| Montgomery County Police Department | |
| Common name | Montgomery County Police |
| Abbreviation | MCPD |
| Patch of the Montgomery County Police Department. | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | County (US) of Montgomery in the state of Maryland, United States |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Agency executive | J. Thomas Manger, Chief of Police |
| Website | |
| http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/poltmpl.asp?url=/Content/POL/index.asp | |
| Footnotes | |
| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
The Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD), is a nationally accredited agency and the primary law enforcement agency in Montgomery County, Maryland providing the full spectrum of police services to the entire county. It also provides aid and assistance to other police departments including Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, and in neighboring jurisdictions such as the District of Columbia, Howard County, Maryland and Prince George's County, Maryland as requested by authority.[1]
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The current chief of police is J. Thomas Manger. The MCPD is headquartered at the county seat, the city of Rockville. The MCPD is divided into four bureaus and the Office of the Chief:[2]
The Montgomery County Police Department utilizes a fleet of Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptors, Dodge Chargers, Dodge Magnums, Harley-Davidson Police Edition motorcycles, and others.
The MCPD, led by the then-chief Charles Moose, came into the national spotlight when it led the investigation into the Beltway sniper attacks.
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