Pittsburgh Police
| Pittsburgh Bureau of Police | |
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| Common name | Pittsburgh Police |
| Abbreviation | PBP |
Patch of the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police
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| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1857 |
| Preceding agency | Pittsburgh Night Watchmen |
| Employees | 2,092 |
| Annual budget | $70,606,746 (2010) |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | City of Pittsburgh in the state of Pennsylvania, USA |
| Legal jurisdiction | Municipal |
| Primary governing body | Pittsburgh City Council |
| Secondary governing body | Pittsburgh Department of Public Safety |
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| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | 1203 Western Avenue Pittsburgh, PA |
| Officers | 1,230 |
| Non-sworns | 188 |
| Agency executive | Scott Schubert, Chief of Police |
| Parent agency | Public Safety Department |
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| Facilities | |
| Zones |
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| General Motors | 660 |
| Harleys | 40 |
| RiverRescue: 30' SeaArk Little Giants | 6 |
| RiverRescue: 25' Boston Whaler Guardians | 6 |
| RiverRescue: 19' Husky Airboats | 4 |
| German Shepherds | 25 |
| Belgian Malinois | 12 |
| Bloodhounds | 17 |
| Website | |
| Pittsburgh Bureau of Police | |
| Footnotes | |
| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
The Pittsburgh Police (PBP), officially the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, is the largest law enforcement agency in Western Pennsylvania and the third largest in Pennsylvania. The modern force of salaried and professional officers was founded in 1857 but dates back to the night watchmen beginning in 1794, and the subsequent day patrols in the early 19th century, in the then borough of Pittsburgh. By 1952 the Bureau had a strength of 1,400 sworn officers in July 1985, 1,200 and by November 1989, 1,040.
The Pittsburgh Bureau of Police is part of the Pittsburgh Department of Public Safety and is headed by Chief Cameron McLay appointed by Mayor Bill Peduto and approved by City Council. The Chief of Police is the top law enforcement agent of the city of Pittsburgh. In the Chiefs council are the positions of
Reporting directly through the Deputy Chief of Police to the Chief are the three active units of the Police Bureau: Operations, Investigations, and Administration. Each one is headed by an Assistant Chief.
The original headquarters were at Sixth Avenue and William Penn Way in downtown. In 1918 it moved into the Pittsburgh City-County Building, 1925 to Water Street, 1960s Grant Street Public Safety Building, Western Avenue Northside.
Headed by the Assistant Chief of Operations, this unit is the most visible arm of the Pittsburgh Police Bureau. It consists six zones (the updated form of precincts) with each zone being supervised by the zone commander, as well as all zone patrol and response operations, SWAT team, Traffic patrol, and Impound. This is also the unit that does community policing.
In 2010 the average Pittsburgh police zone had 12.8 officers, 2.8 detectives, 1.2 sergeants and .5 lieutenants on duty during any 8 hour shift. City wide for any 8 hour 2010 shift this translates to 76.8 officers, 16.8 detectives, 7.2 sergeants and 3 lieutenants.
In 1918 the city debuted a mounted squad, having had some mounted officers as early as 1906. Police motorcycles were first used by the bureau starting in 1910.
Headed by the Assistant Chief of Investigations Maurita Bryant, this unit overlays the operations staff with the detective and inspector corps of the Police Bureau. Its detective divisions are broken down into the following:
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