Cambridge Massachusetts Police Department
| Cambridge Police Department | |
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| Abbreviation | CPD |
Patch of the Cambridge Police Department
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| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1859 |
| Preceding agency | Constabulary |
| Annual budget | $51,145,765 (2017) |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | Commonwealth of Massachusetts, USA |
| Size | Land Area 6.43 sq mi (16.7 km2) |
| Population | Residents 107,000, Daytime Population 400,000+ |
| Legal jurisdiction | City of Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Governing body | [[[Cambridge City Council]]] |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Police Officers | 278 |
| Civilians | 41 |
| Commissioner responsible | Branville G. Bard, Jr. |
| Website | |
| Cambridge Police | |
| Footnotes | |
| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
The Cambridge Police Department is the municipal police department for the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the United States. Formally organized in 1859. with the appointment of John C. Willey as the first Chief of Police, the Cambridge Police Department was then manned by only 16 officers. The Cambridge Police Department moved its headquarters location on December 8, 2008. The police department is now located in the Robert W. Healy Public Safety Facility at 125 Sixth Street in the neighborhood of East Cambridge, leaving their Central Square location after 135 years.
Prior to the move, the Cambridge Police were based in a facility at 5 Western Avenue, which was considered an outdated facility that had been used from 1933 to 2008.
The Cambridge Police is the main law enforcement agency for the city of Cambridge where it holds ultimate jurisdiction over the city. Joint law enforcement may be carried out with the assistance of other law enforcement agencies including two divisions of the Massachusetts State Police known as the Fourth (Boston) and Fifth (Brighton) barracks of Troop H which provide cooperation with the Cambridge Police Department. Additionally, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Police may cover its own transit properties or facilities in Cambridge along with the Harvard University and MIT police providing coverage for their local campuses and other facilities.
Since the establishment of the CPD, five officers have died in the line of duty.
Patrol Officer Loughrey was stabbed to death on June 26, 1860 while attempting to arrest a suspect near what is known today as the Longfellow Bridge. He observed the man, covered in blood, running down the street. Believing the man was being pursued by other officers, Officer Loughrey attempted to subdue him. The suspect stabbed Officer Loughrey several times, causing him to bleed to death. Officer Loughrey had served with the Cambridge Police Department for 14 years. He was survived by his wife and four children.
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