Hello, Wayne Citizen, visitor or soon-to-be Wayne resident! Wayne extends a heartfelt welcome to you! 
Serving With Distinction & Working With Our Community
It is a pleasure to welcome you to the Wayne Police Department's web page. Our Police Department has earned a reputation of excellence among the law enforcement community and the respect of the city [community] we serve. With 39 sworn officers, 8 emergency service dispatchers and 9 civilian employees, the Wayne Police Department is a "proactive" crime prevention organization.
Part of our mission is to promote organizational strategies and use of partnerships with our citizens and businesses to address quality of life issues impacting our community. To keep our citizens involved and to strengthen these partnerships, we have revitalized our Neighborhood Watch Program, worked with the Fire Department to establish our city's first Community Emergency Response Teams (C.E.R.T.), and continued to educate our citizens through the Citizen Police Academy.
We are also committed to our community’s youth and to providing a safe learning environment for our children. In cooperation with the Wayne-Westland School District, we have two full time School Resource Officers assigned to our high school and middle school.
Always striving to enhance our services, we will continue to work with our community and are dedicated to serve with distinction.
In keeping with that philosophy, open communication is vital to our success. Please feel free to contact me at 734-721-1414 or by e-mail. Additional links have been added for your use and to browse for additional information. Thank you for visiting and I hope you will find our web page both useful and informative.
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Donate Your Old Cell Phone... Help U.S. Soldiers
Update... At the City Council meeting, Oct 6, 2009, Wayne Police Chef John Williams introduced Mr. Charles Newman, Chairman, ReCellular, Inc., who related that the City of Wayne stands alone among same-size communities in the U.S. as more "involved and more generous" for contributing over 1,000 cell phones to date. That translates to over 60,600 minutes of cell phone time for our military personnel. Have you seen the cellphones for soldiers billboard on southbound I-275?
Donate your used or broken cellular telephones and help soldiers stay in contact with their families. The Wayne Police Department is collecting used or broken cellular telephones for a non-profit organization called Cell Phones for Soldiers. "Our goal is to donate 500 cell phones by the end of September," explained Wayne Police Chief John Williams. "We have more than 350 now. Your donation will help reach our goal."
Cell Phones for Soldiers takes the donated used or broken cellular telephones and sends them to ReCellular which recycles them. ReCellular pays Cell Phones for Soldiers for the used cell telephones which then purchases pre-paid phone cards for our soldiers stationed abroad. The pre-paid phone cards provide soldiers with one hour of talk time to talk to their families.
Cell Phones for Soldiers was founded by teenagers Robbie and Brittany Bergquist from Norwell, Mass., with $21 of their own money. Since then, the registered 501c3 non-profit organization has raised almost $2 million in donations and distributed more than 500,000 prepaid calling cards to soldiers serving overseas.
Drop off your used cell phones at the Wayne Police Department 24 hours a day or at any City of Wayne government building during normal business hours. For more information about the program and it’s benefits to our troops, see the web site at: www.cellphonesforsoldiers.com
Wayne PD Salutes Retirees for Outstanding Service
Following a long-standing tradition, members of the Wayne Police Department saluted recently retired colleagues: Lt. Jack Garrett, Lt. Don Gotham, Beverly Prough, Lt. Keith Thomas and ACO Jim Smith for their outstanding service and dedication to the people Wayne.