Coffee with a Cop brings police and citizens together

Madera police officers held their regular Coffee with a Cop session May 19.

Police and citizens met over free coffee and conversation at Starbucks as part of the department’s public relations.

“Coffee with a Cop is just a time for community and law enforcement to get together over a casual environment and ask and answer questions, get to know each other on a personal level,” said officer Matthew McCombs. “We get to meet the people that we serve.”

Coffee with a Cop is a monthly event that allows officers and Madera citizens to interact on a more casual basis, become acquainted and air their concerns...