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 / 38.36806; -75.60944
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:

References

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