Hagerstown Police Department

The Hagerstown Police Department (HPD) is a full-service agency servicing a population of 36,953 people in 11 square miles within the municipality of Hagerstown, MD.

History
There has been six line-of-duty deaths within the HPD.
 * Officer Charles E. Gall, EOW October 10, 1866
 * Officer Murphy E. Flory, EOW June 26, 1901
 * Officer John C. Middlekauff, EOW August 17, 1914
 * Chief of Police George W. Fridinger, EOW February 28, 1918
 * Officer Lynwood N. Vewcomer, EOW June 3, 1951
 * Officer Donald Ralph Cline, EOW December 13, 1975

Organization
The Chief of Police (as of 2004) is Arthur Smith.