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Chico Police Department

If you have an EMERGENCY call: 9 - 1 - 1 If you would like to report a crime or activity, please call (530) 895 - 4911, use our Online Crime Report Form, or download our printable Crime Report Form for mailing or drop off at Chico P.D.

Click on this link for Traffic Collision or Hit & Run reports . For all other reports, contact our Records Unit (530-897-4910) or visit our front counter.

 

.......................................................Chief of Police Kirk Trostle

...................................................................Photo by Alain Tomatis

Welcome

The Chico Police Department is a diverse organization of 147 full-time employees with over 100 uniformed police volunteers, explorers, chaplains and interns.  Our community role is to safeguard the lives and property of those we serve and to hold perpetrators accountable for their actions. Through community partnership, we promise to work diligently every day to reduce the incidence of crime and improve the quality of life.  

Our goal is to keep Chico safe and secure while performing this duty with honor, integrity and adherence to the highest ethical standards to maintain public confidence.  I am honored to serve our community and lead your law enforcement professionals who watch over this extraordinary community.

Kirk Trostle
Chief of Police

A little about the City of Chico . . .

The City of Chico is known as a well managed Charter city that values quality infrastructure and services. Chico maintains a special sense of community and small town living as it has developed into a vibrant regional center for business, education, employment, medical care, recreation, and cultural activities.

The city was founded in 1860 by General John Bidwell, and incorporated in 1872. With recent annexations, it has grown to just over 33 square miles in size. The population within the city limits is 87,671 (1/1/13), but the unincorporated area immediately adjacent to the city makes the total Chico Urban Area population 106,966 (as of 1/1/09).

About the Department . . .

The Chico Police Department has its origins with the incorporation of the City in 1872. Chico did not have a police department, but it did have a Town Marshal and a few constables. Around 1910 the Marshal's Office was reorganized and became the Chico Police Department.

The Police Department, like the Marshal's Office before it, conducted its affairs from "Old 1872," the original Town Hall located in the 300 block of Main Street. However, on January 30, 1912, the Police Department and City government, moved into the new municipal building built on the corner of W. 5th and Main Streets. The Police Department was located on the ground floor of the building and its jail was in the basement. The Department remained there until 1984 when it moved to its persent location at 1460 Humboldt Road.

The creation of the Chico Police Department and its functions are addressed in Chapter 2.28 of the Chico Municipal Code. With a primary function of preventing crime and maintaining law and order in the City by enforcing laws, the Chico Police Department' adheres to the standards for the recruitment and training of police officers and dispatchers as established by the California Commission of Peace Officer Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.)

As a full service law enforcement agency, the Chico Police Department is currently authorized for 147 employees, 95 of which are sworn police officers.

The Chico Police Department is organized into two divisions, Operations and Support, under the Office of the Chief of Police. There are also a number of specialized units, teams, and assignments staffed by sworn and non-sworn personnel, which support the services provided by the department.

Our Mission

...we will be fair and consistent in the enforcement of the law, providing quality police services while maintaining trust, open communication and mutual respect within our Department and community.

 

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