Lancaster Police Department

Lancaster Police Department is the municipal law-enforcement agency for the City of Lancaster in Lancaster County, South Carolina, based at 405 E Arch St. The department serves residents, businesses, and visitors within Lancaster limits in Lancaster County. Its area of responsibility covers patrol and response to calls for service, traffic enforcement, criminal investigations inside the city, and community policing programs that support local neighborhoods and commercial corridors. Lancaster sits across a South Carolina jurisdiction where seasonal and year-round residents share the roads, and the police department is the primary local law-enforcement presence for day-to-day public safety inside the city. Public safety emergencies in Lancaster should be reported by dialing 911.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 2023), Lancaster city, SC has an estimated population of 8,738.