| Suffolk County Park Police | |
| Abbreviation | SCPPD |
| Patch of the Suffolk County Park Police. | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | County (US) of Suffolk in the state of New York, USA |
| Map of Suffolk County Park Police's jurisdiction. | |
| Size | 911 square miles (2,360 km2) |
| Population | 1.5 million |
| Legal jurisdiction | Suffolk County, New York |
| General nature | |
| Specialist jurisdiction | Environment, parks, and-or heritage property. |
| Operational structure | |
| Park Police Officers | 47 |
| Website | |
| Official Site | |
| Footnotes | |
| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
The Suffolk County Park Police is a law enforcement agency in Suffolk County, New York.[1] Officers are sworn in as police officers under New York state law.
The department is responsible for policing the largest local government park system in the United States - 46,000 acres (190 km2) of parkland.[1] The department covers 14 major parks, four golf courses, four marinas, seven camping facilities, more than 200 historic structures, two equestrian centers, four lifeguard protected beaches with 15 miles (24 km) of ocean front, picnic facilities for 20,000 people, and more than 600 miles (970 km) of nature trails.[1]