Murrieta Police Department Invites Community To Celebrate Its 30 Years

MURRIETA, CA — The Murrieta Police Department is inviting the community to celebrate its 30-year-anniversary on August 1 at a free open house.

The event will take place from 5-8 p.m. at the Murrieta police station, 2 Town Square, and at nearby Town Square Park and Amphitheater.

The family-friendly open house promises food, treats, a photo booth, and displays from various divisions within the police department, including SWAT, traffic, K-9, off-road detail, explorers, and volunteers. Thirtieth-anniversary memorabilia will be also handed out by officers and staff.

There will be opportunities to meet Murrieta police officers and see the equipment they use on a day-to-day basis and in emergency situations. The Murrieta Police Department Command Center will be on-site, as well as the SWAT team’s Bearcat.

Guided tours of the department will be taking place, but all tour slots have been filled. The community has another opportunity to go behind the walls of the Murrieta Police Department when the fall 2022 Citizens Police Academy begins. For more information about the academy and to sign up, visit murrietaca.gov/364/Citizens-Police-Academy.

During the August 1 open house, the police department will also be selling Murrieta PD pink patches as part of the “Pink Patch Project” that raises awareness about breast cancer.

The Murrieta Police Department has been serving the community since August 1, 2002, just over one year after the city’s incorporation on July 1, 1991. The department remains one of the few municipal police departments in Riverside County — most cities contract for police services through the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.

"While much has changed since the initial 25 officers and nine civilian employees began operations on August 1, 1992, the department’s culture remains rooted in excellent service delivery and a strong partnership with the community," according to a news release from the department.

Murrieta Police Chief Anthony Conrad added, “The partnership built between the police department and the community is the personification of community policing and is the primary reason Murrieta remains such a safe community. We have a true partnership with our residents and we police this community with a service delivery approach, leveraging our highly skilled officers and dispatchers and with a proactive mindset.”

Conrad is the city's seventh chief of police.