Westfield Police

Westfield Police Department Community Police 910

Sergeant Steve Dickinson is a native of nearby Springfield, Massachusetts.  Upon graduation from Springfield Technical High School in 1982, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy submarine force stationed in Norfolk, Va. and Groton, Ct. until 1990. 

After a career in the Navy, Sergeant Dickinson started his police career in 1991as a Reserve Police Officer for the City of Westfield.  In 1993 he was hired as a full time Police Officer.  From 1994-1995, he was assigned to the Patrol Division and soon after became the first off-site Community Police Officer in the Union Street area with an office in Powdermill Village. 

From 2000 to 2005, he was assigned as a Narcotics Investigator.  As a narcotics investigator he worked undercover in several cities and towns in Hampden County, working with numerous agencies including the D.E.A.

In 2004, he was promoted and assigned as the Sergeant of the the Community Policing Unit. Working directly for Captain Michael Avonti, Sergeant Dickinson with his unit, have made positive changes in the way Westfield implements Community Policing.