Fairhaven Police Department

Welcome to the Fairhaven Police Department

Welcome to the new website of the Fairhaven Police Department!

The Fairhaven Police Department is dedicated to providing the citizens, business owners and visitors to Fairhaven a safe and pleasant environment in which to live, work and enjoy the amenities of this historic town.

Fairhaven has a year round population of just over 16,000 and has 12.53 square miles of land area, plus over 17 miles of coast line. The town is situated on Buzzard’s Bay on the south coast of Massachusetts and shares a busy commercial harbor with the city of New Bedford.

The Fairhaven Police Department employs 42 full-time and 6 part-time personnel. We have 31 full-time and 4 permanent/intermittent officers. There are 6 full-time communications personnel and one clerk as well as a part-time custodian.