Binghamton Police Department

The Binghamton Police Department (BPD) is the municipal law enforcement agency responsible for providing law enforcement services to the City of Binghamton, New York. The Binghamton Police Department was founded in 1867 and in 2023, had 142 sworn police officers, and 13 civilian employees.

The Binghamton Police Department are headquartered at Government Plaza, in Downtown Binghamton, New York.

Organization
The Binghamton Police Department has a variety of different specialist components & divisions that allow it to carry out its law enforcement responsibilities.

There are several divisions within the department including:


 * Patrol Division
 * Metro SWAT (a joint SWAT unit with officers from numerous Broome county agencies)
 * Detective Division
 * Special Investigations Unit (a joint investigations unit with detectives from numerous Broome County agencies)
 * Community Response Team
 * Traffic Division
 * Training Division
 * Juvenile Division
 * Crime Scene Unit
 * Crime Prevention Division
 * Warrant Unit

Department controversies
In 2023, the department settled a case of racial discrimination.