Cheektowaga Police Department
Chief of Police

Chief Christine Ziemba

Welcome:

The Cheektowaga Police Department is a progressive, mid-sized law enforcement agency with a strong, publicly stated commitment to quality managed community policing. For the majority of its first 50 years of service, the police department operated primarily under the principles of the "reform strategy" of municipal policing. With crime fighting as its primary function, the majority of the work force was assigned to either random or directed patrols. There was a small complement of detectives to support the crime-fighting task. The department operated within the confines of the traditional pyramidal organizational structure. In 1990, as it was already apparent that the reformist model was reaching the end of its logical and effective life span. Random patrols and reactive police action proved to be ineffective tools to deal with the total crime problem. The Police Department needed to be the leader in taking a pro-active approach to the prevention of crime and its root causes. Recently the Town Board appointed a new Chief of Police, Christine M. Ziemba. The new Chief brought to the department the contemporary vision of community policing; a vision incorporating quality and customer focus, community involvement and problem solving. Our new Chief Ziemba was instrumental in bringing her vision of community policing to the police department and to the community. The Crime Resistance Bureau was founded in 1991 as an effective conduit of 2-way communication between the police department and the community. Presently, the entire department is involved in implementing the community policing as an enforcement strategy. Crime reduction is a key result area of our community-policing model.

Mission Statement

The Cheektowaga Police Department exists to protect life and property, enforce all laws, prevent and detect crime, and provide emergency response services within the Town of Cheektowaga.

We interact with and educate the community in matters of public and personal safety.

All members of the Department will provide the highest level of service and carry out their responsibilities so as to exhibit courtesy, diligence and integrity.

We will be assertive, impartial and protect the constitutional rights of all people.