Starting a new police department

[GangGreen712]

Alright, let's say that a small town that is usually covered by the state police, or an unincorporated area that recently incorporated into a town, borough, city, etc, was going to start their own department. How is a new police department born? Who do they usually hire first, and how is hierarchy (sergeants, lieutenants, chief) established right away?

[Nobody]

[http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe...eum/index.html

[GangGreen712]

http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/files/ric/...linesFinal.pdf

there you go, 64 pages of answers thanks to the google machine

Thank you

[chiefmpd]

I have a little experience in this matter,as the department I currently work for was just started in January. I was hired as a chief of police for a village of about 400 people. I am currently the only officer working for this department. Once the village was incorporated they were recognized by the Secretary or State as an incorporated village. Then they had to establish ordinances, including an ordinance to establish a police department. They had to send a copy of the ordinance to the law enforcement training board. And hire, in my case a chief of police. I was responsible for getting the department set up and up and running.

[Rush817]

I have a little experience in this matter,as the department I currently work for was just started in January. I was hired as a chief of police for a village of about 400 people. I am currently the only officer working for this department. Once the village was incorporated they were recognized by the Secretary or State as an incorporated village. Then they had to establish ordinances, including an ordinance to establish a police department. They had to send a copy of the ordinance to the law enforcement training board. And hire, in my case a chief of police. I was responsible for getting the department set up and up and running.

I bet there is not enough hours in the day for you right now!

[Rush817]

I have a little experience in this matter,as the department I currently work for was just started in January. I was hired as a chief of police for a village of about 400 people. I am currently the only officer working for this department. Once the village was incorporated they were recognized by the Secretary or State as an incorporated village. Then they had to establish ordinances, including an ordinance to establish a police department. They had to send a copy of the ordinance to the law enforcement training board. And hire, in my case a chief of police. I was responsible for getting the department set up and up and running.

I bet there is not enough hours in the day for you right now!

[chiefmpd]

I bet there is not enough hours in the day for you right now!

Some days are better then others. I'm trying to convince the board to let me hire a part time officer but so far, no go. The mayor told me if I wanted another officer, I needed to write more tickets. If that's what she wants then that's what she'll get. She can deal with the s*** storm that will come from it.

[just joe]

She doesn't mean to write people who live in town, but the outa towners are fair game.

[chiefmpd]

She doesn't mean to write people who live in town, but the outa towners are fair game.

That's what I've been doing. I've only wrote two locals since I've been here in January. There is a major highway that runs through the middle of town so I've got my pick. I guess it doesn't matter if I p*** those people off. I just figured it would be a matter of time before they started complaining. Who cares though, right

[ateamer]

That's what I've been doing. I've only wrote two locals since I've been here in January. There is a major highway that runs through the middle of town so I've got my pick. I guess it doesn't matter if I p*** those people off. I just figured it would be a matter of time before they started complaining. Who cares though, right

Wasn't there a hamlet in Ohio that had the same approach? They wound up with the police department disbanded and losing their incorporated status after the state had to intervene. Justice extends to nonresidents as well. Do what is right, not what is profitable.

[hooknbook]

Wasn't there a hamlet in Ohio that had the same approach? They wound up with the police department disbanded and losing their incorporated status after the state had to intervene. Justice extends to nonresidents as well. Do what is right, not what is profitable.

X2

[btfp]

This was New Rome Ohio.

The officers that worked there are now unemployed.

[preparedness]

Wasn't there a hamlet in Ohio that had the same approach? They wound up with the police department disbanded and losing their incorporated status after the state had to intervene. Justice extends to nonresidents as well. Do what is right, not what is profitable.

X3. Reading that post made me sick to my stomach. No offense to chiefmpd, but writing tickets solely for revenue generation isn't the goal of policing in America and isn't representative of the vast majority of departments who do the right thing. It's unethical. Also, specifically targeting a group of people (out-of-state residents) is opening you up to a major civil rights lawsuit....especially when you openly state you do so on a public forum. Again, no offense, but it is what it is.

[DACP]

That's what I've been doing. I've only wrote two locals since I've been here in January. There is a major highway that runs through the middle of town so I've got my pick. I guess it doesn't matter if I p*** those people off. I just figured it would be a matter of time before they started complaining. Who cares though, right

Who they going to complain to? The Chief

[2971511]

The Bowie Police Dept. in MD, just stood up their dept in 2006. For the first year or so, they were definetly a PD on paper only, then they started having officers on patrol only during certain hours, now they are 24/7.....

They started by hiring the Chief, and she basically hireed a senior staff, and they worked their way down to LT, SGT, and then officers ..... see 2 links below.

http://www.cityofbowie.org/Government/Police/index.asp

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowie_P...ment_(Maryland)