Douglass Township Police Department

What Douglass Township Police Department does

Douglass Township Police Department is a municipal law enforcement agency serving Douglass Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The department provides standard police services — emergency response (9-1-1), non-emergency dispatch, patrol, traffic enforcement, criminal investigation, community policing, and report generation — to approximately 10,000 residents spread across 15.4 square miles on the western border of Montgomery County, roughly 30 miles west of Philadelphia. The force is structured as approximately 16 sworn officers including a Police Chief (Robert Evans), two Patrol Sergeants (Brian Steffie, Matthew Swavely), two Patrol Corporals (Mark Dykie, Brent Ziegler), one Detective (Mark Delaney), and multiple Patrolmen, operating from a single station at 1456 E Philadelphia Avenue, Gilbertsville, PA. The department does not develop or sell technology products; its underlying infrastructure consists of standard dispatch systems, radio communications, and records management typical of small municipal police departments.

The department is a government entity operating under the authority of Douglass Township (founded 1741), which serves as its parent municipality. It is publicly funded through township taxes and municipal budget allocations rather than commercial revenue; fee-based income from items such as reports and alarm permits exists but is incidental. The customer base is geographically concentrated — effectively every resident and visitor within the township — and there is no commercial sales motion or external market served. Distribution is direct: residents access services in person at the station, by phone (9-1-1 emergency and (610) 635-4300 non-emergency), or via the township website and a Facebook page. The department also participates in community-level coordination around environmental health issues affecting residents, notably the PA DEP response to PFAS contamination around the Boyertown Sanitary Landfill within the township.

Name

Douglass Township Police Department

Legal name

Douglass Township Police Department

Website

https://douglasstownship.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1741

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Douglass Township Police Department is a municipal law enforcement agency in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, providing patrol, investigation, and emergency response services through approximately 16 sworn officers to roughly 10,000 residents across 15.4 square miles.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Law Enforcement Services

NAICS

Police Protection (922120)

SIC

Services-Detective, Guard & Armored Car Services (7381)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAIAGAA

Police Services (Patrol, Response & Community Policing)

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Law Enforcement & Public Safety (Police, Fire, EMS)

Keywords

• Municipal law enforcement
• Emergency police response
• Community policing services
• Traffic enforcement
• Criminal investigation services

Headquarters

HQ city

Gilbertsville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations

Revenue model

1. Municipal Tax Funding: Funded through township taxes and municipal budget allocations as a government service

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

The Douglass Township Police Department provides municipal law enforcement services to approximately 10,000 residents across 15.4 square miles of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Its core offerings include 911 emergency response, patrol and traffic enforcement, criminal investigation, police reports, alarm permits, and community policing. The department is staffed by about 16 sworn officers including a Chief, Sergeants, Corporals, Patrolmen, and a Detective, operating 24-hour coverage from its station in Gilbertsville.

Product overview

Douglass Township Police Department is a municipal law enforcement agency serving Douglass Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. As part of the township's emergency services division, the department provides standard police services including patrol, investigation, and community policing. The department does not offer technology products or software services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Emergency Response (9-1-1)

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Motorola Solutions: Large public-safety technology and communications incumbent providing radios, CAD/RMS systems, and command-center software widely used by police departments at every scale, including small municipal agencies.
• Pennsylvania State Police: Statewide law enforcement agency that provides overlapping police protection services across Pennsylvania, including coverage of municipalities that do not maintain their own police departments.
• Montgomery County Sheriff's Office: County-level law enforcement agency operating in the same jurisdiction as Douglass Township, providing broader-scope warrant, court security, and countywide policing functions.

Others

• Mark43: Cloud-native public-safety software vendor offering RMS, CAD, and analytics tools marketed heavily to small and mid-sized municipal police agencies seeking to modernize operations.
• Flock Safety: Vendor of automated license-plate readers, video surveillance, and community-policing software increasingly adopted by small and mid-sized U.S. municipal police departments as an enabling technology layer.
• Axon Enterprise: Major provider of law-enforcement technology including body-worn cameras, Tasers, and digital evidence platforms; supplies standard-issue equipment commonly procured by small municipal police departments like Douglass Township's.

Direct peers

• Boyertown Borough Police Department: Small Pennsylvania borough police department operating in the same Montco-adjacent region, providing comparable municipal patrol, investigation, and emergency response services to a similar-sized community.
• Upper Merion Township Police Department: Pennsylvania township police agency offering standard municipal law enforcement services within Montgomery County, serving as a close functional comparable in geographic and operational scope.
• Limerick Township Police Department: Nearby PA township police department operating a similar small-force, single-jurisdiction municipal law enforcement model in the greater Montgomery County region.
• Pottstown Borough Police Department: Borough police department serving Pottstown in Montgomery County, PA — a neighboring municipal law enforcement agency with similar patrol, response, and community-policing functions for a comparable small-town population.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/douglasstownshipmontgomery
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/douglass-township-police-department

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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