Rockville City Police Department: Difference between revisions

|sworn = 5967 (as of 20162023)<ref name=Report2016/>

The '''Rockville City Police Department''' ('''RCPD''') is a U.S. law enforcement agency responsible for patrolling the city of [[Rockville, Maryland|Rockville]], the third largest city in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Maryland]]. The RCPD patrols the city in cooperation with the [[Montgomery County Police Department]] (MCPD).<ref>{{cite web|title=About Rockville|publisher=City of Rockville|url=http://www.rockvillemd.gov/profile.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704064759/http://rockvillemd.gov/profile.htm|archive-date=2008-07-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=Rockville City Budget|title=Preface|url=http://www.rockvillemd.gov/government/budget/fy2008/proposed/fy08-preface.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928025403/http://www.rockvillemd.gov/government/budget/fy2008/proposed/fy08-preface.pdf|archive-date=2007-09-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=Rockville City Budget|title=Public Safety|url=http://www.rockvillemd.gov/government/budget/fy2008/proposed/fy08-police.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928025349/http://www.rockvillemd.gov/government/budget/fy2008/proposed/fy08-police.pdf|archive-date=2007-09-28}}</ref> The agency serves a jurisdiction consisting of over 65,000 people<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045214/2467675,00|title = QuickFacts|access-date = December 18, 2015|publisher = United States Census Bureau}}</ref> and has been a [[Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies|CALEA]]-accredited agency since 1994.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/114192928745579/photos/a.128387373992801.28739.114192928745579/205181332980071/?type=3&permPage=1|date=August 8, 2013|access-date=August 26, 2017|publisher=Facebook|author=Rockville City Police Department|work=Rockville City Police Department|title=For the seventh straight time the Rockville City Police Department has received accreditation from the Commission of Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA).|quote=Rockville has maintained full accreditation status since 1994.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/114192928745579/photos/a.128387373992801.28739.114192928745579/629667677198099/?type=3&theater|work=Rockville City Police Department|publisher=Facebook|author=Rockville City Police Department|title=Over the past four days, a team of accreditation assessors from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies CALEA have been conducting their on-site assessment of the Rockville City Police Department|quote=The Rockville City Police Department has been nationally accredited since 1994.|date=March 17, 2016|access-date=August 26, 2017}}</ref> According to the RCPD, its mission is to protect and promote community safety, ensure the safe and orderly movement of traffic, and seek solutions to any problem that creates fear or threatens the quality of life in its jurisdiction.<ref name=RCPD2000>{{cite web |url=http://www.ci.rockville.md.us/DEPT/POLICE/RCPD.HTM|work=City of Rockville|title=Rockville City Police Department |access-date= |date=2000|publisher=City of Rockville|author=City of Rockville|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001208072600/http://www.ci.rockville.md.us/DEPT/POLICE/RCPD.HTM|archive-date= 2000-12-08}}</ref>

|caption1=Lieutenant Walter Kent Atwell of the RCPD in 1963; he would go on to become the RCPD's chief before retiring in 1986.<ref name=WKAtwell/>

In 1968, the RCPD hired its first black policeman, Richard "Gene" Eugene Dyson.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/114192928745579/photos/a.128387373992801.28739.114192928745579/910018442496353/?type=3|title=The Rockville City Police Department wishes to extend our condolences to the family of Richard "Gene" Eugene Dyson, who passed away on August 9, 2017.|author=Rockville City Police Department|work=Rockville City Police Department|publisher=Facebook|date=August 17, 2017|access-date=August 26, 2017|quote=He was the first African American police officer hired by the Rockville City Police Department in 1968. He also served as a volunteer for the Rockville Volunteer Fire Department. A viewing will be held for Officer Dyson on Friday, August 18 at the Snowden Funeral Home from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. followed by a funeral service at the Catholic Cemeteries of Washington in Silver Spring.}}</ref> By 1972, the RCPD only had 9 policemen.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/114192928745579/photos/a.128387373992801.28739.114192928745579/315025661995637/?type=3&theater|title=Flashback Friday|author=Rockville City Police Department|work=Rockville City Police Department|publisher=Facebook|date=June 6, 2014|access-date=August 26, 2017|quote=It's Flashback Friday and we've decided to flashback 42-years to 1972 when the Rockville City Police Department was just a small 9-person operation. Fast forward to June 2014 where our Department has grown to a total of 92 sworn and civilian staff members with our police headquarters in two buildings at the corner of West Montgomery Avenue and North Washington St. #flashbackfriday #RCPD}}</ref>

In 1996, the RCPD was awarded the Excellence in Community Policing Award by the National League of Cities.<ref name=TreschukRetires>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSWoxR5YwRo |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/CSWoxR5YwRo |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Rockville Chief of Police Terry Treschuk Retires|access-date=August 25, 2017|author=City of Rockville|date=May 5, 2016|publisher=YouTube|work=City of Rockville}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In 20031998, the RCPDCity hadof 50Rockville swornannexed policemen900 andacres 20of unswornland, civilianincreasing the RCPD's jurisdiction by the employeessame.<ref name=FAQ2003FAQ1999>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.rockville.md.us/deptDEPT/policePOLICE/FAQ.html|title=Frequently Asked Questions|work=Rockville City Police Department|date=2003|access-date=October 22, 2003|publisher=City of Rockville|locationdate=Maryland1999|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2003102203402919990902051340/http://www.ci.rockville.md.us/deptDEPT/policePOLICE/FAQ.html|archive-date=OctoberSeptember 222, 20031999}}</ref>

In 2011, the RCPD began the use of license plate-reading cameras on their cars.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_jy95hbrO0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/N_jy95hbrO0 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=License Plate Reader|last=City of Rockville|date=18 July 2011|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 2012, the RCPD transitioned to an electronic, computerized method of issuing traffic citations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zEce6CF7aM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/1zEce6CF7aM |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=On Patrol Roundup|last=City of Rockville|date=14 February 2012|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

For 2016, the RCPD's budget was 12,181,400$.<ref name=Report2016/> In 2017, the RCPD's policemen began wearing body cameras.<ref name=Report2016/>

|Walter Kent Atwell<ref name=WKAtwell/>

|Chief<ref name=WKAtwell/>

|Corporal<ref name=Report2016/><ref>https://twitter.com/RockvilleCityPD/status/1771517161934111142</ref>

In the early mid-2000s the RCPD used [[Chevrolet Blazer]]s<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/pluto665/3062051951/|title=RockvillePD_36|date=7 March 2004 |publisher=Flickr}}</ref> and eighth-generation [[Chevrolet Impala#Impala 9C1 and 9C3 (eighth generation)|Chevrolet Impala]] 9C1s with a very similar livery design as the current one used presently in the 2010s, however the cars were painted white instead of grey and the motto on the front fenders were omitted.<ref name=livery/> In the mid-2000s, the RCPD used [[Chevrolet Tahoe]]s<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/rivarix/9177762710/|title=094 National Police Week - Rockville (MD) Police|date=12 May 2013 }}</ref> and [[Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor]]s with the cars' paint schemes were changed from white to grey.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/thisisbossi/4028390486/|title=2009 10 10 - 0085 - Rockville - Maryland Ave at Middle La|date=10 October 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/pluto665/2788764988/|title=RockvillePD_7|date=22 August 2008 |publisher=Flickr}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/pluto665/3062051693/|title=RockvillePD_35|date=7 March 2004 |publisher=Flickr}}</ref>