Riverhead Police Department

Riverhead Police Department is the municipal law-enforcement agency for the City of Riverhead in Suffolk County, New York, based at 210 Howell Avenue. The department serves residents, businesses, and visitors within Riverhead limits in Suffolk 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. Riverhead sits along New York travel and commerce routes that bring daily traffic through the area, and the police department is the primary local law-enforcement presence for day-to-day public safety inside the city. Public safety emergencies in Riverhead should be reported by dialing 911.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 2023), Riverhead CDP, NY has an estimated population of 15,073.