The Bartlesville Police Department is a traditional law enforcement agency providing services normally undertaken by a municipal department. The primary functions are crime prevention and suppression, investigation of criminal activity, recovery of property and apprehension of offenders.
Patrol activity is used for crime prevention and enforcement of traffic and other ordinances of the city. The department consists of the following divisions:
- Patrol Division
- Services Division
- Criminal Investigations Division
- Training Division
BPD provides consolidated dispatch services for police, fire and emergency medical response, including an E911 system, as well as parking enforcement, records and identification and animal control.
Citizen’s academy
Ultimately, it is hoped that the cooperation and understanding generated by the Citizen’s Police Academy will assist the community in its fight against crime.
Goals of the program include:
- To encourage attendance at and help provide funds for the “Bartlesville Citizen’s Police Academy.”
- To enhance the relationship between our community and our Police Department.
- To provide community support to the department.
- To develop a trust between our citizens and our police.
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The academy is an 11-week comprehensive course that allows citizens to become familiar with the operations of law enforcement through classroom and hands-on instruction in all aspects of the police department.
Applicants must be at least 18 and live or work in the Bartlesville/Dewey area. Applicants must pass a background check to the satisfaction of police department administration.
Citizens Police Academy application forms are available online or at the Police Department, 615 S. Johnstone Ave. Applications may be emailed to Capt. Warren Morrow at wdmorrow@cityofbartlesville.org, or dropped off at the Police Administration window located inside the Police Department, 615 S. Johnstone Ave.
Objectives
- To improve the general understanding of policing among the citizens of Bartlesville, thereby enabling them to make more informed judgments about policing.
- To better the image of the Police Department in the eyes of the people it serves.
- To develop a trust between our citizens.
Curriculum
- The academy meets three hours one evening per week for 11 weeks
- Jail operations
- 911 communications
- Hiring and training officers
- Patrol functions including an opportunity to actually go on patrol
- Domestic violence issues
- Defensive tactics/Custody and control
- Traffic enforcement
- DUI
- Police pursuit
- Juvenile justice
- Criminal law
- Community policing
- Criminal investigation
- Evidence
- Fingerprints and other identification methods
- Crimestoppers
- Firearms
- Crime scene investigation
A message from Police Chief Tracy Roles
Community policing is a philosophy, not a program or project. We cannot have a government of the people if we do not include the people in everything we do, including police work. The Bartlesville Police department is committed to reaching out and developing working partnerships with citizens, businesses and community organizations. The Citizens Police Academy is a method of educating the public on what police officers do and why they do it. It also helps to breakdown barriers to communication and develops trust between citizens and the police.
Contacts
Anyone interested should contact Capt. Troy Newell at 918.338.4033 or tmnewell@cityofbartlesville.org.