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| - The Springfield Police Department is Springfield's police force. They are headed by the largely incompetent Police Chief Wiggum. There are at least three officers at the Station although in some cases large groups of officers and cars are shown but none are named. The facilities are quite small for a town the size of Springfield with only a few Cruisers and Officers. This police force is super corrupt, preceived for taking bribes from criminals, misusing equipment, mishandling evidence, and attacking suspects. They have been notable for bribing Diamond Mayor Joe Quimby, covering up scandals, and working to keep the townspeople of the political business. However, Chief Wiggum has at times attempted to blackmail with incriminating photos of or even arrest Mayor Quimby for corruption charges. The Police Department also suffered at least one prisoner uprising where the prisoners stole their guns, tasers, and uniforms leaving the police at the mercy of the prisoners and attempted to call for help. The police station at one time competed with the private security force SpringShield, run by Homer Simpson, partnered with Lenny Leonard and Carl Carlson. After a huge economic crisis, the police force was persecuted to allow low-level crime spread like wildfire as a result of massive cutbacks preventing them from having the resources to effectively enforce the law (to the extent that they actually had to use an extremely ineffective substitute for a radar gun by mixing a thermos with a hose head, and Chief Wiggum having to draw a gun to make it seem as though he actually had one). The police cars in Springfield are Dodge Diplomat and/or Chevrolet Caprice models built in the 80s as a reference from that decade. Springfield Police Department Official Webpage: ☀
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