Portland Maine Police Department
The Portland (Maine) Police Department is the municipal police agency of the City of Portland, Maine, United States.
About:
With an authorized strength of 163 sworn officers and 59 civilian staff members, the Portland Police Department is the largest municipal law enforcement agency in Maine, responsible for policing the largest municipality in the state. The Portland Police Department has a long and proud tradition of serving and policing the City of Portland.
In addition to responding to more than 80,000 calls for service each year, the department fields an experienced Criminal Investigations Division (CID) including a crime scene / forensics component, one of only three police agencies in the state authorized to investigate homicides, and hosts a regional crime lab. The department also fields a Crime Reduction Unit (CRU), a robust Community Policing Unit (CPU), including officers, civilian coordinators and a dedicated neighborhood prosecutor, a regionalized Emergency Communications Center, and a substantial number of specialty teams, including a Hazardous Devices Unit (Bomb Squad), regional Dive Team, Crisis Negotiation Team (CNT), Special Reaction (Tactical) Team (SRT), Canine Unit, consisting of patrol, as well as drug and explosives detection dogs, along with task force opportunities with the Portland-based Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) and FBI Safe Streets Task Force, and computer crimes.
Special capabilities also include a nationally recognized Behavioral Health Unit and Co-Responder Program, a Substance Use Disorder Liaison (SUDOL), as part of the department's Law Enforcement Addiction Advocacy Program (LEAAP), as well as crash reconstruction, arson investigation, victim / witness advocacy services, and neighborhood-based community policing officers and civilian coordinators. The department also provides patrol services on several islands in Casco Bay, and is the police presence at the Portland International Jetport (PWM).
The department is staffed by a number of support personnel including human resources, financial and legal professionals, property and evidence handling, and administrative support. A training unit ensures that all personnel, sworn and civilian, receive state mandated training as well as advanced training in order to best serve the community.
Chiefs of Police:
20. Frank T. Clark, 2019 to Present
19. Michael J. Sauschuck, 2012 to 2018
18. James E. Craig, 2009 to 2011
17. Timothy E. Burton, 2005 to 2008
16. Michael J. Chitwood, 1988 to 2005
15. Francis E. Amoroso, 1978 to 1988
14. William B. McClaran, 1972 to 1978
13. Douglas Steele, 1968 to 1972
12. Leon T. Webber, 1956 to 1968
11. Clarence F. Hofacker, 1951 to 1958
10. John M. Mulkern, 1948 to 1951
9. John R. Newell, 1943 to 1948
8. Edward R. Dodwell, 1941 to 1943
7. Ralph D. Brooks, 1933 to 1941
6. Herman A. Haskell, 1925 to 1933
5. Elmer H. Waterhouse, 1924 to 1925
4. Irving L. Watts, 1919 to 1924
3. Daniel L. Bowen, 1914 to 1919
2. Walter H. Dresser, 1908 to 1914
1. Elmer C. Waterhouse, 1907 to 1908
Internet / Social Media:
Website: http://portlandmaine.gov/police
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PortlandMainePolice/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PolicePortland
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/policeportland/
Becoming a Portland Police Officer:
Learn everything you need to know here! https://portland-police.com/
Becoming a Communications Specialist (Emergency Call Taker / Dispatcher):
https://www.portlandmaine.gov/2294/Become-an-Emergency-Telecommunicator