Anne Arundel County Police Department
| Anne Arundel County Police Department | |
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| Abbreviation | AACOPD |
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| Agency overview | |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | State of Maryland, USA |
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| Map of Anne Arundel County Police Department's jurisdiction. | |
| Size | 588 square miles (1,500 km2) |
| Population | 510,878 (2005) |
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| Headquarters | Millersville , Maryland |
| Agency executive | Timothy J. Altomare, Chief Of Police |
| Parent agency | Steven Schuh County Executive |
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| AACP Website | |
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| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
The Anne Arundel County Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, serving a population of more than 555,743 per 2013 census 588 square miles (1,500 km2) of jurisdiction. The Department was created by an Act of the Maryland General Assembly in 1937, and originally consisted of a Chief of Police, three sergeants, and seventeen patrolmen.
As of 2017[update] the department is staffed by approximately 725 sworn officers plus 203 civilian members, including chaplains, crime scene technicians, animal control officers, communications call-takers and dispatchers, and volunteer "reserve officers" under the leadership of Chief of Police, Timothy J. Altomare. The Anne Arundel County Police Department has been internationally accredited through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies since July 30, 1994.
The Anne Arundel County Police Department operates as a para-military organization using these sworn personnel ranks:
Anne Arundel County Police have a diverse fleet of marked and unmarked vehicles including the Ford Crown Victoria, Ford Explorer, Chevrolet Caprice, Dodge Durango, and Chevrolet Impala. As of 2015, all new patrol vehicles are either Ford Police Interceptors, and Ford Police Interceptor SUVs. Motorcycles are supplied by Harley Davidson and most recently BMW. The color scheme on marked vehicles was of a two toned blue between mid 2000 and 2014. The top half of vehicles were light blue and the bottom half were dark blue. This paint scheme was used in the 1960s-1970s before the color of vehicles were changed to the more visible white with blue stripe. The colors were eventually changed back to the two toned scheme in mid 2000. In 2014, the color scheme was changed to all black as a cost-saving measure for all new vehicles.
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