About Us
The Scituate Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency for the Town of Scituate and is comprised of 35 full-time sworn officers, 8 part-time sworn officers and a full-time Natural Resources officer. Scituate, Massachusetts is a seacoast community in Plymouth County, located approximately 25 miles south of Boston and encompasses nearly 32 square miles; approximately 14 of which is water. We are home to just under 20,000 residents and have a summer population which grows to over 30,000. The agency is operated with two primary divisions; a patrol division and a special operations division. Each is overseen by a Lieutenant, who is under the direct command of the Deputy Chief of the Department. Our patrol operations function 24x7x365 and our specialists handle functions such as investigations, school resource, maritime operations, K-9 and traffic enforcement.
Mission Statement:
Continually strive to ensure public safety by providing responsive, professional and compassionate police service to our residents, businesses and visitors in a manner which is fair, impartial, transparent and consistent. We do this by promoting community based policing in collaboration with our citizens, schools and municipal partners.