Bridgton Police Department

**Bridgton Police Department** is a fictional law enforcement in the Audience crime drama *Mr. Mercedes*.

## Jurisdiction

The department covers the fictional city of Bridgton, Ohio.

## Information

* The name is likely a reference to the real life city of Bridgton, Maine, located in the home state of Stephen King (whose work the series is an adaption of).
* In the Pilot (S01E01) a map shows the city to be located in northern Ashland County.
* However, in the rest of the series it is implied to be located in Stark County, relying on the real life Canton Police Department for their SWAT team in Season. By Season 2, the department has its own SWAT unit.
* The department is seen investigating serial killer Brady Hartsfield (Harry Treadaway), nicknamed "Mr. Mercedes" after he runs down 16 people in a stolen Mercedes hatchback.

## Staff

* Captain Brooke Hockney (Debra Monk)

* Detective Bill Hodges (Brendan Gleeson)
* Detective Peter Dixon (Scott Lawrence)
* Detective Izzy Torres (Nicole Barre)
* Detective Daniel Marks (Fredric Lehne)
* Detective Hunt (Adam Donshik)
* Detective Gibson (Tracey Bonner)
* Unnamed Detective (Joe Chrest)
* Unnamed Detective (Charles D. Clark)

* Sergeant Carl Wells (Anthony J. Police)

* Officer Emily Benedento (Jenifer Christina Palmer)
* Officer Marlo Everett (Bill Kelly)
* Officer Shammington (Michael Rubino)
* Officer Johnson (Rob Niter)
* Officer Kent (Steven Reddington)
* Officer Jones (Jay DeVon Johnson)
* Officer Friend (Adam Vernier)
* Officer Schmidt (Kurt Yue)
* Officer Gates (Chris Holloway)
* Officer Foster (Berle Lorenzo Stocks)

## Uniform & Equipment

* Regular uniform is navy trousers with blue piping, blue dress shirts with navy piping and black leather equipment belts. Badges and nametags are silver in colour.
* Detectives operate in plainclothes, but with visible gold badges. They occasionally wear black body armour with POLICE markings in white.
* SWAT officers instead wear black tactical trousers and jackets with olive green body armour and helmets with POLICE markings in white.
* The Glock 17 is carried as the standard issue sidearm, with SWAT also using M4A1 pattern rifles.

## Real Life Equivalent

As the city of Bridgton is entirely fictional, a real life equivalent cannot be listed.

## Gallery

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