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The Branford Police
Department endeavors to provide consistently high quality
police services to the residents and businesses of Branford
and their guests. Organized in 1926, The Branford Police
Department provides 24/7/365 law enforcement and police
related community services to the Town of Branford.
The
department is the location of a state-of-the-art, computerized
E911 public safety answering point and its communications
division serves as a nexus for all emergency agencies town
wide.
In addition to its excellent patrol division the department
also offers a detective unit for major investigations,
domestic violence counseling services, full time school
resource and youth officers, a marine division to provide
services to Branford’s waterways, and a police canine
program. The Branford Police Department is staffed by 48
State of Connecticut POST certified police officers, 11
dispatchers, who are all EMT certified, and additional
civilian support personnel. The department is a candidate
for national accreditation by the Consortium for
Accreditation of Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) The
Branford Board of Police Commissioners is the policy setting
board, which has civilian oversight of the agency.
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