The Allegheny County Police Department is a
law enforcement agency in
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Allegheny County () is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located in Southwestern Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,250,578, making it the state's second-most populous county, following Philadelphia Co ...
. The department provides law enforcement services to County property, including the
Pittsburgh International Airport
Pittsburgh International Airport , formerly Greater Pittsburgh International Airport, is a civil–military international airport in Findlay Township and Moon Township, Pennsylvania. Located about 10 miles (15 km) west of downtown Pitts ...
, the
Allegheny County Airport
Allegheny County Airport is in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Pittsburgh. It is the fifth-busiest airport in Pennsylvania following Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, and Harrisburg. The airport is owned by t ...
, and various parks, as well as contract services to the borough of
Wilmerding
Wilmerding is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,190 at the 2010 census. It is located southeast of Pittsburgh. At the start of the twentieth century, it had extensive foundries and machine shops of ...
. It also provides assistance to all municipal law enforcement agencies, and generally investigates all serious crimes, such as
homicide, except in the
City of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Western Pennsylvania, the second-most populous city in Pennsyl ...
.
History
The Allegheny County Police Department was established in 1932 by an act of the Allegheny County Board of Commissioners and the Pennsylvania Legislature.
Organization
The executive of the Allegheny County Police Department is the
Superintendent
Superintendent may refer to:
*Superintendent (police), Superintendent of Police (SP), or Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), a police rank
*Prison warden or Superintendent, a prison administrator
*Superintendent (ecclesiastical), a church exec ...
, who is appointed by the County Executive, and assisted by two Assistant Superintendents. The current Superintendent is Coleman McDonough, since June 2016. The department is in turn divided into two Divisions, each commanded by an Assistant Superintendent.
Uniformed Division
The Uniformed Division is primarily responsible for patrol of the
Pittsburgh International Airport
Pittsburgh International Airport , formerly Greater Pittsburgh International Airport, is a civil–military international airport in Findlay Township and Moon Township, Pennsylvania. Located about 10 miles (15 km) west of downtown Pitts ...
,
Allegheny County Airport
Allegheny County Airport is in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Pittsburgh. It is the fifth-busiest airport in Pennsylvania following Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, and Harrisburg. The airport is owned by t ...
, nine county parks and several other county facilities and buildings.
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Explosive Ordnance Disposal
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Team
* Explosive Ordnance Disposal
K-9
* Detention Services
* Narcotic Detection K-9
* Special Weapons and Tactics Team (
SWAT)
* Airport Drug Interdiction Team
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Mounted
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Mount or Mounts may also refer to:
Places
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* Mount, Perranzabuloe, a hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, Co ...
Unit
* Motorcycle Detail
Detective Division
The Detective Division is primarily responsible for investigation of crimes which occur on county property, and all serious crimes which occur within municipalities.
*General Investigations
*
Homicide
*Narcotics
* Executive Protection / Cold Case Squad
*Evidence Processing Unit
Contract services
The department currently provides law enforcement services to the borough of
Wilmerding
Wilmerding is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,190 at the 2010 census. It is located southeast of Pittsburgh. At the start of the twentieth century, it had extensive foundries and machine shops of ...
.
Ranks
Fallen officers
Since the establishment of the department, three members have died in the line of duty.
See also
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Allegheny County Sheriff
The Allegheny County Sheriff's Office is a law enforcement agency that serves Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and is the largest sheriff's office in the state. The ACSO serves as a local arm of the Pennsylvania Unified Judicial System in a numbe ...
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Allegheny County Port Authority Police
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Allegheny County Housing Authority Police
The Allegheny County Housing Authority Police is a law enforcement agency in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. It is a housing police agency which provides patrol, investigation and crime prevention services to the Allegheny County Housing Auth ...
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List of law enforcement agencies in Pennsylvania
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania says it has more police departments than any other state in the country. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 ''Census of State and Local ...
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County police
County police, often (but not always) called county sheriffs in the United States, are police forces existing primarily in the United States that possess primary jurisdiction over an entire county. England and Wales, two constituent countries of th ...
References
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Airport police departments of the United States
County police departments of Pennsylvania