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City of Kenmore Police Department
The City of Kenmore is located on the north shore of Lake Washington and has roughly 24,050 residents.
Kenmore is known for its family-friendly neighborhoods, abundant parks and natural spaces, an award-winning public school system, access to higher education, and high-quality medical care.
The City of Kenmore has partnered with the King County Sheriff’s Office to provide police services to residents since incorporation in 1998. Kenmore has designated a mix of police services including locally-dedicated officers who work out of Kenmore's City Hall, as well as additional support services such as command oversight, administrative support, and patrol sergeant supervision. These support services have, until 2011, historically been provided by King County Sheriff’s Precinct 2 staff, also located in Kenmore.
However, in 2011, the City of Kirkland annexed all of the unincorporated area between Kenmore, Bothell and Woodinville, which led to the closure and relocation of the Sheriff’s Kenmore precinct to the City of Sammamish, located more than 20 miles from Kenmore. The relocation created a challenge to provide the traditional support services to Kenmore Police Department.
That is when the police chiefs of Kenmore and Shoreline (also a partner city) came together to create a unique partnership between the two departments, that would provide Kenmore with command oversight, sergeant patrol supervision, and administrative support--all provided by the City of Shoreline Police Department. This partnership was the first of its kind between two partner cities. The innovative approach has saved both cities a total of $600,000 a year and earned both cities the Association of Washington Cities' (AWC) 2013 Municipal Excellence Award for innovative partnering.
The King County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) is proud for having provided police services for the entire existence of the City of Kenmore, and even prior to that when the area was still unincorporated, dating back to KCSO’s founding in 1852. Kenmore has a team of highly skilled and trained Officers that are selected from among the best KCSO has to offer.
The excellent work done by these Officers, along with the partnerships developed over the years, has led Kenmore to be among the safest cities in the State of Washington (current 7th safest in the latest Safewise rankings). Kenmore Police work tirelessly to ensure that residents and visitors of Kenmore not only are safe in their day-to-day activities, but they also feel safe. We work very hard to support the community and stay actively engaged so that everyone can enjoy their time in Kenmore.