Salem Police Department Moving To Temporary Facility Monday

SALEM, NH — Starting Monday, the Salem Police Department will commence a phased movement of all police operations to a temporary facility.

The temporary facility is located at 21A Cross St. and will be co-located with the Town’s Municipal Services Department-Department of Public Works, according to Capt. Jason Smith. The department expects to have completely transferred operations to the temporary facility by Thursday, at which point, the current location of headquarters, at 9 Veterans Memorial Parkway, will be closed for eventual tear down.

There will be signage directing people to the new location once the current location has closed.

There will be public access at the temporary facility for people wishing to file a report, request records, or for any other reason individuals visit the police department. This movement of operations to the temporary facility may cause a slight delay in the processing of records requests, however, all records requests will be answered. The Salem Police Department would encourage residents seeking to make a records request to use our online Records Request available on our department webpage, or through the following link.

Also on our webpage, or by using the same link above, you can file an online report. This is for incidents that are not an emergency or “in progress.” By utilizing the online report, a citizen can file the details of the incident, along with other information that will be required for a report and will later be contacted by a police officer if further information is required. Salem merchants are strongly encouraged to utilize the online report system to report past shoplifting incidents.

The department plans on being at the temporary facility for between 16 and 18 months, with the expected move back to the new police facility at 9 Veterans Memorial Parkway taking place in the Fall of 2026.

Press release by the Salem Police Department.