Full Time Officers

The seven full time officers of the Pendleton Police Department are very well trained and equipped. All have attended Basic Training at the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy.  The Academy�s Basic course for new police officers consists of fifteen weeks of training in a variety of areas. Criminal and traffic law, firearms, emergency vehicle operations, physical tactics, EMS awareness and human behavior are some of the major areas of instruction during this course. A variety of other police related subjects such as accident investigation, criminal investigation, domestic violence and sexual assault, water rescue training, arresting intoxicated drivers, crime prevention and evidence collection are included in the areas an officer must study before graduating. The course of study is designed to incorporate practical as well as classroom exercises so the officers have a better idea of how they will react to situations they will encounter when they return to their departments. 

The officers regularly attend ongoing advanced training, including classes in emergency vehicle operations, firearms, physical tactics, photography, breath tests for intoxication, female survival tactics, domestic violence/sexual assault, death investigations, and leadership and management courses. Most of these courses are a week in length and are available to officers after they complete their basic training program.

Police Chief Executive Training Program   

In 1987 the Police Chief Executive Training Program was established by the legislature. It mandates the Law Enforcement Training Board to provide training for all newly-appointed chiefs of city police departments and towns having a metropolitan police department. The program includes media relations, accounting for funds, policy making, discipline and other administrative areas. The course may also be taken by town marshals, deputy chiefs or other high-level administrative officers of a department.

Reserve Officers

The six reserve officers of the Pendleton Police Department serve a vital role for the department and for the community. The reserve officers volunteer a minimum of sixteen hours a month while also working full time jobs and taking care of their families. Some of the essential functions that the reserve officers provide include needed coverage for days that the full time officers must attend court, extra coverage on weekends, and additional coverage for the town's many community events. Once the town's proposed courthouse is completed, the reserve program will expand even further. Officers will be needed for court coverage and for transporting prisoners. 

To become a reserve officer, applicants must go through a rigorous screening process and complete the forty hour pre-basic course mandated by the State of Indiana. The areas of instruction covered in the pre-basic course include traffic law, criminal law, firearm safety, and physical tactics, among other subjects. Once the pre-basic course is completed, reserve officers must spend sixty hours in the office learning items like paperwork and radio procedures. After this, they then spend 120 hours in service with a full time officer. 

The reserve officers of the Pendleton Police Department are among some of the best trained in the state. Without the reserve officers, the Pendleton Police Department would be hard-pressed to function. 

For more information on becoming a full time or reserve officer, please contact the Pendleton Police Department at (765)778-3933. To learn more about the police training program, visit the 

Indiana Law Enforcement Academy.

Awards

Governor's Council on Impaired and Dangerous Driving:    

The Pendleton Police Department was chosen as the best small police department in the state of Indiana for the year 2000 for Operation Pull Over. Since then, the Pendleton Police Department has never ranked lower than third in Eastern Central Indiana among small police departments!

Last modified: October 20, 2007