Forest Lake Police Department

Forest Lake Police Department is the municipal law-enforcement agency for the City of Forest Lake in Washington County, Minnesota. The department serves residents, businesses, and visitors within Forest Lake city limits in the north Twin Cities metro area. Its area of responsibility covers patrol, traffic enforcement, criminal investigations, and community-oriented policing inside the city, with coordination as needed with county and regional partners. Forest Lake sits along Interstate 35 and the lakes corridor northeast of Minneapolis–Saint Paul, and the police department is the primary local law-enforcement presence for day-to-day public safety inside the city. Public safety emergencies in Forest Lake should be reported by dialing 911.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 2023), Forest Lake city, MN has an estimated population of 20,678.