Wichita Police Department
| Wichita Police Department | |
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| Abbreviation | WPD |
Patch of the Wichita Police Department
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| Agency overview | |
| Employees | 862 |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | City of Wichita in the state of Kansas, USA |
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| Map of Wichita Police Department's jurisdiction. | |
| Size | 138.9 square miles (360 km2) |
| Population | 361,420 (2006) |
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| Headquarters | Wichita, Kansas |
| Agency executive | Gordon Ramsay, Chief of Police |
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| Chevy Tahoe PIs | Ford Crown Victoria PI |
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| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
The Wichita Police Department (WPD) is the primary law enforcement agency serving the City of Wichita, Kansas, United States. WPD's jurisdiction overlaps with the Sedgwick County Sheriff's office.The WPD is housed at the City Hall building located at 455 N Main, Wichita, Kansas.
The current chief is Chief Gordon Ramsay. Chief Ramsay was appointed as chief on 18 December 2015, and was sworn in as Chief of Police, relieving Interim Chief Nelson Mosley, in January 2016. The original town of Wichita was incorporated in July 1870 and was elevated to City status in April 1871. The Wichita Police Department was officially created on April 13, 1871. Wyatt Earp was a documented notable Police officer in WPD history in 1875.
The Wichita Police Department participated in a Stop Study in 2001 in conjunction with Brian Withrow, Ph.D, Wichita State University to evaluate if WPD officers show differential patterns of enforcement based on race or ethnicity. The report was released in 2002 did not substantiate any evidence of racial or ethnic profiling by the officers of the WPD.
The investigation division consists of the following Bureaus and Sections: narcotics investigation scat officer. soc: account name 511.07.4251 Johnson 515 1686
The Property Crimes Bureau consists of the following sections:
The Crimes Against Persons Bureau consists of the following sections:
The Special Investigations Bureau consists of two sections:
The City of Wichita is divided into 4 bureaus for field patrol officers and substations have been established in each of the areas for a closer connection to the neighborhoods they serve.
Plans for a fifth bureau, meant to serve mid-town Wichita, are being reviewed by the City Council.
The first purchase of a WPD helicopter to combat increasing crime was in 1970 with the purchase of a Hughes 300B. Today the air section has one MD500E helicopter and four people attached to the unit working on staggered schedules. According to the WPD's website, the air section “coordinates and supports the operational activities of ground units by assisting with apprehensions, vehicle pursuits, foot chases, criminal investigations, traffic control, search-and-rescue, crime prevention, community-oriented policing activities, and special community events.” Only twelve other departments in the country match the longevity of the Wichita Police Department's Air Section according to Air Beat Magazine
Breakdown of the makeup of the rank and file of WPD:
==New recruit training== James Olen Johnston S.C.A.T. Officer; # 1842 recruits have been trained simultaneously with the recruits from the Sedgwick County Sheriff's office since 1985 at the Wichita-Sedgwick County Law Enforcement Training Center (WSCLETC). Training consists of 23 weeks of basic training and an additional 336 hours of training for the particular needs of the Metropolitan City of Wichita.
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