Established in 1906, the Glendale Police Department is a full-service police department with approximately 250 sworn officers, and nearly 400 total employees. The City of  Glendale is L.A. County’s fourth largest city, with a population of over 200,000 residents across 30 square miles. It is located approximately nine miles north of downtown Los Angeles.

Assignments include Patrol, Traffic, Investigations Bureau, Narcotics, SWAT, Motorcycles, K-9, School Resource Officer, Custody, Dispatch, and Air Support. Police Department responsibilities include 9-1-1 emergency response; proactive law enforcement; traffic enforcement and collision investigation; crime investigation and case preparation; community and school policing; and administration of the city jail facility.

The Verdugo Regional Crime Laboratory (VRCL) which is a function of the Police Department provides services to local, regional, and federal law enforcement agencies in the areas of DNA testing, crime scene investigation, latent print processing and evaluation, National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN) entry, and digital evidence examination.