Milwaukee Police Department Public Information Office May 2026 update
While not an all-inclusive reflection of all of the items MPD PIO shared for the month, here is a sampling of the MPD initiatives, engagement efforts, and community safety information that was shared with the public on our social media platforms for the month of May.
MPD's priorities to communicate to our public are as follows:
1. Community - posts/stories focusing on community engagement efforts.
2. Safety - posts/stories educating about safety tips, highlighting cases and press releases.
3. Recruitment - posts/stories to generate interest in applying.
4. Wellness - feel good posts/stories, posts/stories highlighting MPD's wellness initiatives.
5. Professionalism - posts/stories highlighting our training, members, staff.
Community
- posts/stories focusing on community engagement efforts
Safety
- post/stories educating about safety tips, highlighting cases and press releases.
The Milwaukee Police Department (MPD) is pleased to announcethe launch of the fifth annual Operation Summer Guardian
Summer Initiative (SummerGuardian 5.0) to address gun violence beginning Thursday, May 21st, 2026, and running every week, Thursday thru Sunday, until the end of September. Five years ago, MPD created a targeted response prioritizing community engagement in areas that were identified as having the most gunshots fired. The response was titled “Summer Guardian” and deploys additional officers in these high frequency neighborhoods.
wellness
- posts/stories highlighting MPD's wellness initiatives.
recruitment
- posts/stories to generate interest in applying.
Professionalism
- posts/stories highlighting our training, members and staff.
