| Bridgeport Police Department | |
| Abbreviation | BPD |
| Patch of the Bridgeport Police Department. | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1837 |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | City of Bridgeport in the state of Connecticut, USA |
| Map of Bridgeport Police Department's jurisdiction. | |
| Size | 19.4 square miles (50 km2) |
| Population | 137,912[1] |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Bridgeport, Connecticut |
| Agency executive | Wilbur A. Chapman, Chief |
| Website | |
| Bridgeport Police | |
| Footnotes | |
| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
The Bridgeport Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut. It is responsible for most law enforcement within the geographical boundary of City of Bridgeport, with the exception of :
The department enforces the laws within Connecticut's most populous city. Bridgeport has the 41st largest metro area in the United States. Consequently there is a considerable amount of criminal activity the department has to contain and neutralize. This may range from occurrences of (but not limited) to gang violence, car theft, standoffs, murder and muggings.
Notably, Bridgeport was the first city in New England to deploy radio patrol police cars in September 1933.[2]
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This was a 7 hour standoff situation off of Capital Avenue with a mentally unstable man whom was heavily armed and believed he was a Soviet spy. The man barricaded himself in his home with his family, including his wife and several children. The standoff lasted for several hours and was a top story in Connecticut.
In January 2008 a 30-minute standoff occurred in January 2008. Several buildings and streets were evacuated to make way for police. After 30 minutes the police arrested the man for breach of peace.
A two-day long standoff results in Andy Garcia being arrested. The situation apparently started when police received a shots-fired call in the middle of the day, someone reported the suspects name and licence-plate number to police. The licence-plate number lead police to a house on Seaview Ave. Police say when they arrived at the house a man began opening fire at them. They evacuated the neighborhood, blocked off the street and put the house under surveillance. click here for a picture of this standoff
In march 2005 a man was arrested after shooting at and having a standoff with Bridgeport police officers. Police responded to a dispute call with guns involved on Black Rock Avenue. According to police the suspect had two shotguns and a rifle in the apartment and was firing at Bridgeport police while having a dispute with a woman.
The Current Chief is Acting Chief Joseph Gaudett.[3]
Law Enforcement in Bridgeport's parks is handled by the Bridgeport Park Police Department, a separate department devoted to law enforcement in Bridgeport's parks. This organization has been disbanded in 2009 and the Bridgeport city police has now assumed law enforcement duties within all city parks..
In the 2008 film, Pistol Whipped, Steven Seagal plays an ex-cop from the Bridgeport Police Department.
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