Arlington County Police Department

History

The ACPD was created on February 1, 1940, as the Arlington County Division of Police with Harry Woodyard as the first Chief of Police. A few years later, the first ACPD auxiliary force was created.

In 1960, Arlington County Police arrested people for violating Virginia's segregation and anti-miscegenation laws.

On October 1, 1963, after a departmental reorganization, the agency assumed its present name.

In September 2001, the Arlington County P.D. responded to the Pentagon after terrorists attacked it during the September 11 attacks, as the building is located in the county.

In June 2020, Arlington County withdrew its personnel from the District of Columbia after Arlington County Police Department officers were involved in an incident in which protesters were forcefully cleared from Lafayette Park. An Arlington County Police Department captain was later named in a federal lawsuit related to the incident.

In September 2020, Charles "Andy" Penn became Acting Chief of Police following the retirement of former Chief of Police Murray Jay Farr. On June 4, 2021, Penn was appointed to be the permanent Chief of Police by Arlington County Manager Mark Schwartz. Farr had served as Chief of Police since 2015.

Line of duty deaths

Since the establishment of the Arlington County Police Department, 7 officers have died in the line of duty, the most recent in 2016 as a result of an illness caused by the September 11 attacks of 2001.

Gallery

File:ACPD surround bank robbery suspect (4537647699).jpg|ACPD policemen apprehending a bank robber in 2006 File:ACPD - ERT (7983185993).jpg|ACPD SWAT officers in 2007 File:ACPD Officers (7983211924).jpg|ACPD SWAT officers in 2008 File:Operation Early Dawn (7983209973).jpg|ACPD SWAT officers in 2012 File:Walk to School Day (8367134793).jpg|An ACPD policeman supervising schoolchildren in 2012 File:Police Interceptor, Ford Crown Victoria.JPG|ACPD Ford Crown Victoria File:Arlington County Police - DC Capital Pride - 2014-06-07 (14398138303).jpg|ACPD police car at Capital Pride File:ACPD Mobile Command Center (7983186265).jpg|An ACPD mobile command post in 2012 File:060910-N-4357E-001 Captain Rich Alt of the Arlington, Virginia Police Department, monitors the Freedom Walk.jpg|An ACPD motorcycle unit in front of the Pentagon in 2006 File:ACPD Officers (7983207015).jpg|An ACPD bicycle unit on patrol in 2010

References

References

1. Arlington County Police Department. (1998). "Arlington's Police Department: The History". Arlington County.
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4. AFIP, U.S. Air Force Technical Sergeant Louis Briscese, Forensic Photography, Office of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner. (11 September 2001). "English: An Arlington County Police car, along with EMS equipment in the foreground at the Pentagon in September 2001.".
5. Barakat, Matthew. (June 2, 2020). "Virginia county pulls officers from Washington, D.C., after Trump photo-op at St. John's Church".
6. (June 3, 2020). "County Leaders Defend ACPD Officers Who Were Recalled from D.C. Protests". [[ARLnow]].
7. (2020-06-01). "Media Alert: Arlington Withdraws Police from District of Columbia".
8. Moore, Jack. (September 2, 2020). "Federal lawsuit over clearing of Lafayette Square names DC, Park Police officers". [[WTOP-FM.
9. (2021-06-04). "Charles Penn Executive Bio". Arlington County government.
10. (2021-06-04). "Acting Police Chief Andy Penn Tapped for Permanent Role After Search". Arlington Now.
11. "Charles Penn". Arlington County government.
12. (2020-07-27). "Arlington's Chief of Police will Retire in September after 30 Years with ACPD". Arlington County government.
13. (2015-05-14). "Donnellan Names Jay Farr Chief of Police – Newsroom". Arlington County government.
14. (2016). "Arlington County Police Department, VA".
15. (2016). "Corporal Harvey Snook, III". The Officer Down Memorial Page (ODMP).