Wilkes-Barre City Police Department

The Wilkes-Barre City Police Department or W-BPD, is the law enforcement agency of the city of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and its surrounding townships. The current acting Chief of Police is Robert Hughes, who filled the position following the retirement of Gerard "Jerry" Dessoye. Dessoye had previously served as Captain of the Detectives for the W-BPD until he was promoted and replaced in 1996 by now-retired Captain Robert Mitchell. The Wilkes-Barre Police Department current has a total number 86 police officers and detectives. The police department also uses K-9 units and patrolman formerly used horses for transport in certain areas. However, the use of horses was discontinued in 2006.

The first uniformed policeman/constable of Wilkes-Barre was Frederick W. Meyer (1835-1903), a Bavarian immigrant and former infantryman and worker of Baer & Stegmaier. Frederick endeavored to perform his duty and aimed to be a good citizen; he was proud to be an American citizen.