Public Safety

wblpd

The White Bear Lake Police Department is committed to Community Oriented Policing and Problem Solving (C.O.P.P.S.) in which the department works with the citizens to solve community problems identified by the citizens. Responsible for promoting overall peaceful conduct in the city, primary activities include enforcement of state and city laws, the investigation of crimes and apprehension of violators, enforcement of traffic laws to obtain safe and expeditious movement of traffic and the reduction of traffic accidents, promotion of crime prevention and supervision of safe pedestrian movement.

Fire Department Patch

The White Bear Lake Fire Department is comprised of nearly 80 paid on-call members who provide fire protection and advanced life support (ALS) ambulance services to the City of White Bear Lake, Birchwood, Dellwood, Gem Lake and White Bear Township.  Several Department members also train in a variety of special operations such as high level rescue, dive rescue, trench rescue and confined space rescue.  The Department provides fire inspection services for commercial and multi-family buildings, building plan review and preplanning for businesses within the City of White Bear Lake, White Bear Township and Gem Lake.