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"proudly providing public safety since 1906"
340 E. Churchman Ave.
Beech Grove, IN 46107
Phone: 782-4930 Fax: 782-4943
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Police Chief, Rich Witmer |
Deputy Chief, Kellen Malloy |
Second Annual Beech Grove Police Department
Citizens Police Academy
The Beech Grove Police Department is pleased to announce that applications
are being accepted for second annual Beech Grove Police Department Citizens
Police Academy. The goal of the citizen police academy is to offer citizens
insights into how police officers perform their duties and how the department
services the community. Applications can be picked up at the Beech Grove Police
Department starting Monday March 10th, 2008 and they must be
completed and turned into the police department by April 13th, 2008.
The academy will be limited to residents of Beech Grove only, and all applicants
must be 21 to participate.
Click here for complete info
(pdf)
Extra
services and programs we provide to our community
Neighborhood Crime
Watch
The Beech Grove Crime Watch exists to help educate and organize residents and
business owners on how they can do their part in making Beech Grove as safe as
possible.
Unattended House Program
In a positive effort of community relations and for the deterrent of
home burglaries the police department will provide for the community a
program referred to as the unattended house program.
When citizens leave home for an extended period of time they may request a police check of their home during the period they are
away. An example would be while persons are away on vacation. Citizens,
prior to leaving must call the communications office
and make an unattended house report. These
reports will then be made available to the road patrol officers who will
make periodic checks of the residences.
Shop With a Cop
The annual Shop with a Cop Program is held
during the Christmas Season. Local disadvantaged children are taken to a local
retailer by uniformed police officers who assist the children in selecting much
needed clothing items and a single toy. The officers and children then have
breakfast together before the children are taken home.
This program is funded by donations by individuals, businesses and civic
organizations. Donations are accepted throughout the year. Please contact the
police department for more information.
DARE Program
The Drug Abuse Resistance Education or DARE Program has been a part of the Beech Grove Police Department since 1994. The foundation of the program is a ten-week curriculum delivered to fifth grade classrooms. The
DARE Program is presented by a specially trained police officer and covers such safety concerns as saying no to drugs, resisting peer pressure, and avoiding gangs and violence. Shorter programs are presented to younger grades during the school year. Currently, three elementary schools are involved in the
DARE program.
DARE was originally developed in 1984 by the Los Angeles Unified School District and the Los Angeles Police Department and is now taught nationwide. Since the Beech Grove Police Department began its program, over six hundred fifth-graders have been reached with the
DARE anti-drug & violence message.
Other area or Statewide programs or services
Indiana Statewide VINE
VINE Service Number: (866) 959-8463
Victim Information Notification Everyday (VINE).
It’s a free service that allows not only victims of a crime to be notified when
an offender is released, but anyone with a phone. It will phone up to 5
different numbers every 30-minutes, and then every 2-hours till confirmed. You
confirm receipt of the message by entering a “PIN code”. You decide what the PIN
code will be when you sign up on-line.
The VINE system was originally developed for victims of domestic violence cases,
but it appears to include incarcerated persons from other offenses as well.
www.vinelink.com
Report Drug Activity Anonymously
BG
Tips Hot Line
782-4942
Indiana Statewide VINE
Indiana
Sheriff's
Sex Offenders Web Site
Homeland Security
