An increased Wheaton Police patrol presence will continue throughout our Wheaton community this evening. This is to ensure the community’s safety during a time when neighboring communities have experienced an increase in crimes such as looting, arson and criminal damage to property and vehicles. At this time, our community has not experienced these types of incidents
The City of Wheaton and the Wheaton Police Department will actively push pertinent and important information to its residents and community partners regarding planned protests in the Wheaton area or any emergent criminal activity related to riotous activities. Please be sure to closely monitor the official Wheaton sources of information provided below.
The Wheaton Police Department encourages the community to assist in keeping our community safe by being aware of your surroundings and notifying the Police Department of criminal activity and suspicious activity. If you encounter a situation that requires emergency assistance, please get to a safe place and then call 9-1-1.
We also encourage you to help direct people to the official sources for City information:
All official communication for the Wheaton Police Department comes through the City of Wheaton’s Facebook, Twitter and email updates.