GLOCESTER — Rhode Island State Police and the Glocester police continue to search for a Glocester police officer who has been missing since Saturday and may have been seen last in Pulaski State Park in Chepachet.

The search began after the 47-year-old officer, whose name is not being released, failed to show up for work early Sunday morning at Glocester Police Headquarters, where he worked the overnight shift.

Glocester police Lt. Matthew Fague said fellow officers knew the missing officer frequently jogged and biked in the park, prompting them to look for him there a short time later.

“We know everyone’s routine here. We’re like a tight knit family, so our guys went up there,” Fague said. “They found his personal car, but not the officer. A rudimentary search began last night.”

Just after dawn Sunday, the state police were called in to assist in the investigation, and a search began in earnest that morning.

Fague said more than 100 law-enforcement officials — including the state police search and rescue team, as well as dog teams, civilians, a Coast Guard helicopter from Woods Hole, Mass., and police officers from around Rhode Island — spent the day searching for the officer.

The 100-acre Pulaski Park, with hiking trails and a 13-acre pond, is within the 4,000-acre George Washington Management Area in the Chepachet section of Glocester, near the Connecticut border.

The search was suspended at dusk, but is scheduled to resume Monday morning at 7. Fague said the search will again focus on Pulaski Park but will also expand to include the George Washington Management Area.

State Police Lt. Col. Steven G. O’Donnell said it appeared the officer was last seen in the park with his family sometime on Saturday morning. He declined to elaborate.

O’Donnell said the police interviewed people at the park campground Sunday to see if “they saw anything or heard anything.” The police were able to develop some leads, he said, but would not provide details.

The missing officer is described as a white male, 5 feet 8 inches tall and 180 pounds. Fague said he was a 20-year member of the Smithfield Police Department where he retired as a captain. He came to Glocester a little over two years ago and had been assigned to the overnight shift ever since.

O’Donnell said the search remains a missing-persons case and has not yet been elevated to anything more serious.

A news conference has been scheduled for 9 a.m. Monday at the George Washington Management Area.

cneedham@projo.com

Correction: State Police Lt. Col. Steven G. O’Donnell's title was incorrect in an earlier version of this story.