Salisbury Police Department (Maryland)

For the dissolved Salisbury City Police force in England, see Salisbury City Police.

City of Salisbury Police Department
Salisbury Police Department

Abbreviation

SPD

Salisbury Police patch

Agency overview

Legal personality

Governmental: Government agency

Jurisdictional structure

Operations jurisdiction*

City of Salisbury in the state of Maryland, United States

General nature

Operational structure

Headquarters

Salisbury, Maryland
38°22′5″N 75°36′34″W / 38.36806°N 75.60944°W

Agency executives

Barbara Duncan, Chief of Police
Ivan Barkley, Colonel/Deputy Chief

Units

Administration
Criminal Investigations
Operations

Notables
Person	Dave Meinschein, Major, for Operations

Website

http://www.salisburypd.com

Footnotes

* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

The Salisbury Police Department (SPD) is a nationally accredited full-service agency servicing a population of 23,743 persons within 11.4 square miles (30 km²) of the municipality of Salisbury, in the U.S. state of Maryland.^[1]

SPD became accredited on April 26, 1987, becoming the 45th agency accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies.^[2]

In 2011, the Salisbury Police Department partnered with the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore to create two funds. The first is a College Scholarship program to send a future Salisbury Police Officer to Wor-Wic Community College. The second is a fund to re-establish the Mounted Unit and to assist in the establishment of a K-9 Unit.^[3]

Organization

The Chief of Police is Barbara Duncan. She is the departments tenth chief and the first female.^[4]

The department is divided into three divisions:

Administrative
Operations
Criminal Investigations

References

↑ Salisbury city, Maryland - Fact Sheet - American FactFinder
↑ CALEA Client Database
↑ "Salisbury Police Department K9/Mounted Patrol and College Tuition Fundraiser". City of Salisbury. Retrieved 2011-08-05.
↑ "Mayor Announces Salisbury's Police Chief" (PDF). City of Salisbury. 2010-10-20. Retrieved 2011-08-05.

External links

Law enforcement agencies in Maryland

State	State Police Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services - Division of Correction Transit Administration Police Transportation Authority Police Maryland Natural Resources Police

County departments	Anne Arundel Baltimore County Howard Montgomery Prince George's

Municipal departments	Aberdeen Annapolis Baltimore City Police Department Bel Air Bowie Cumberland District Heights Frederick Greenbelt Hagerstown Havre De Grace Landover Hills Laurel Ocean City Rockville Salisbury Seat Pleasant Takoma Park University Park Upper Marlboro

Sheriff's offices	Allegany Anne Arundel Baltimore City Baltimore County Calvert Caroline Carroll Cecil Charles Dorchester Frederick County Garrett Harford Howard Kent Montgomery Prince George's Queen Anne's St. Mary's Somerset Talbot Washington Wicomico Worcester

Universities	Bowie State University Frostburg State University Salisbury University Towson University University of Baltimore University of Maryland, Baltimore County University of Maryland at College Park Baltimore City Public Schools Police

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