Crawfordsville Police Department

A Board of Metropolitan Police Commissioners with three citizen members named by the mayor oversees the Crawfordsville Police Department in Indiana, setting its budget and handling hiring, discipline and personnel policy under city ordinance and state law. Under the chief and an assistant chief, sworn officers are assigned to patrol, investigations and school resource posts in Crawfordsville School Corporation schools, and civilian staff include clerks, a parking meter team and crossing guards. New officers complete the 15-week Indiana Law Enforcement Academy and eight months of field training before patrolling alone, and every officer completes 24 hours of state-approved training each year. Annual calls for service grew from about 5,000 roughly 25 years ago to nearly 20,000 in 2020, and volunteer reserve officers help at parades, festivals, games and routine patrols. A combined SWAT unit draws operators and medics from the county sheriff's office and city firefighters, and dual-purpose K-9s imported from Europe are certified in obedience, narcotics detection, searches, tracking and apprehension. The records office handles crash and incident report requests for a fee and keeps alarm registrations.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 2023), Crawfordsville city, IN has an estimated population of 16,408.