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- WATCH: Montgomery County police chief discusses crime-fighting efforts, holiday safety
- Montgomery County boosts patrols to curb pedestrian deaths, enhance holiday traffic safety
- Montgomery County deploys Holiday Alcohol Task Force to prevent DUI crashes
- Police in Montgomery County continue to ‘do more with less,’ report says
- Montgomery County police drone program expands to Bethesda
- Online or in-store, police offer holiday shopping safety tips
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The Montgomery County Department of Police, located in Montgomery County, Maryland, includes approximately 1,300 sworn officers and approximately 650 support personnel. The Police Department was established in 1922, and today is responsible for policing a County with a population of over one million people.
The Police Department is structured into the Office of the Chief and four major bureaus: the Field Services Bureau, the Investigative Services Bureau, the Management Services Bureau, and the Patrol Services Bureau. The Patrol Services Bureau, the most prominent and visible bureau in the Police Department, oversees the majority of the Department’s uniformed officers on patrol. The Patrol Services Bureau is divided into six police districts.
