| Long Beach Police Department | |
| Abbreviation | LBPD |
| Patch of the Long Beach Police Department. | |
| Motto | One team, one mission |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | City of Long Beach in the state of California, United States |
| General nature |
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| Operational structure | |
| Officers | 985 |
| Agency executive | Jim McDonnell, Chief |
| Facilities | |
| Stations | 4 |
| Boats | 3 |
| Helicopters | 2 |
| Footnotes | |
| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
The Long Beach Police Department provides law enforcement for the city of Long Beach, California, USA.
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In 2004, the department introduced Tasers and distributed them to officers. Results show that officer injuries were down by 25 percent, damage claims down by 33 percent, and arrests up by two percent.
The air support unit currently uses two Eurocopter EC-130B4 helicopters, known as Fox-1 and Fox-2, which can seat up to 8 people. Their previous police aircraft were two MD 500E helicopters which could only seat 5 people.
On November 12, 2007, the Long Beach Police Department announced plans to purchase two used Eurocopter AS-350B2 helicopters from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department as their primary police helicopter. The reasons for the switch primarily are due to higher operating costs involved in using the EC-130s.[1]
Police Chief Anthony Batts stepped down in October 2009 to become the new police chief of the Oakland Police Department. He was replaced by Jim McDonnell, who was previously a 28 year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department and previously was Deputy Chief. He was sworn in on March 13, 2010.[2]
Since the establishment of the Long Beach Police Department, 28 officers have died in the line of duty. The following list includes an officer from the Long Beach Community College District Police Department.[3][4]
| Officer | Date of Death | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Police Officer Thomas C. Borden[5] | Sunday, March 17, 1912 | Gunfire |
| Police Officer J. R. Wilkinson[6] | Wednesday, January 17, 1923 | Heart attack |
| Police Officer Orlando E. Bridgeman[7] | Wednesday, March 21, 1923 | Gunfire (Accidental) |
| Patrolman Robert H. Halstead[8] | Saturday, March 6, 1926 | Struck by train |
| Patrolman George A. Walls[9] | Sunday, November 18, 1928 | Motorcycle accident |
| Patrolman Ralph A. Morgan[10] | Monday, July 13, 1931 | Gunfire |
| Patrolman William L. MacLean[11] | Wednesday, December 12, 1934 | Gunfire |
| Patrolman Delbert P. Buckman[12] | Tuesday, February 13, 1940 | Vehicular assault |
| Sergeant Engebrit Larson[13] | Wednesday, February 25, 1942 | Automobile accident |
| Patrolman Harold W. Irwin[14] | Tuesday, March 20, 1945 | Motorcycle accident |
| Patrolman Cecil W. Singer[15] | Sunday, November 18, 1945 | Motorcycle accident |
| Patrolman Marlin L. Evans[16] | Sunday, July 17, 1949 | Gunfire |
| Officer Jesse M. Ream[17] | Tuesday, February 28, 1950 | Motorcycle accident |
| Police Officer Robert H. Morgan[18] | Thursday, November 2, 1950 | Motorcycle accident |
| Police Officer Frederick W. Walsh Jr.[19] | Sunday, January 20, 1957 | Vehicle pursuit |
| Police Officer Vernon J. Owings[20] | Friday, June 24, 1960 | Gunfire |
| Police Officer Richard R. LeFebvre[21] | Sunday, August 15, 1965 | Gunfire (Accidental) |
| Patrolman Robert G. Smith[22] | Sunday, December 12, 1965 | Vehicle pursuit |
| Patrolman Donald V. Knott[23] | Saturday, August 26, 1967 | Gunfire |
| Patrolman William L. Isham[24] | Saturday, August 26, 1967 | Gunfire |
| Police Officer Robert R. Birdsall[25] | Monday, September 15, 1975 | Gunfire |
| Police Officer Franke Neal Lewis[26] | Saturday, December 13, 1975 | Gunfire |
| Police Officer Gary Orville Elkins[27] | Thursday, January 1, 1976 | Gunfire |
| Officer Lloyd Marland Lund[28] | Friday, October 30, 1981 | Motorcycle accident |
| Officer Philip J. Stabile[29] | Friday, January 26, 1990 | Assault |
| Police Officer Karl Duane Simons[30] | Sunday, October 13, 1996 | Automobile accident |
| Police Officer Daryle Wayne Black[31] | Sunday, April 30, 2000 | Gunfire |
| Corporal Edward Roy Davenport[32] | Tuesday, April 4, 2003 | Fall |