Police Department
Annual Budget
July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2022
Department Description
The Shawnee Police Department keeps the peace, enforces laws, apprehends criminals, helps prepare cases for prosecution, and provides emergency assistance. It is made up of five divisions, Administration, Police Patrol, Criminal Investigations, Animal Welfare, and Dispatch. Furthermore, the Chief of Police is over Emergency Management which is responsible for preparing for and responding to disasters which affect our citizens.
It is headed by the Chief of Police, Mason Wilson.
For the Divisional Budgets, see below.
Criminal Investigations Division
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Continued work on the completion of the new police department facility;
- Replaced thirty high mileage vehicles, installed the equipment internally to reduce costs;
- Created a traffic unit, narcotics unit, and a street crimes unit to enhance public safety;
- Replaced a twenty-year-old operating system for records, dispatch, patrol , and evidence and became SIBRS and NIBRS certified;
- Created and completed the first Shawnee Police Department CLEET Police Academy;
- Finished a complete upgrade of software, radio and telephone equipment in the communication center;
- Replaced the software and hardware to complete a new early warning system that is integrated with the National Weather Service;
- Implemented Smart911 as a public alert system for weather and non-weather alerts; and
- Oversaw upgrades and improvements to the current animal shelter and established a volunteer program. The volunteers have assisted with many special adoption events and establishing relationships with local rescues.