Cincinnati Police Department
| City of Cincinnati Police Department | |
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| Common name | Cincinnati Police Department |
| Abbreviation | CPD |
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| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1859 |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | City of Cincinnati in the state of Ohio, United States |
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| Map of City of Cincinnati Police Department's jurisdiction. | |
| Size | 79.54 sq mi (206.0 km2) |
| Population | 296,943 |
| Legal jurisdiction | Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
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| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Police officers | 1,000 |
| Unsworn members | 125 |
| Agency executive | Eliot Isaac, Chief of Police |
| Website | |
| http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/police/ | |
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| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
The Cincinnati Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency of Cincinnati, Ohio. The department has 1,057 sworn officers and 281 non-sworn employees.
When Cincinnati incorporated, as a village, in 1802, a ‘night watch’ was established, primarily to guard against fire, but also to ensure the peace. The organization of a police force, similar to those in larger cities, came in 1859, with the appointment of the first police commissioner.
Cincinnati also, has a museum dedicated to their police force, known as The Greater Cincinnati Police Historical Society Museum.
In 2012, after 154 years, the Cincinnati Police Department finally replaced their white shirts, with blue shirts, but they still wear white hats.
Former Chief Jeffery Blackwell was fired by the City of Cincinnati as police chief on September 9, 2015. Eliot Isacc was sworn in as the CPD's Police Chief on December 10, 2015.
Under the command of the police chief, the police department's responsibilities are divided among four bureaus: Administration, Patrol, Investigations, and Support.
Consists of the Special Investigations Section and the Criminal Investigation Section. This bureau handles investigations and gathers intelligence involving vice activity, homicides, sex crimes, crimes against children and property crimes.
Performs all primary police functions. Bureau personnel respond to citizen requests for police assistance, enforce criminal and traffic laws, investigate criminal activity, take offense reports and regulate non-criminal conduct. It consists of the five police districts, a Night Chief, Patrol Administration, Community Oriented Policing, Special Services Section and SWAT.
The Cincinnati Police Department uses these sworn personnel ranks:
The 2001 Cincinnati riots were a reaction to the fatal shooting in Cincinnati of Timothy Thomas, a 19-year-old black male, by Steven Roach, a white police officer, during an on-foot pursuit by several officers. Businesses were looted, storefronts damaged, and small fires were set. Since the riots, Cincinnati has set city records for murders and other violent crime, though the relationship between such crime and the riots is not clear. In 2006, 89 people were murdered in Cincinnati, setting a record for most murders since city records were kept.
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