Coffee with a Cop — South District

Madison police are holding a South District “Coffee with a Cop” on Monday, April 20, with officers meeting residents over coffee on South Park Street. (cityofmadison.com) The event is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Rasta Barista, 2352 S. Park Street, Suite 101, in Madison. The city lists it as a neighborhood meeting and says it is open as a chance for community members to connect with the officers who serve the area. (cityofmadison.com) Madison’s South District police station is at 825 Hughes Place. The department says the district is led by one captain and two lieutenants and has about 30 patrol officers, along with a community policing team that also covers the West and Midtown districts. (cityofmadison.com) The format is simple: residents drop in and talk with officers outside a formal hearing or crime-report setting. The event page says officers may discuss everything from recent cases to department-wide efforts aimed at lowering crime. (cityofmadison.com) Madison police have been using the same format across districts this spring. A police blog post on February 18 advertised South and West district coffee meetups, and the department’s events page shows another Coffee with a Cop scheduled for the East side on April 21. (cityofmadison.com) The city’s District 3 weekly update, posted April 19, also flagged Monday’s South District meetup for residents looking for details or last-minute changes. For neighbors on the south side, it is one of the public-facing police events on the city calendar this week. (cityofmadison.com)