Cambridge Police Department

We interact with youth and their families through schools, teen centers, and afterschool activities to intervene early with substance abuse counseling, mental health, and other diversion supports.

This unit investigates sexual crimes and provides support and social services to survivors of sexual crimes.

We investigate domestic related assaults and abuse incidents and provide an advocate to help survivors obtain community services and develop safety plans.

We provide several support services for senior citizens in Cambridge each year including regular outreach meetings, education on common scams or general safety, and our Secret Santa for Seniors event.

This program is available to Cambridge 7th and 8th graders and meets monthly at the Police Department during the school year to learn about each unit and service we offer.

The mission of our P.A.R.T.N.E.R Initiative is to reduce the number of overdoses related to the misuse of substances in our community.

We host a 6-week academy designed to expose participating youth to various duties associated with law enforcement as a profession through the Mayor's Summer Youth Employment Program.

Our cadet training program is a paid, benefitted full-time position with a two-year commitment for Cambridge residents between ages of 18-23 who are interested in pursuing a career in public safety.

We provide services to community members who are better served through social justice approaches and early interventions.

If you are having a problem in your neighborhood, call the Neighborhood Sergeants. They are responsible for much of the outreach and problem-solving activities throughout Cambridge.

Make arrangements to learn about car seats and have your child safety seats checked for proper installation.

Our partnership fosters positive development, mental health, safe schools and communities, and limiting juvenile justice involvement through prevention, intervention and diversion services for youth.

We are a free gender-inclusive, noncontact, fitness-based boxing program held on twice per week in the evenings for Cambridge youth in grades 6-12.