City of Madison - File #: 31747

• File #: 31747
• Version: 1
• Name: Commending Police Chief Noble Wray on his retirement after 29 years of exemplary service to the City of Madison
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/25/2013
• In control: Mayor
• Final action: 10/1/2013
• Enactment date: 10/3/2013
• Enactment #: RES-13-00751
• Title: Commending Police Chief Noble Wray on his retirement after 29 years of exemplary service to the City of Madison
• Sponsors: Paul R. Soglin, Lisa Subeck, Ledell Zellers, Lauren Cnare, Michael E. Verveer, Shiva Bidar, Marsha A. Rummel, Steve King, Scott J. Resnick, Paul E. Skidmore, Maurice S. Cheeks, Chris Schmidt, Larry Palm, Sue Ellingson, John Strasser, David Ahrens, Denise DeMarb, Joseph R. Clausius, Anita Weier, Mark Clear, Matthew J. Phair

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/1/2013	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Adopt Unanimously Under Suspension of Rules 2.04, 2.24, & 2.25	Pass

Title
Commending Police Chief Noble Wray on his retirement after 29 years of exemplary service to the City of Madison

Body
WHEREAS, Chief Noble Wray began his career as a police officer with the City of Madison on
October 8, 1984; and

WHEREAS, Chief Wray served as the city’s first neighborhood officer in the Simpson-Broadway neighborhood, where his dedicated work earned him the Department’s Outstanding Service Award and Lifesaving Award in 1988; and

WHEREAS, Chief Wray was assigned to the Executive Section in 1989 and served as the Department’s public information officer; and

WHEREAS, Chief Wray was promoted to the rank of Sergeant in 1990 responsible for the Executive and Special Operations Sections; and

WHEREAS, Chief Wray was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in 1993 and was assigned to the South District; and

WHEREAS, Chief Wray was promoted to Captain in 1996 and was assigned to command the South District; and

WHEREAS, Chief Wray was promoted to the rank of Assistant Chief in 1999 and served as the Assistant Chief for both Support Services and Operations; and

WHEREAS, Chief Wray was promoted to the rank of Chief and assumed command of the Madison Police Department on October 21, 2004; and

WHEREAS, Chief Wray has successfully promoted the philosophies of community, problem-oriented and trust based policing and implemented Community Policing Teams; and

WHEREAS, Chief Wray restored order to the annual “Freakfest” Halloween party on State Street and revised the Department’s Taser policy which now is a model for police departments throughout the world; and

WHEREAS, Chief Wray has been the face of the Madison Police Department throughout the broader City and State communities, serving on a host of Boards and Commissions, including the Governor’s Commission on Reducing Racial Disparities in the Wisconsin Justice System, Boys & Girls Club of Dane County Board of Directors and Safe Communities of Madison, and the Dane County Board of Directors...