What Kingman Police Department does

The Kingman Police Department is a full-service municipal law enforcement agency operating as a division of the City of Kingman government in northwestern Arizona, serving a population of over 31,000 residents across approximately 38 square miles at the base of the Hualapai Mountains. The department is staffed by 54 Arizona-certified police officers and 15 civilian personnel organized into specialized divisions including uniform patrol, traffic enforcement, criminal investigations, school resource officers, evidence and property management, records, and animal control. Officers also participate in the MAGNET regional narcotics taskforce and the GIITEM state gang taskforce for cross-jurisdictional operations.

KPD has been in continuous service since 1952 and is accredited through the Arizona Law Enforcement Accreditation Program (ALEAP). Its technology stack consists of third-party integrations rather than proprietary platforms: a KPD Mobile App for community engagement, CityProtect for public crime mapping and reporting, iCrimewatch for sex offender registry and neighborhood alerts, and GovernmentJobs.com for recruitment. Community engagement is a stated operational pillar, delivered through the Junior Police Academy (20+ years, 126 graduated classes), Police Explorers, Police Volunteers, and First Friday events held April through November.

The department operates as a publicly funded municipal service with no commercial revenue generation; services are provided at no cost to the public and funded through City of Kingman tax revenue and public safety budgets. Distribution combines a physical headquarters at 2730 E. Andy Devine Avenue, digital channels (website, app, social media on Facebook, X, Instagram, YouTube), and inter-agency partnerships. The current Chief of Police is Rusty Cooper.

Name

Kingman Police Department

Legal name

Kingman Police Department

Website

https://kingmanpolice.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

1952

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Kingman Police Department is a full-service municipal law enforcement agency in Kingman, Arizona, employing 54 certified officers and 15 civilian staff to serve 31,000+ residents across 38 square miles. The department provides patrol, investigations, school resource, evidence, and community policing functions, funding itself through municipal tax revenue.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Law Enforcement

NAICS

Police Protection (922120)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Police Services (Patrol, Response & Community Policing) (BPAIAGAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

School Resource Officer (SRO) & Law Enforcement Liaison Services (EDAEACAL)

Keywords

• Law enforcement services
• Community policing programs
• Criminal investigations
• Patrol and traffic enforcement
• Public safety services

Headquarters

HQ city

Kingman

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Municipal Government Services: The department operates as a division of the City of Kingman government. Services are funded through municipal tax revenue and public safety budgets rather than direct user fees. No commercial revenue generation.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Kingman Police Department is a full-service municipal police agency that delivers uniform patrol, traffic enforcement, criminal investigations, school resource officer coverage, evidence and property management, records management, and animal control services to the residents and visitors of Kingman, Arizona. It supplements core law enforcement with community engagement programs (First Friday events, Junior Police Academy, Police Explorers, Police Volunteers, Silent Witness) and supports regional narcotics (MAGNET) and gang (GIITEM) taskforce operations.

Product overview

The Kingman Police Department operates as a full-service, community-oriented police agency serving a population of over 31,000 residents across 38 square miles. The department consists of 54 AZ certified police officers and 15 civilian staff organized into specialized divisions: Patrol (uniform patrol and traffic enforcement), Detectives (criminal investigations), School Resource Officers, Evidence and Property Management, Records, Animal Control, and task force participation (MAGNET for narcotics and GIITEM for gang enforcement). The department provides public-facing services including a mobile app (KPD App), alarm registration, records requests, crime reporting tools, and community engagement programs such as the Junior Police Academy (20+ years), Police Explorers, Police Volunteers, and First Friday community events. Civilian staff support administrative functions, grant oversight, neighborhood services, and crime scene/evidence operations. The department is accredited through the Arizona Law Enforcement Accreditation Program (ALEAP) and has served the Kingman community since 1952.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Patrol Services
• Criminal Investigations (Detectives)
• School Resource Officers
• Evidence and Property Management
• Records Management
• Animal Control
• Alarm Registration
• Community Policing Programs
• Junior Police Academy
• Crime Reporting Tools
• G.I.I.T.E.M. (Gang and Immigration Intelligence Task Force)
• MAGNET Task Force
• KPD Mobile App

Quantifiable outcome

• Graduated Jr. Police Academy Class #126 celebrating 20 years of student development

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• MAGNET (Regional Narcotics Taskforce)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMulti-agency narcotics taskforce partnership with regional law enforcement agencies for coordinated narcotics enforcement operations.
• GIITEM (State Gang Taskforce)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState gang taskforce partnership for addressing gang-related criminal activity across jurisdictions.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Phoenix Police Department: The largest municipal police department in Arizona, serving ~1.6M residents. Broad incumbent peer operating full-service municipal policing including patrol, investigations, school resource officers, and community programs at a vastly larger scale within the same state.
• Securitas: Global private security services firm offering guarding, patrol, and protective services. Broad incumbent in the wider protective services space that competes indirectly with public policing for certain contracts and talent, particularly in commercial and event settings.
• Mesa Police Department: Larger Arizona municipal police agency serving ~500,000 residents. Broad incumbent peer demonstrating the scale trajectory a growing city like Kingman could follow; comparable on technology adoption, accreditation, and community policing structure, though materially larger.
• Arizona Department of Public Safety: State-level law enforcement agency operating across Arizona. Broad incumbent peer providing highway patrol, statewide taskforce coordination (including GIITEM), and regulatory oversight that KPD both partners with and is regulated by.

Others

• Axon: Major technology provider to law enforcement agencies (body cameras, TASER, records management, digital evidence). Comparable as a key ecosystem supplier whose products (similar in category to KPD's records/evidence infrastructure) increasingly determine municipal police operational capabilities.
• Tyler Technologies (Public Safety Division): Provider of public sector software including computer-aided dispatch, records management, and court systems used by municipal police agencies. Comparable as a peer ecosystem vendor whose technology underpins similar small-to-mid-size municipal police operations.

Direct peers

• Bullhead City Police Department: Municipal police department serving Bullhead City, Arizona, another small Arizona city of comparable population (~40,000). Directly comparable as a peer municipal agency of similar size, geographic exposure, and resource profile operating in the same state regulatory environment.
• Lake Havasu City Police Department: Municipal police department for Lake Havasu City, Arizona (~55,000 residents). Closely comparable small-city Arizona police agency operating under ALEAP accreditation with similar full-service structure, including patrol, investigations, and community engagement programs.
• Flagstaff Police Department: Municipal police department for Flagstaff, Arizona — a comparable small-to-mid-size Arizona city with similar full-service municipal policing operations, university-area community engagement demands, and ALEAP-accredited structure.
• Mohave County Sheriff's Office: County-level law enforcement agency for the same county as Kingman. Comparable as a neighboring jurisdiction partner within MAGNET and a parallel public safety provider serving overlapping populations and crime patterns in northwestern Arizona.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/KingmanAZPolice
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCCefFg5UL6weXKr-wenyHVQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/CityofKingmanPolice
• Instagraminstagram.com/officialcityofkingman
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kingman-police-department

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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