Editing Winthrop Harbor, Illinois (section)

==Public services==
The village of Winthrop Harbor has a full-time police department and a part-time fire department.

===Police department===
The Winthrop Harbor Police Department's full-time officers are supplemented by part-time officers in both Patrol and Specialist positions.  The department offers the following bureaus: Patrol, Detectives, Sex Crimes, Communications, CyberCrime, Records, and Evidence/Property. The current Chief is Anthony Velardi.

===Fire department===
The Winthrop Harbor Fire Department, founded in 1949, has grown from a small volunteer force to a 24-hour-a-day operation.  Currently, part-time employees work overlapping shifts providing a crew 24-hours a day, 7 days a week.  These 'on-duty' crews are supplemented with off-duty personnel who respond from home.  They work with two engines, a 75-foot ladder truck, two advanced life support ambulances, one brush unit, a rescue boat and a staff and command car. Through automatic aid agreements with the surrounding area, the Village receives optimal emergency service.  The current Fire Chief is Rocco Campanella.