Welcome to the official website of the Westminster Police Department. We take great pride in the high-quality customer service we deliver to our residents (over 89,000), as well as the thousands of others who visit Westminster each year.
I encourage you to take time to completely explore our website so you will fully appreciate the complexity of our organization and the advanced level of services we provide. With the support of City government, the community and allied agencies, we have earned a nation-wide reputation as an organizationally advanced, well trained, highly competent police agency. Westminster Police Department programs have frequently been recognized for their innovation and effectiveness. We value the community's great cultural diversity and strive to match it with appropriately tailored police services. The strength of our agency, however, lies less in our programs than it does our employees. The men and women of the Westminster Police Department are among the very finest in the business. They are enthusiastic and caring people of the highest caliber.
For those of you who live, work, shop and conduct business in Westminster, I want you to know our efforts are focused on ensuring you receive the very best policing possible. Integrity, competence and service are our highest organizational priorities. For those of you who haven't yet had the opportunity to visit Westminster, I sincerely hope that you will soon find time to discover this wonderful city and explore its unique offerings.
The Westminster Police Department stands ready to serve residents and visitors alike.
-------------------------------------------- *Police Chief Ron Coopman began his law enforcement career as a patrol officer for the City of Reno, Nevada and was hired by the Westminster Police Department in September 1985. His experience includes assignments in Patrol, Detectives, Narcotics, the Regional Narcotics Suppression Task Force (RNSP) and Metro. He was appointed to Captain in April 2004 and promoted to Chief of Police on March 12, 2011.
Chief Coopman graduated from the Sherman Block Supervisory Leadership Institute (SLI) in 2000 and is a recent graduate from the California P.O.S.T. Command College. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Public Administration from the University of La Verne, as well as a Masters Degree in Public Administration from the California State University Long Beach, where he has taught undergraduate courses as an Associate Professor in the Professional Studies Department. Chief Coopman is also a committee member of the Orange County Behavioral Health Services Joint Task Force as well as Vice Chair of the Orange County Regional Computer Forensics Lab Local Executive Board.
