Woodstock Police Department

Patrol officers in Woodstock, Illinois, are assigned to permanent beats, and the police department adds a bicycle unit that answers calls and runs bike safety programs, along with foot patrols through the Downtown Square business district. New officers move through field training on all three patrol shifts under state-certified field training officers, who complete daily evaluations of each trainee. Detectives keep custody of evidence and serve on a countywide team for serious investigations in McHenry County, which brings together police agencies across the county, the Illinois State Police, the coroner and the State's Attorney. The records division processes citations and parking tickets, and the department provides D.A.R.E. instruction and high school liaison officers. Residents can sign up for a premise alert program, and older residents can take part in a senior citizen call-in program. Police records requests follow 5 ILCS 140, the state public records law, which sets the rules for what the department releases and how quickly it must answer.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 2023), Woodstock city, IL has an estimated population of 26,316.