Westminster Police Department
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| Chief | Thomas Ledwell |
| Address | 36 Locust Street Westminster MD 21157 |
| Website | http://www.westminstermd.gov/police/police_main.html |
Current Openings
| Open Jobs | Salary | Deadline |
|---|---|---|
| Westminster - Entry Level Police Officer | December 31, 2022 | |
| Westminster - Lateral Police Officer | November 05, 2022 |
ABOUT OUR DEPARTMENT
The city is served by 45 sworn police officers, who provide patrol, traffic control, K-9 and bike patrol, educational programs, and criminal and narcotic investigations. Our Communications Division and support staff is made up of 13 non-sworn members and is dedicated to outstanding public service.
Through mutual respect, education, leadership, and supervision, the WPD brings into focus moral and ethical standards, including integrity, fairness, and service.
OUR MISSION
The Westminster Police Department (WPD) is responsible for providing full-service law enforcement and public safety-related services to its citizens and visitors. In operation 24-hours a day, 7 days a week, WPD is in partnership with the community, striving to preserve peace and provide a safe environment by preventing crime, protecting life, liberty, and property, enforcing laws in a fair, impartial, and complete manner, and detecting crime and apprehending criminals.
OUR COMMUNITY
Westminster is a city in northern Maryland, United States. It is the seat of Carroll County. The city's population was 18,590 at the 2010 census. Westminster is an outlying community within the Baltimore-Towson, MD MSA, which is part of a greater Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA. Westminster is known for art today and has many galleries and art related businesses. A large number of artists live in Westminster and the surrounding Carroll County.