Long Beach Police Department (New York)

Long Beach Police Department (New York), (LBPD) is the primary law enforcement agency for the City of Long Beach located on a barrier island just south of Long Island and just east of Far Rockaway. Established in 1911, it has approximately 64 sworn members down from a full strength of 82 sworn officers.[1] LBPD Headquarters is located at One West Chester Street, adjacent Long Beach City Hall and the Long Beach Fire Department. The fourth acting or actual Police Commissioner in approximately 20 months is the department's Executive Officer, Inspector Richard DePalma. He was preceded by Acting Police Commissioner Philip Ragona, Acting Police Commissioner Edward Ryan and Police Commissioner Michael Tangney.[2]

Long Beach Police Department
Seal of the Long Beach Police Department
AbbreviationLBPD
MottoCivitas as Mare
City by the Sea
Agency overview
Employees84
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionLong Beach, New York, USA
Legal jurisdictionLong Beach, New York
General nature
Operational structure
HeadquartersLong Beach, New York
Police Officers64
Unsworn members20
Agency executive

History

The Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) has been serving Long Beach, New York since 1911. The Department originally started with 36 police officers, who were issued six-shot revolvers. Now, the LBPD has equipment, including non-lethal weapons.

In the summer of 2007, the LBPD started using two Segway people movers on the boardwalk for patrol. Long Beach police were the first to use Segways on Long Island. Unfortunately the Segway initiative ended abruptly and was never reinstated. [3] In 2011, the Long Beach Police Department was featured on the television series Speeders.[4]

Background

The City of Long Beach, a community of more than 45,000 residents, has been served since 1911 by the Long Beach Police Department.[5] Commissioner Philip L. Ragona, a decades long City of Long Beach Police supervisor, lead the Department until Inspector R. DePalma became the Acting Police Commissioner in December of 2020. In addition to the Uniformed Patrol Force, the Department has the following specialized units: Detective Division, Narcotics Task Force, Traffic Division, Motorcycle Unit and Identification Division.

The Department employs Bicycle Patrols on the Boardwalk and for major events such as races or bike tours and Four Wheel Drive vehicle's patrol on the beach.

Aside from officer's service weapons, the department also utilizes a wide variety of non-lethal weapons, such as expandable batons, TASERs.[6]

Almost the entire department has been trained on administering Narcan, a lifesaving medicine to combat overdoses.

Rank structure
Title Insignia
Commissioner
Inspector
Deputy Inspector
Lieutenant
Sergeant
Police Officer/Detective

Auxiliary Police

The Long Beach Police Department also has an Auxiliary Unit, where members, who are certified in CPR/AED assist with parade crowd control, bike patrols, beach and boardwalk patrols, as well as school patrols. Members serve as the "Eyes and Ears of the Long Beach Police Department", and carry a baton, handcuffs, pepper spray, a flashlight, and a radio.[7] The Commissioner of the LBAPD is Dennis Verzi.[1]

During the busy summer months, Special Officers are recruited from criminal justice programs at local colleges to assist with crowd control and enforcement at the Ocean Beach Park and other areas.

See also
  • List of law enforcement agencies in New York
  • List of Long Island law enforcement agencies
  • Long Beach, New York

References
  1. "Long Beach Police Department - New York". Lbpd.com. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
  2. "Michael Tangney Named Police Commissioner - News In Our City - The City of Long Beach, New York". Longbeachny.org. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
  3. "LBPD Puts Segways on Patrol". Retrieved 2012-10-04.
  4. "Newsday". Retrieved 2012-09-30. (subscription required)
  5. Long Beach Police Department. "Long Beach Police Department—Long Beach Patch—Patch.com". Longbeach.patch.com. Archived from the original on 2012-08-17. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
  6. "In early January of 2010 the Long Beach Police Department expanded its ranks with the hiring of six new police recruits, all products of Long Beach" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-09-25.
  7. "Long Beach Auxiliary Police Department". LBAPD.com. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
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