Arlington County Police Department
{{Short description|Police department in Virginia, U.S.}}
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| abbreviation = ACPD
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| formedmonthday = October 1
| preceding1 = Arlington County Division of Police (February 1940 – October 1963)
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| employees = 465
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| budget = $58 million
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| sizepopulation = 238,643
| legaljuris = Arlington County
| governingbody = Arlington County, Virginia{{!}}County of Arlington
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| headquarters = Arlington County, Virginia
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The Arlington County Police Department (ACPD) is the municipal law enforcement agency servicing the 238,643 residents of the {{convert|26|sqmi|km2}} of jurisdiction within Arlington County, Virginia. It is the primary law enforcement agency in the county for all levels of law enforcement, although the many federal reservations, enclaves and special jurisdictions in the county often maintain their own law enforcement agencies, which often collaborate with the County Police on many of their larger issues.
History
The ACPD was created on February 1, 1940, as the Arlington County Division of Police with Harry Woodyard as the first Chief of Police.{{cite web|url=http://www.arlingtonva.us/Departments/Police/citizens/reference/PoliceCitizensReferenceHistory.aspx|title=Arlington County Police Department|website=Police}} A few years later, the first ACPD auxiliary force was created.
In 1960, Arlington County Police arrested people for violating Virginia's segregation and anti-miscegenation laws.{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/washington_area_spark/8565531999/|title=Arrested for Arlington Sit-In: 1960|publisher=}}
On October 1, 1963, after a departmental reorganization, the agency assumed its present name.
In September 2001, the Arlington County P.D. responded to the Pentagon after terrorists attacked it during the September 11 attacks, as the building is located in the county.{{cite web|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pentagon_fire_AFIP.jpg|title=English: An Arlington County Police car, along with EMS equipment in the foreground at the Pentagon in September 2001.|first=U.S. Air Force Technical Sergeant Louis Briscese, Forensic Photography, Office of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner|last=AFIP|date=11 September 2001|publisher=|via=Wikimedia Commons}}
In June 2020, Arlington County withdrew its personnel from the District of Columbia after Arlington County Police Department officers were involved in an incident in which protesters were forcefully cleared from Lafayette Park.{{cite news|last=Barakat|first=Matthew|date=June 2, 2020|title=Virginia county pulls officers from Washington, D.C., after Trump photo-op at St. John's Church|agency=Associated Press|url=https://abc13.com/arlington-county-va-trump-photo-op-st-johns-church/6227553/|access-date=November 22, 2020}}{{cite news|date=June 3, 2020|title=County Leaders Defend ACPD Officers Who Were Recalled from D.C. Protests |work=ARLnow|url=https://www.arlnow.com/2020/06/03/county-leaders-defend-acpd-officers-who-were-recalled-from-d-c-protests/|access-date=November 22, 2020}}{{cite web|title=Media Alert: Arlington Withdraws Police from District of Columbia|url=https://newsroom.arlingtonva.us/release/media-alert-arlington-withdraws-police-from-district-of-columbia/|website=arlingtonva.us|date=2020-06-01|access-date=2020-11-20}} An Arlington County Police Department captain was later named in a federal lawsuit related to the incident.{{cite news|last=Moore|first=Jack|date=September 2, 2020|title=Federal lawsuit over clearing of Lafayette Square names DC, Park Police officers|work=WTOP|url=https://wtop.com/dc/2020/09/federal-lawsuit-over-clearing-of-lafayette-square-names-dc-park-police-officers/|access-date=November 22, 2020}}
In September 2020, Charles "Andy" Penn became Acting Chief of Police following the retirement of former Chief of Police Murray Jay Farr. On June 4, 2021, Penn was appointed to be the permanent Chief of Police by Arlington County Manager Mark Schwartz.{{cite web |url=https://www.arlingtonva.us/Government/County-Leadership/Executive-Bios/Charles-Penn |title=Charles Penn Executive Bio |date=2021-06-04 |access-date=2021-11-23 |publisher=Arlington County government |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123040854/https://www.arlingtonva.us/Government/County-Leadership/Executive-Bios/Charles-Penn |archive-date=23 November 2021 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=https://www.arlnow.com/2021/06/04/acting-police-chief-andy-penn-tapped-for-permanent-role-after-search/ |title=Acting Police Chief Andy Penn Tapped for Permanent Role After Search |date=2021-06-04 |access-date=2022-01-26 |publisher=Arlington Now |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126205308/https://www.arlnow.com/2021/06/04/acting-police-chief-andy-penn-tapped-for-permanent-role-after-search/ |archive-date=26 January 2022 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=https://newsroom.arlingtonva.us/bios/charles-penn/|title=Charles Penn|access-date=2020-11-22 |publisher=Arlington County government}} Farr had served as Chief of Police since 2015.{{cite web |url=https://newsroom.arlingtonva.us/release/arlingtons-chief-of-police-will-retire-in-september-after-30-years-with-acpd/|title=Arlington's Chief of Police will Retire in September after 30 Years with ACPD |date=2020-07-27|access-date=2020-11-22 |publisher=Arlington County government}}{{cite web|url=http://newsroom.arlingtonva.us/release/donnellan-names-jay-farr-chief-of-police/|title=Donnellan Names Jay Farr Chief of Police – Newsroom|publisher=Arlington County government|date=2015-05-14|access-date=2020-11-22}}
Line of duty deaths
Since the establishment of the Arlington County Police Department, 7 officers have died in the line of duty,{{cite web |date=2016 |title=Arlington County Police Department, VA |url=http://www.odmp.org/agency/143-arlington-county-police-department-virginia |access-date=August 13, 2017 |website=The Officer Down Memorial Page (ODMP)}} the most recent in 2016 as a result of an illness caused by the September 11 attacks of 2001.{{cite web |date=2016 |title=Corporal Harvey Snook, III |url=http://www.odmp.org/officer/22880-corporal-harvey-snook-iii |publisher=The Officer Down Memorial Page (ODMP)}}
Gallery
File:ACPD surround bank robbery suspect (4537647699).jpg|ACPD policemen apprehending a bank robber in 2006
File:ACPD - ERT (7983185993).jpg|ACPD SWAT officers in 2007
File:ACPD Officers (7983211924).jpg|ACPD SWAT officers in 2008
File:Operation Early Dawn (7983209973).jpg|ACPD SWAT officers in 2012
File:Walk to School Day (8367134793).jpg|An ACPD policeman supervising schoolchildren in 2012
File:Police Interceptor, Ford Crown Victoria.JPG|ACPD Ford Crown Victoria
File:Arlington County Police - DC Capital Pride - 2014-06-07 (14398138303).jpg|ACPD police car at Capital Pride
File:ACPD Mobile Command Center (7983186265).jpg|An ACPD mobile command post in 2012
File:060910-N-4357E-001 Captain Rich Alt of the Arlington, Virginia Police Department, monitors the Freedom Walk.jpg|An ACPD motorcycle unit in front of the Pentagon in 2006
File:ACPD Officers (7983207015).jpg|An ACPD bicycle unit on patrol in 2010
See also
{{Portal|Virginia}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Arlington County Police Department}}
- [http://police.arlingtonva.us/ Arlington County Police Department official weblink]
- [http://sheriff.arlingtonva.us/ Arlington County Sheriff's Office official weblink]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/19961018074749/http://www.co.arlington.va.us/ Arlington County government official website]
- {{Cite web |url=http://www.arlingtonva.us/Departments/Police/PoliceMain.aspx |title=Arlington County Police Department |access-date=August 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050710123518/http://www.arlingtonva.us/Departments/Police/PoliceMain.aspx |archive-date=July 10, 2005 |url-status=bot: unknown }}
- {{Cite web |url=http://www.co.arlington.va.us/police/ |title=Arlington County Police Department |access-date=May 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010124054400/http://www.co.arlington.va.us/police/ |archive-date=January 24, 2001 |url-status=bot: unknown }}
- {{Cite web |url=http://www.co.arlington.va.us/pol/index.htm |title=Arlington County Police Department |access-date=May 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970626141459/http://www.co.arlington.va.us/pol/index.htm |archive-date=June 26, 1997 |url-status=bot: unknown }}
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