Bellevue Police Department (Washington)

Bellevue Police Department
Abbreviation BPD
Patch of the Bellevue Police Department.
Badge of the Bellevue Police Department.
Motto Providing a safe environment through community involvement and innovation
Agency overview
Preceding agency Municipal Police
Employees 271
Annual budget $38,000,000
Legal personality Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction* City of Bellevue in the state of Washington, USA
Size square miles
General nature
Operational structure
Police Officers 176
Civilians 95
Agency executive Linda Pillo, Chief
Special Units
Stations
Website
http://www.bellevuepolice.net
Footnotes
* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.


The Bellevue Police Department is located in Bellevue, Washington. As of 2006, there were 176 commissioned officers and 95 civilian employees.[1] The department's annual operating budget is about $38 million.[2] It services over 130,000 people.[3] The main Bellevue Police Station is located in Bellevue City Hall, at 450 110th Avenue Northeast. There are also four substations throughout the city. BPD patrol seven districts. The current police chief is Linda Pillo.

Command structure

History

Bellevue became incorporated in 1953 and the police department was created.[6]

Sections of department

Patrol

Bellevue is divided into seven districts. BPD does not patrol part of the Eastgate and Beaux Arts Village neighborhoods; the King County Sheriff's Office has jurisdiction to those unincorporated areas. The neighborhoods of Eastgate, Tamara Hills, and Horizon View were annexed by the City of Bellevue on June 1, 2012, adding "about 5,400 new residents, 1,850 residences and 700 acres" to Bellevue.

Community policing

The Bellevue Police Department has six School Resource Officers. They also have a substation at the Factoria Mall, the downtown bus-transfer station, the Spiritwood Manor, and at the Crossroads Mall. BPD also offers a Community Academy twice a year.[7] A 2008 survey showed that the public strongly supported and appreciated Bellevue Police.[2]

Crime

BPD offers a crime map (through Google Maps) on their website: http://www.bellevuewa.gov/crimemap/

Offenses 2007 2006
Violent crimes
Homicide 0 2
Rape 14 22
Robbery 26 41
Aggravated Assault 24 33
Violent Crime Total 64 98
Property crimes
Burglary 256 303
Larceny 1555 1715
MV Theft 251 199
Arson 11 20
Property Crime Total 2073 2237
Total Part 1 Crimes 2137 2335

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Recruiting

The Bellevue Police Departments require new officers to have two years of college education or prior military experience, a GED, a Washington State Driver's License, and a clean criminal record. They, along with most of the surrounding departments, are hiring.[9] They use http://www.publicsafetytesting.com/ to test applicants.

Entry-Level Police Officer Salary $4,445 to $6,267
Experienced Police Officer Salary $5,362 to $6,267

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Training

Bellevue Police have a training center that they share with the Bellevue Fire Department, located at 1838 116th Ave NE. New recruits train at the Criminal Justice Training Center in Burien.[11] Those who pass the academy have in-service training for six months.

Radio and dispatch

Bellevue Police is dispatched by NORCOM. They communicate using an 800 MHz trunked radio system called Eastside Public Safety Communications Agency (EPSCA).

Bellevue Police radio channels: NCPOL-1, NCTAC-1, etc...

Relationship with other agencies

Both Bellevue School Security and Bellevue College Security are approved to talk on BPDs main radio channel,[12] though BC security has their own channel they do most communicating on (not on the trunked system).

See also


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