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About the Saratoga Springs Police Department
The earliest known policeman in Saratoga Springs was Joseph Bliven, a village
constable in 1827. By 1887, Saratoga Springs had grown to a point where a Police Department was needed to ensure law and order.
An act of the State Legislature created the Saratoga Springs Police Department on April 26, 1887. On June 1, 1887, eight men
marked their first official work day in the new department. At that time, a Chief and two officers worked days and an Assistant
Chief and four officers worked nights. During the summer the city population tripled, and the police force would increase
to twenty-four officers.
Police headquarters was built in 1887 as a brick building that formed an annex
to town hall. The department still resides in the same location, expanding out into other portions of the building as its
staff grew in numbers.
Today, seventy sworn police officers make up the ranks of the police department.
In support of the police officers are ten dispatchers, two prisoner transport officers, and civilian support staff. The police
department is divided into three main components; the Patrol Division, Investigations Division, and Traffic Division.
Source:
saratogapolice.org
/History/shoulder%20patch.pdf
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Michael T. Rayburn has over 26 years of experience in the Law Enforcement and
Security field and is currently a 17 year veteran of the Saratoga Springs Police Department (New York). He is also an Adjunct
Instructor for Smith & Wesson at the Smith & Wesson Academy in Springfield Massachusetts where he teaches Instinctive
Point Shooting, Vehicle Stops, Rapid Shotgun Deployment and Instinctive Point Shooting Instructor Certification.
Michael Rayburn has written a number of articles for various police magazines
including Law & Order, The Police Marksman and Police magazine. He is the author of three books, Advanced Vehicle Stop Tactics, Advanced Patrol Tactics and Basic Gunfighting 101.
According to Sergeant Major Eric Haney, U.S. Army (Ret.) founding member of
the elite, Delta Force and author of, Inside Delta Force, “Basic Gunfighting 101 is a work of common sense and hard-headed clarity. Officer Michael T. Rayburn has written
the definitive book on the subject of the close quarters fight and how to prepare for such an event. Read this book, follow
its principles, absorb its lessons, and your ability to prevail in a deadly confrontation increases with exponential power.”
His video, "Instinctive Point Shooting with Mike Rayburn" is a top seller in
the Law Enforcement and Combat Shooting communities. According to former Calibre Press, Inc. Street Survival Seminar Senior
Instructor Dave Grossi, "Mike Rayburn is a gifted writer, an experienced trainer with a wealth of real-world knowledge and
experience to dispense."
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