The Port Washington Police Department proudly serves an estimated population of 10,970. In addition, the city experiences a significant seasonal increase in population due to a growing number of tourists visiting the area each year. As of early 2005, the department regularly patrols nearly 50 total road miles within the city.

The Port Washington Police Department provides a multitude of services to the community in a number of areas including traffic safety; adult, juvenile, and youth programs; investigative, crime prevention and general administration.

The current staffing level is nineteen sworn police officers. When operating at authorized staffing level, our ratio of officers per 1,000 of established population is 1.6.

Sworn personnel consist of the Chief of Police and the Captain, representing the Administrative Division. The Patrol and Investigative Division is staffed by four Lieutenants, supervising thirteen patrol officers, one of whom serves as a Police/School Resource Officer during the school year.

Civilian support personnel include four full-time records management employees, one municipal court clerk who also fills in part-time in records management, one administrative assistant, one parking enforcement officer and one custodian shared with City Hall.