, extending that independence to areas such as compliance with City policies and legal requirements creates risk not just for the OIM, but for the City as a whole,\u201c Govindarajan wrote.<\/p>\n

POLICE PUSHBACK AGAINST DATA SHARING<\/h3>\n

Police paused record-sharing on\u00a0Nov. 7\u00a0after the monitor\u2019s data analyst,\u00a0Greg Gelembiuk, told Assistant Police Chief\u00a0Angie Kamoske\u00a0that he had used his personal computer to analyze police records provided to the monitor\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

According to an internal memo from\u00a0Madison Police\u00a0Chief\u00a0John Patterson, Gelembiuk called his city-issued laptop a…<\/p>\n

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