Editing McKinney, Texas (section)

===Police department===

The McKinney Police Department is the primary municipal law enforcement agency that serves the city. Chief Joe Ellenburg is the head of the department. As of 2023, the department had 252 sworn peace officers and 81 non-sworn civilian positions.<ref name="mckinneytexas1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.mckinneytexas.org/483/About-Us|title=About Us &#124; McKinney, TX - Official Website|website=www.mckinneytexas.org}}</ref>

The department was awarded national accredited status from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mckinneytexas.org/1660/Agency-Accreditation|title=Agency Accreditation &#124; McKinney, TX - Official Website|website=www.mckinneytexas.org}}</ref> and is also a Texas Police Chief's Association Foundation (TPCAF) Recognized Agency,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mckinneytexas.org/484/Agency-Recognition|title=Agency Recognition &#124; McKinney, TX - Official Website|website=www.mckinneytexas.org}}</ref> making it only the third agency in Texas to receive both state and national accreditation.<ref name="mckinneytexas1" />

Notable recent incidents in the department's history include the high-profile investigation of the [[McKinney homicide]] that claimed the lives of two adults and two high school football players;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.townsquarebuzz.com/truett-st-tragedy-then-and-now-the-night-our-innocence-vanished/ |title=Truett St Tragedy Then and Now | work=Town Square Buzz | date=March 7, 2014 | access-date=December 2, 2016 | author=Derryberry, Dylan | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619160051/http://www.townsquarebuzz.com/truett-st-tragedy-then-and-now-the-night-our-innocence-vanished/ | archive-date=19 Jun 2017 }}</ref> a 2010 attack on the police department headquarters by a gunman who fired over 100 rifle rounds at the building and employees after attempting to detonate a truck and trailer full of explosives;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Shots-Fired-Outside-McKinney-Police-Station-100886034.html |title=Man Fires More Than 100 Rounds at Police Headquarters | work=NBC 5 Dallas Fort Worth | date=August 17, 2010 | access-date=December 2, 2016 | author=Heinz, Frank}}</ref> and protests and media attention after a video was released of the [[2015 Texas pool party incident]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/08/texas-police-officer-reaction-pool-party/28673177/ | title=Texas police officer in pool party video identified | work=USA Today | date=June 8, 2015 | access-date=June 9, 2015 | author=Zakalik, Lauren}}</ref>