Bridgeport Police Department

Bridgeport Police Department
Abbreviation BPD
Agency overview
Formed 1837
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States
Map of Bridgeport Police Department's jurisdiction.
Size 19.4 square miles (50 km2)
Population 137,912[1]
General nature • Local civilian agency
Headquarters Bridgeport, Connecticut

Agency executive
Website
Bridgeport Police

The Bridgeport Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is responsible for most law enforcement within the geographical boundary of City of Bridgeport, with the exception of:

  • City parks, which are handled by the Bridgeport Park Police
  • Most judicial warrants and judicial process, which are handled by the Fairfield County State Marshal
  • Highway patrol, which is handled by the Connecticut State Police

Bridgeport was the first city in New England to deploy radio patrol police cars, in September 1933.[2]

Park law enforcement

The Bridgeport Park Police Department is a separate department devoted to law enforcement in Bridgeport's parks.

Officer salary

In 2012, the maximum annual salary for police officers was $168,374.

Crime

The department enforces the laws within Connecticut's most populous city. Bridgeport has the 56th largest metro area in the United States. Consequently, there is a considerable amount of criminal activity the department has to contain and neutralize. This may include gang violence, car theft, standoffs, murder and muggings.

Major standoffs

July 2008 standoff

This was a seven-hour standoff situation off Capital Avenue with a mentally unstable man who was heavily armed and believed he was a Soviet spy. The man barricaded himself in his home with his family, including his wife and several children. The standoff lasted for several hours and was a top story in Connecticut.

January 2008 standoff

In January 2008 a 30-minute standoff occurred. Several buildings and streets were evacuated to make way for police. After 30 minutes the police arrested the man for breach of peace.

June 2007 standoff

A two-day-long standoff resulted in Andy Garcia being arrested. The situation apparently started when police received a shots-fired call in the middle of the day. Someone reported the suspect's name and licence plate number to police, which led them to a house on Seaview Avenue. When they arrived, a man opened fire. Police evacuated the neighborhood, blocked off the street and put the house under surveillance.[3]

March 2005 standoff

In March 2005, a man was arrested after shooting at and having a standoff with Bridgeport police officers. Police responded to a dispute call with guns involved on Black Rock Avenue. According to police the suspect had two shotguns and a rifle in the apartment, and was firing at Bridgeport police while having a dispute with a woman.

Leadership

The current chief is Joseph Gaudett.[4]

Media

In the 2008 film Pistol Whipped, Steven Seagal plays a former cop from the Bridgeport Police Department.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Annual Estimates of the Population for All Incorporated Places in Connecticut" (CSV). 2006 Population Estimates. U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division. 2006. Retrieved June 28, 2007.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-09-16. Retrieved 2010-08-03.
  3. ↑ A picture of this standoff
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-09-15. Retrieved 2010-08-03.
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