GAME DAY! 🎲♟🧩🏆 This afternoon Madison Police Department's West District came out in full force to game with kids and families at Uno Terrace Apartments on students' day off from school. Thanks to CORE Officer Scott Beckfield for laying the groundwork and setting a strong foundation for continued friendship and fun. Thanks to all the residents who came out and to West's Community Policing Advisory Board members for making such a memorable afternoon possible. Here's to many more!

The West District's Community Policing Advisory Board began collaborating with West CORE Officer Scott Beckfield, who recently started working weekly with youth at the newly opened Uno Terrace Apartments, an affordable housing complex on Mineral Point Rd., with the intention of building relationships and trust with families and children who live there. Advisors are joining on the days they are available to get to know the families as well, and help facilitate relationship-building between community members and police.

The November 4 "Brunch for Peace," organized by our West MPD District's Community Policing Advisory Board at Tree Lane Apartments, brought together residents, the Madison Police Department, numerous community organizations, and several key community leaders for a morning of relationship building and conversation.

On October 19, all six of Madison Police Department's Community Policing Advisory Boards met for the first time under the same roof. MPD Chief Shon Barnes outlined MPD's 5-year strategic plan, emphasizing the need for community partnerships. “We are taking our first step at becoming a national model for exceptional policing through this commitment to forming effective community partnerships,” Chief Barnes said.

National Night Out, held the first week in August throughout Madison and the U.S., is an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships. Several of our Community Policing Advisory Board members came out to meet and talk with residents about neighborhood safety, gathering ideas, feedback, and new friends!