Pennsylvania Capitol Police

The Pennsylvania State Capitol Police is a section of the Pennsylvania Department of General Services providing law enforcement, security and parking enforcement services to the State Capitol Complex in Harrisburg, and at state government office buildings in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Scranton, Pennsylvania.[1][2][3] Their jurisdiction is primarily state owned buildings and property on the Capitol Complex. The Capitol Police jurisdiction will extend to several state owned buildings throughout the city of Harrisburg and local townships.

Pennsylvania State Capitol Police
Agency overview
Formed1895
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionUnited States
Legal jurisdictionCapitol Complex and state office buildings in Dauphin County, PA, and Scranton, Pennsylvania
Specialist jurisdiction
  • Buildings and lands occupied or explicitly controlled by the institution and the institution's personnel, and public entering the buildings and precincts of the institution.
Operational structure
Headquarters70E Capitol East Wing, Harrisburg, PA 17125
Agency executives
  • Joseph Jacob, Superintendent
  • Kevin Brown, Deputy Superintendent
  • James Rhoads, Administrative Lieutenant
  • Stanley Finicle, 1st Platoon Lieutenant
  • Gerald Devlin, 2nd Platoon Lieutenant
  • Gerald Lee, 3rd Platoon Lieutenant
Facilities
Stations2
Patrol cars22
Dogs5

The Pennsylvania State Capitol Police Force was established in 1895 under Governor Daniel Hartman Hastings, the state's 21st Governor. The enactment authorized the Capitol Police as the first Pennsylvania police agency under Commonwealth jurisdiction and the second oldest state police organization in the United States, after the Texas Rangers.[4]

Accreditation

The Capitol Police was initially accredited on July 9, 2005 through the Pennsylvania Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission (PLEAC) and Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association. In 2020, the Pennsylvania Capitol Police received their fifth re-accreditation. In addition to being re-accredited, the Pennsylvania Capitol Police was awarded the Premier Agency Status by the PA Chiefs of Police.

The Capitol Police received International Accreditation on July 28, 2007, through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA). In 2020, the Capitol Police was awarded their fifth award for being re-accredited. CALEA recognized the Pennsylvania Capitol Police for their professional excellence and demonstrating a commitment to being a highly trained police department.

Equipment
  • PA Capitol Police Vehicle
  • PA Capitol Police Bike Patrol
  • PA Capitol Police K9 Unit
  • PA Capitol Police Cruiser
  • PA Capitol Police Fleet

The PSCP has an all-Ford patrol fleet that consists of Police Interceptor Sedans and Police Interceptor Utilitys. The agencies vehicles are both marked and unmarked.

The Department has four K-9 Explosive Units trained in the detection of explosives. All delivery vehicles entering the building of the Capital Complex are searched. Also, the Capitol Police Department has a K-9 Narcotics/Patrol unit trained in the detection of drugs as well as for search and rescue operations.

Units
  • Patrol
  • K-9's (Explosive and Narcotics Detection and search and rescue)
  • Bike Patrol
  • Criminal Investigations
  • Criminal Intelligence
  • Mobile Field Force
  • Special Response Team (S.R.T)
  • Active Shooter and Crime Prevention Training
  • Risk and Vulnerability Assessments

See also

References
  1. Minnema, Lindsay (August 7, 2006). "Dog's job is to sniff out explosives". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved February 27, 2007.
  2. Thompson, Troy (September 23, 2013). "Pennsylvania State Capitol Police receive reaccreditation". Department of General Services. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
  3. Thompson, Troy (August 9, 2016). "Pennsylvania Capitol Police Department Receives State, International Reaccreditation". Department of General Services. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
  4. https://www.dgs.pa.gov/police/Pages/default.aspx
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