Editing Wilmington, Delaware (section)

===Police===
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[[File:Wilmington, Delaware police van.jpg|thumb|left|WPD van at Rodney Square]]

The Wilmington Police Department (WPD), is authorized to deploy up to 289 officers in motor vehicles, on foot, and on bicycle. Its operations are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies. As of 2023, its chief of police is Wilfredo Campos.<ref>{{cite web |title=Department of Police |url=https://www.wilmingtonde.gov/government/public-safety/wilmington-police-department/wpd-command-staff |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409113502/https://www.wilmingtonde.gov/government/public-safety/wilmington-police-department/wpd-command-staff |archive-date=April 9, 2023 |access-date=September 25, 2023 |publisher=City of Wilmington}}</ref>

In 2002, the Wilmington Police Department started a program known to some in the neighborhoods as ''jump-outs'' in which unmarked police vans would patrol crime-prone neighborhoods late at night, suddenly converge at street corners where people were [[loitering]] and detain them temporarily. Using loitering as probable cause, the police would then photograph, search, and [[fingerprint]] everyone present. Along with apprehending anyone with drugs or weapons, it was thought that this program would improve the police's database of fingerprints and [[eye-witness]]es for use in future crime investigations. Some citizens protested that such a practice was a violation of [[civil right]]s.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Taylor|first=Adam|date=August 25, 2002|title=Wilmington police photo policy under fire|newspaper=The News Journal|publisher=The News Journal Co.|location=Wilmington, DE|url=http://www.delawareonline.com/newsjournal/local/2002/08/25wilmingtonpolic.html|url-status=dead|access-date=October 30, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020901111015/http://www.delawareonline.com/newsjournal/local/2002/08/25wilmingtonpolic.html|archive-date=September 1, 2002}}</ref>

Also in 2002, the entire downtown business district was placed under video monitoring. Wilmington was the first city in the United States to monitor the entire business district using video monitoring. The city claims this has helped prevent and reduce crime.<ref>{{Cite web|date=November 8, 2002|title=Mayor Baker And Downtown Visions Announce Expansion And Completion Of The City's Downtown Video Safety Partnership Program|url=http://www.ci.wilmington.de.us/pressreleases/pr021108.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021208032411/http://www.ci.wilmington.de.us/pressreleases/pr021108.htm|archive-date=December 8, 2002|access-date=October 5, 2020|website=City of Wilmongton Press Release}}</ref>