Community Outreach

The mission of MPD's Community Outreach team is to build, strengthen and sustain authentic community relationships in order to enhance trust, cultivate mutual respect, and increase fairness in policing through restorative and procedural justice, community outreach, education and problem solving. The Community Outreach team is dedicated to promoting social awareness and cultivating a culture of inclusion for both the MPD and for our community at large.
March 15, 2023 1:10 PM
THE DIVINE 9 MEET THE MADISON POLICE DEPARTMENT On February 28, 2023, the Madison Police Department met the leaders and members of the first African American college fraternities and sororities (The Divine 9). The Divine 9 consists of the following fraternities and …
March 12, 2023 8:22 PM
Members of the Madison Police Department and Community Outreach will be participating in a local Spelling Bee event to honor Ret. Lt. Wayne Strong (MPD). This event is in partnership with the 100 Black Men of Madison, NOBLE – Capitol City Chapter, and the Madison Metropolitan School District. …
August 5, 2021 10:10 AM
We are proud to announce that Captain Matt Tye (who oversees our Community Outreach section) was selected as a recipient/scholar of the 2021 National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) program cohort! What is this exactly? The NIJ LEADS Scholars …

Shannon Blackamore
Captain of Community Outreach
Community Outreach
- Request an Officer to Attend Your Event
- Community Outreach and Resource Education (CORE)
- Mental Health Unit
- Amigos en Azul
- Black Officer Coalition
- Community Academies
- Crime Prevention
- Good Neighbor Project
- MPD Pride
- Madison Area Crime Stoppers
- Madison Area Addiction Recovery Initiative (MAARI)
- Neighborhood Resource Trailer
- Public Safety Cadets
- Volunteer Programs
- Youth Academies
- Emergency Preparedness
- Civilian Response to Active Shooter Events (CRASE)
- Safe Communities
- Community Policing - Madison Police Style