MADISON (WKOW) — The Madison Police Department is mourning the loss of one of their own.
In a series of tweets, MPD announced one of their detectives, Amanda Analla, died after "a fierce battle" with a rare cancer.
Analla joined MPD in 2008 and they say she spent years mentoring youth and building relationship with people on the city's south side. She became a detective in 2019 and MPD says she "put her whole heart into her work."
"She's remembered as a kind and caring officer, someone who loved children and modeled the definition of community policing," one of MPD's tweets reads.
Amanda is survived by her wife and two young daughters.
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