Salisbury Police Department (Maryland)

For the dissolved Salisbury City Police force in England, see Salisbury City Police.

City of Salisbury Police Department Salisbury Police Department
Abbreviation	SPD
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Agency overview
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction*	City of Salisbury in the state of Maryland, United States
General nature	Law enforcement Local civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	Salisbury, Maryland
Agency executives	Barbara Duncan, Chief of Police Ivan Barkley, Colonel/Deputy Chief
Units	Administration Criminal Investigations Operations
Notables Person Dave Meinschein, Major, for Operations
Website
http://www.salisburypd.com
Footnotes
* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

The Salisbury Police Department (SPD) is a nationally accredited full-service agency servicing a population of 23,743 persons within 11.4 square miles (30 km²) of the municipality of Salisbury, in the U.S. state of Maryland.

SPD became accredited on April 26, 1987, becoming the 45th agency accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies.

In 2011, the Salisbury Police Department partnered with the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore to create two funds. The first is a College Scholarship program to send a future Salisbury Police Officer to Wor-Wic Community College. The second is a fund to re-establish the Mounted Unit and to assist in the establishment of a K-9 Unit.

Organization

The Chief of Police is Barbara Duncan. She is the departments tenth chief and the first female.

The department is divided into three divisions:

• Administrative
• Operations
• Criminal Investigations

External links

• Salisbury Police Department - Official Website
• City of Salisbury - Police Department