Town of Ogden Police Department

The Town of Ogden Police department is a full service law enforcement agency, providing numerous services to the residents and visitors of the Village of Spencerport and the Town of Ogden.

The Town of Ogden was founded on January 17, 1817 and the Ogden Police Department was established on December 7, 1935.

The Ogden Police Department was initially accredited on September 5, 1991. Ogden PD was the first agency of its size to be accredited in the State of New York. The agency was reaccredited in1996, 2001, 2006, and 2010.

The Ogden Police Department has a total of 20 full and part-time employees. Chief Christopher Mears, a 23-year law enforcement veteran, oversees the agency.

The law enforcement division of the agency consists of two Sergeants, one Detective Sergeant and one uniformed Investigator, seven full time officers, and one part time School Resource Officer who teaches in the five local elementary schools. Considering the size of the agency, it has a number of areas of specialty which include: a Drug Recognition Expert; three crime scene technicians; seven breath analysis operators; an accident reconstructionist; and 5 firearms instructors. Nine sworn members are general topics instructors as well.

Members of the Ogden PD are dispatched by the Monroe County Emergency Communications Department, a nationally accredited emergency service dispatch center. Training is largely conducted at the nearby Public Safety Training Facility, which is operated by Monroe Community College. The Town of Ogden has two volunteer Spencerport Fire District Stations and one ambulance station within the town limits.

The agency also has a Special Police Unit, which consists of 8 volunteer members. These members assist the police department with many functions, such as lock-outs to vehicles, house checks for our citizens who are vacation, and public safety functions during the Spencerport Fire District parade and carnival. Special Police officers also assist with bicycle registrations, disabled motorists, traffic direction and STOP DWI road checks.

Animal Control is responsible for improving animal relations with the public and enforcing the local dog control laws. The Town of Ogden Animal Control is certified by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to handle nuisance wildlife, as well as being equipped with the most modern tools to assist with removal of bats, squirrels, opossums and raccoons. For wildlife causing damage, we offer Have-A-Heart cage traps for Ogden/Spencerport residents at no charge.