Andover Police Department

Andover, Massachusetts, is served by a police department accredited through the Massachusetts Police Accreditation Commission, which means it agrees to regular assessments and to correct any deficiencies the assessors find. New officers go through a 22-week full-time academy, a four-month field training program and a one-year probation, and the department reviews every use of force and vehicle pursuit and completes an annual review of bias-based profiling and of citizen complaints, each of which is investigated. Annual training covers criminal law and procedure, motor vehicle law, medical response and CPR, use of force and defensive tactics, with crisis intervention team instruction focused on de-escalation. Uniformed patrol officers provide coverage at all hours and handle initial investigations and traffic enforcement, detectives process crime scenes and oversee firearms permits, and officers also use all-terrain vehicles, bicycle patrol in the Center Business District and K-9 teams. A Support Services Division includes a traffic unit and records, and officers take part in the Northeastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council, a regional group of municipal police and sheriff agencies, through its hostage negotiation, K-9, motor and regional response units.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 2023), Andover CDP, MA has an estimated population of 9,261.