The Police Chief is the City's top law enforcement officer managing a team of full- and part-time officers whose mission it is to protect the citizens, businesses and guests of the City of Parchment. The Parchment Police Department provides 24-hour, seven-day-a-week patrol services focused on specific areas of crime prevention and enforcement to ensure a safe community. These include:

  • Traffic Enforcement: speeding enforcement, OWI and DUI patrols, and
  • Protecting Parchment Businesses:
  • Code Enforcement: Identifying and causing remediation of blight in the neighborhoods
  • School Liaison:

The Police Chief can be reached at 269.342.1622. For emergencies, call 911.

In its efforts to reduce fuel costs and emission impacts on our environment, the Parchment Police Department purchased a hybrid electric vehicle in 2008 for general patrol duty.

Fuel costs have decreased more than 50% and carbon emissions reduced by 70%. This effort was recently highlighted by the Michigan Municipal League (MML) in its January/February issue of The Review.

Parchment Police Department Documents:


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The Fire Chief manages a Fire Department of 17 paid on-call firefighters providing fire suppression, emergency medical response,

The City of Parchment Fire Department utilizes a 2004 Pierce Saber 1250 GPM pumper with 750 gallons of water and an 8 person cab, and a 1989 Pierce Lance 1250 GPM pumper with 750 gallons of water and a 10 person cab to respond to all calls for service.

The Fire Chief can be contacted at 269.349.3785.

Parchment Fire Department Documents:


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