Ipswich Police

Ipswich Police

The Department’s main function is to protect and serve the citizens and the many visitors to our richly historic town. Our officers strive to do whatever they can to improve the quality of life in Ipswich by addressing citizens’ concerns on a wide range of issues. In order to be successful in making Ipswich a safe, pleasant place to live, work and visit, we openly welcome the involvement of the community. Without that involvement we could not be successful.

If you wish to report a non-emergency crime, call (978) 356-4343.

IF YOU HAVE AN EMERGENCY, CALL 911

Public Records Request

Effective January 1, 2017 Public Records request can be made online or via e-mail. Please Click Here

Traffic Rules & Regulations

Essex County Outreach

The Essex County Outreach (ECO) is a collaborative effort among the 34 police departments within Essex County and the Essex County Sheriff Department, as well as our multiple community partners to combat substance use disorders and mental health matters.

Click Here to Learn more about Essex County Outreach

Helpful Forms

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License and Registration Forms and Applications - (Motorboats, Snowmobiles, and ATV's)

Sex Offender Information

Sex offender registration information shall not be used to commit a crime against an offender or engage in illegal discrimination or harassment of an offender. Any person who uses sex offender registration information for such purpose shall be punished by not more than two and one-half (2 ½) years in a house of correction or by fine of not more than $1000.00 or both. M.G.L. c. 6, § 178N.

Any person who uses sex offender registration information to threaten to commit a crime may be punished by a fine of not more than $100.00 or by imprisonment for not more than six months. M.G.L. c. 275, § 4.

Sex Offenders

A sex offender is any person who resides, works or attends an institution of higher learning in the Commonwealth and who has been convicted of a sex offense, or who has been adjudicated as a youthful offender or as a delinquent juvenile by reason of a sex offense, or a person released from incarceration or parole or probation supervision or custody with the Department of Youth Services for such a conviction or adjudication, or a person who has been adjudicated a sexually dangerous person or a person released from civil commitment on or after August 1, 1981.
Sex offenders will be classified according to the degree of dangerousness they pose to the public and their likelihood for re-offense. An offender’s classification will be:

  • Level 1 or “low risk” offender,
  • Level 2 or “moderate risk” offender, or
  • Level 3 or “high risk” offender

Where the Sex Offender Registry Board determines that the risk of reoffending by an offender is low and the degree of dangerousness posed to the public by that offender is not such that a public safety interest is served by public availability, the Board shall give that offender a Level 1 designation. Information on Level 1 offenders will not be available to the public. Neither the police nor the Board has the authority to disseminate information to the general public identifying a Level 1 offender. Information identifying Level 1 offenders may only be given to the Department of Correction, any county correctional facility, the Department of Youth Services, the Department of Social Services, the Parole Board, the Department of Probation and the Department of Mental Health, all city and town police departments and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for law enforcement purposes.

Where the Board determines that the risk of reoffending is moderate and the degree of dangerousness posed to the public is such that a public safety interest is served by public availability of registration information, it shall give a level 2 designation to the sex offender.

The public shall have access to the information regarding a level 2 offender through the Ipswich Police Department and through the Sex Offender Registry Board.

Where the Board determines that the risk of reoffending is high and the degree of dangerousness posed to the public is such that a substantial public safety interest is served by active dissemination, it shall give a level 3 designation to the sex offender.

The public shall have access to the information regarding a level 3 offender through the Ipswich Police Department and through the Sex Offender Registry Board.

Massachusetts Sex Offender Online Search Page – Please be advised that level 2 sex offenders that were classified AFTER July 12, 2013 may now appear in this search. Level 2 offenders classified as such PRIOR to July 12, 2013 remain available only by inquiry to the Longmeadow Police Department.