Galveston Police Department

2012 Texas Warrant Roundup

2012 Warrant Round-up unites Galveston County, Harris County and others The City of Galveston Police Department will be among more than 260 law enforcement jurisdictions across Texas, and 65 in the Gulf Coast region alone, that will be participating in [...]

28th Galveston Citizens Police Academy

The 28th Citizens Police Academy will begin on February 9th 2012 at 6:00 pm at Mt. Olive Baptist Church, located at 3602 Sealy Ave. in Galveston Texas.. The academy will be 11 weeks long, with a graduation ceremony the following week. Weekly [...]

Chief of Police Henry Porretto

Interim Chief Henry Porretto is responsible for the direction of the Galveston Police Department as a whole, as well as the supervision of the individuals and units assigned to his office. The office of the Chief of Police determines departmental [...]

Murder Investigation results in 4 arrest

April 27, 2011 Leave a response Shortlink

On 1/14/2011, Christopher Demangin, a 51 year old electrician from Houston, was working on a residence located in the 7500 block of Beluche Dr in Galveston. At approximately 2:00pm, Demangin was shot and killed in the backyard of the residence. Officers [...]

Galveston Police Can See In The Dark

April 18, 2011 Leave a response Shortlink

Last night, an East Isle Officer was testing a new piece of equipment, a Forward Looking Infra-Red, or FLIR. Officer Marcelino Gonzalez was parked in a dark alley with all his lights out in the 1400 block of 20th St at [...]

26th Citizens Police Academy

April 6, 2011 Leave a response Shortlink

Download application The 26th Citizens Police Academy will begin on Thursday May 12th 2011 at 6:30 pm at the Justice Center 601 54th St. Galveston, TX 77551. The academy will be 12 weeks long, with a graduation ceremony on [...]

Galveston Police Department

2012 Texas Warrant Roundup

28th Galveston Citizens Police Academy

Chief of Police Henry Porretto

Galveston Marine Division