Smithfield City Police Department - (435) 563-8501

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Dispatch (435)753-7555;
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Office (435)563-8501

History

The Smithfield City Police Department has been in operation since 2001. However, before that
Smithfield has had a long legacy of men serving in law enforcement. In 1868, Thomas G. Winn was
elected as the first marshal of Smithfield. From then until 1971 Smithfield law enforcement was handled
by a marshal and a night watchman
From 1971 until January 2001, Smithfield contracted with the Cache County Sheriff’s Department
for its law enforcement needs. In 2000, the city council reevaluated the city’s needs and decided that the
growing population of Smithfield necessitated a police department. On August, 15, 2000, Johnny W. McCoy
was hired as Chief of Police and he immediately began to lay the ground work for the formation of the
Smithfield City Police Department. He hired five police officers and on January 1, 2001 the Smithfield City
police officers efficiently traded posts with the Cache County Sheriffs Department. Since that time the
police department has continued to grow to fulfill the needs of the citizens of Smithfield.

OUR PROMISE: We fight against crime and oppression. We champion security and quality of life. We defend the constitutional rights of all.

OUR VALUES: We, the members of the Smithfield City Police Department, are dedicated to conducting ourselves in the most ethical and professional manner. Individual and collective values are motivated by our deepest desire to act honorably in all matters of public and private trust. Our foremost values are trust, honesty, initiative, creativity, dependability, liberty, fairness, and compassion with our principle value being life and human dignity. The services we render are based upon the continuing development of our skills, knowledge, experience, insights, ingenuity, and training so that our actions will always demonstrate our integrity.

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