Norfolk Police Department

Norfolk Police Department
Abbreviation	NPD
Patch of the Norfolk Police Department
Badge of the Norfolk Police Department
Flag of the Norfolk Police Department (Bicentennial)
Agency overview
Formed	1797
Employees	885
Annual budget	$63.6 million
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction*	City of Norfolk in the state of Virginia, USA
Map of Norfolk Police Department's jurisdiction.
Size	96.3 square miles (249 km2)
Population	242,803
Governing body	City
General nature	Law enforcement Local civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	Norfolk, Virginia
Police Officers	757
Civilians	128
Agency executive	Michael Goldsmith, Chief of Police
Facilities
Stations	3 Patrol Divisions
Website
Official Website
Footnotes
* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

The Norfolk Police Department (NPD) is the primary law enforcement agency servicing 242,803 people within 96.3 square miles (249 km²) of jurisdiction within Norfolk, Virginia.

Homeland Security Division

The Homeland Security Division, comprising the Harbor Patrol Unit, Special Operations Team, and Bomb Squad, serves the department and citizens by maintaining a state of preparedness for emergency response to critical incidents, terrorism and other security threats.

• Harbor Patrol Unit The Harbor Patrol Unit is responsible for ensuring safe flow of waterborne critical assets transiting the Norfolk Harbor. They also focus on recreational boating through the enforcement of state and city codes.
• Special Operations Team The SOT is responsible for a rapid ready response to critical incidents outside the training and weapons capability of the patrol divisions such as hostage rescue, barricaded suspects, tubular assaults, active threats, high-risk arrest/search warrants, narcotics search warrants, vehicle take-downs, and maritime operations.
• Bomb Squad The Bomb Squad is responsible for providing a rapid, technical response to calls for service involving real or suspected explosives and explosive devices; to provide additional resources to the Homeland Security Division; and to provide training and instruction to the NPD in the recognition of, and response to situations involving explosives.^[1]

Administrative Services

Personnel Division

The Personnel Division is responsible for maintaining departmental personnel records, coordinating the department’s disability management program, overseeing police recruitment processes, and coordinating the Master Police Officer Program.

• Training Unit The Training Unit is responsible for improving job performance and proficiency, the meeting or exceeding of the Department of Criminal Justice Service's (DCJS) training standards and requirements, improving the quality of training with organizational goals in mind and to ensure the department’s philosophy and mandates are clearly understood.
• Citizens’ Police Academy and CPAAAN The Citizens' Police Academy is responsible for providing Norfolk residents information about the NPD and how it works. The Citizens’ Police Academy Alumni Association of Norfolk, CPAAAN, is offered to graduates of the Citizens' Police Academy, where members support law enforcement throughout Norfolk.^[2]

Strategic Management Division

The Strategic Management Division formulates, evaluates, and monitors the policies, and procedures, that support the department in achieving its vision and mission. They are also responsible for managing the department’s directives system consisting of general orders.^[3]

Central Records Division

The Central Records Division is responsible for a repository for criminal histories, correspondence, fingerprints, photographs, incident and accident reports, and all warrants.

• Warrant Unit The Warrant Unit is responsible for processing felony and misdemeanor warrants, Circuit Court indictments, PB15 parole/probation violation papers, capiases, magistrate summonses, and other legal documents, issued by courts or magistrates.
• Technology Support Unit The Technology Support Unit is responsible for the coordination of the security and administration of the Virginia Criminal Network, the police department record management system, LINx security and system administrators, and acts as the security liaison for the City Information Technology Department.^[4]

Crime Prevention Unit

• Neighborhood Watch
• Business Watch
• Civic Leagues
• Security Surveys
• Safer by Design
• Environmental Crimes
• Speaker’s Bureau
• Special Programs
• Police Athletic League
• Police Explorers’ Post 191
• Seniors Programs
• Crime Prevention for the Hispanic Community^[5]

Chaplaincy Corps

The Chaplaincy Corps consists of volunteer chaplains who provide valuable service to personnel both during times of trauma and as participants in various department ceremonies.

Investigative Services

• Detective Division The Detective Division is responsible for investigating felony and serious misdemeanor crimes occurring within Norfolk’s jurisdiction and to identify, arrest, and present offenders to the judicial system.
• Vice and Narcotics Division The Vice and Narcotics Division is responsible for investigating cases involving narcotics activities throughout the City of Norfolk and consists of the Narcotics Unit and the Street Enforcement Unit.
• COMPSTAT COMPSTAT stands for management accountability in policing through Computerized Statistics
• Crime Analysis Unit The Crime Analysis Unit is responsible for supporting the operational elements and the administration of the Police Department by collecting, analyzing, and disseminating information on crime pattern detection, crime-suspect correlation, target profile analysis, and forecasting crime potential, trends, and patterns.

Field Operations

Norfolk is divided into 3 patrol divisions, each consisting of three sectors.

• K-9 Unit The K-9 Unit is responsible for the augmenting operations of the three patrol divisions through a complement of dog teams on patrol.
• Traffic Unit The Traffic Unit consists of motorcycles, marked, and unmarked patrol units. It also has control over the school crossing guards assigned to schools throughout the city.^[6]

Rank structure

Sworn personnel

	Training	Primary Ranks			Supervisory		Admin	Command Staff
Pay grade	1	2		3		4	5		6	7		8	9
Insignia	No Insignia	No Insignia		No Insignia
Title	Recruit	Officer	Detective	Master Police Officer	Corporal	Sergeant	Sergeant Major 1	Lieutenant	Captain	Assistant Chief	Senior Assistant Chief 1	Deputy Chief	Chief
Abbreviation	RCT	OFF	DET	MPO	CPL	SGT	SMJ	LT	CPT	ACOP	SACOP	DCOP	COP
Badge	No Badge
1 Rank not currently in use.

Non-sworn personnel

	Chaplain Corps		Operations
Grade	1	2	3	4
Insignia	2		No Insignia
Title	Chaplain	Senior Chaplain	Operations Officer I	Operations Officer II
Abbreviation	CHP	SCP	OPS	OPS II
Badge
2 The insignia are metal pins of the religious symbol of the religion the chaplain represents, worn on the collar. The pins are silver for Chaplains and gold for the Senior Chaplain.[9]

Fallen officers

Since the establishment of the Norfolk Police Department, 39 officers have died in the line of duty.^[10]

See also

• List of law enforcement agencies in Virginia

References

External links

• Norfolk Police Department official weblink
• Norfolk Sheriff's Office official weblink
• Norfolk government official website