The Madison Police Department will participate in two national “Coffee with a Cop” events tomorrow morning, Wednesday, Oct. 2. Madison Police officers will be at the McDonald’s on County Line Road, and at White Bison Coffee on Graphics Drive (corner of Graphics Drive and Wall Triana). The events will be held from from 8-9 a.m. at both locations.

The police department is inviting everyone to come out and participate. The event will bring law enforcement and the community together in a relaxed space to discuss community issues and build relationships.

Coffee with A Cop was launched in Hawthorne, California in 2011 when officers from the Hawthorne Police Department were looking for ways to interact more successfully with the citizens they served each day.

The key to Coffee with a Cop’s growing success is that it opens the door for interactions outside of the crisis situations that typically bring law enforcement officers and community members together.