Wells Police Department

About the Wells Police Department

Wells Police Department

The department consists of 26 full time sworn officers, along with 9 dispatchers and an animal control and civilian support positions. Our team is divided into many specialties in addition to the bulk of our force which is the patrol division. We offer a detectives division which includes school resource officer, evidence technicians, firearms unit, academy instructor, drug recognition expert, K-9 handler, and more. We are a community oriented agency who see ourselves in a community caretaking role. We enjoy high public support from our community.

Mission Statement

The men and women of the Wells Police Department, individually, and acting as a team, and with the best interests of our fellow man in mind, will endeavor to protect and to serve the people of the Town of Wells, Maine with impartiality, integrity, and courage.

We will enforce the law with diligence and without discrimination, keeping in mind the high calling of our profession and in an honest attempt to make the community and our world a better place to live.

About Us

Our community is 64 square miles in area, which consists of 7 miles of beaches. We are spread out having federal and state protected estuaries adjacent to our beaches; while most of our population is nearest the beach, we have grown rapidly in what use to be the rural part of town. We have major arteries through our town such as Route 1, Interstate 95, Routes 9 and 109. We are 25 minutes from Portland, ME and Portsmouth, NH. Additionally, we have also have a Amtrak Downeaster stop with service direct to Boston. We have a significant seasonal influx in population going from 12,000 year round residents to 50,000 in the height of summer.