Official Town of Ogden Police Department Facebook Page
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The Town of Ogden Police department is a full service law enforcement agency, providing numerous services to the residents and visitors of the Village of Spencerport and the Town of Ogden.
The Town of Ogden was founded on January 17, 1817 and the Ogden Police Department was established on December 7, 1935.
The Ogden Police Department was initially accredited on September 5, 1991. Ogden PD was the first agency of its size to be accredited in the State of New York. The agency was reaccredited in1996, 2001, 2006, and 2010.
The Ogden Police Department has a total of 20 full and part-time employees. Chief Christopher Mears, a 23-year law enforcement veteran, oversees the agency.
The law enforcement division of the agency consists of two Sergeants, one Detective Sergeant and one uniformed Investigator, seven full time officers, and one part time School Resource Officer who teaches in the five local elementary schools. Considering the size of the agency, it has a number of areas of specialty which include: a Drug Recognition Expert; three crime scene technicians; seven breath analysis operators; an accident reconstructionist; and 5 firearms instructors. Nine sworn members are general topics instructors as well.
Members of the Ogden PD are dispatched by the Monroe County Emergency Communications Department, a nationally accredited emergency service dispatch center. Training is largely conducted at the nearby Public Safety Training Facility, which is operated by Monroe Community College. The Town of Ogden has two volunteer Spencerport Fire District Stations and one ambulance station within the town limits.
The agency also has a Special Police Unit, which consists of 8 volunteer members. These members assist the police department with many functions, such as lock-outs to vehicles, house checks for our citizens who are vacation, and public safety functions during the Spencerport Fire District parade and carnival. Special Police officers also assist with bicycle registrations, disabled motorists, traffic direction and STOP DWI road checks.
Animal Control is responsible for improving animal relations with the public and enforcing the local dog control laws. The Town of Ogden Animal Control is certified by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to handle nuisance wildlife, as well as being equipped with the most modern tools to assist with removal of bats, squirrels, opossums and raccoons. For wildlife causing damage, we offer Have-A-Heart cage traps for Ogden/Spencerport residents at no charge.
The employees of the Ogden Police Department serve this community and its people. We are called upon to enforce laws and ordinances passed by the representatives of these same people. The Department is committed to service and to taking positive steps to maintain our high standards in response to the community we serve.
The primary goals of the Police Department include the protection of life and property, resolution of conflict, the creation and maintenance of a feeling of security in the community, reduction of opportunities for the commission of crime through crime prevention strategies, identification, apprehension, and prosecution of offenders and the preservation of the peace.
Our mission is working in partnership with the people of the Town of Ogden to enhance the quality of life through the delivery of professional, superior and compassionate police services to the community.
We strive to fulfill our mission by heeding our core values of:
RESPECT
INTEGRITY
COURTESY
FAIRNESS
Service to the community is the hallmark of the Ogden Police Department. Our dedicated staff of men and women serves the Town of Ogden and Village of Spencerport residents 24 hours a day, seven days a week and provides them with the professional and compassionate police service that they expect. Everyone who has contact with the Ogden Police Department is treated with dignity and respect. The trust that the citizens of Ogden have placed in their Police Department is something that is not taken lightly. As full partners within the community, we strive to maintain that trust and support while subscribing to the philosophy of continuous improvement.
We are proud of our department and on behalf of all of the members, we thank you for visiting this site.
Please feel free to send us a message through our email at [email protected]
Chief Christopher Mears
