PATROL

Our Patrol Division consists of 20 sworn officers. These officers are on 12 hour shifts. The officers use marked police squads to patrol the City of Lincoln. These vehicles consist of Ford Interceptors, Ram Pickups, and Dodge Durangos. The Department has been transitioning to 4-wheel drive vehicles due to inclement weather like snow and heavy rains.

Our vehicles are equipped with Video Cameras, RADAR, and Mobile Data Computers. Our mobile data computers are connected to a statewide system implemented by the Illinois Central Management Services called the Illinois Wireless Information Network(IWIN). Our officers are equipped with Body Worn Camera's. These cameras capture audio and video recordings of interactions between officers and the public. We also utilize ETHOS a Lexis Nexis program for crash reporting to the Illinois Department of Transportation.  Citizens can download crash reports utilizing BuyCrash.com.

Our patrol officers are trained in several areas, but being a small department each of our officers take on specialized duties to help further services to our citizens. For example, we have four officers that participate in Drug and Alcohol Resistance Education (DARE) and teach in our schools. We also have two School Resource Officers. We have one canine handler. K9 Diesel and Corporal Phillips are very valuable to the Patrol Division. We also have officers that do specialized training in a lot of areas, some being weapons and tactics.

Our patrol force is always available and we always have a police officer available for calls in the Lincoln Area. Please call (217)732-2151 if you have a request for any law enforcement service, or if it is an emergency dial 911.

K-9 Patrol

The Lincoln Police Department is proud to be able to have an amazing K-9 Team. K-9 Diesel has been certified by the State of Illinois to detect the odor of illegal drugs, track to assist in the apprehension of suspects or locate missing people and conduct "article searches”, which are searches for a discarded object. Diesel’s handler, Corporal Phillips, has also been certified to deploy and handle Diesel during law enforcement activities. Diesel is a powerful asset in our endeavor to reduce the amount of illegal drugs and crime in our community.

CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION (CID)

The CID investigates major crimes committed in the Lincoln Area. We currently have two full time detectives assigned to general investigations and an investigator assigned to narcotic investigations that participates in a multi-jurisdictional drug task force, conducting joint investigations with other local, state, and federal agencies. If you have any questions or have any investigative leads that a detective needs to know, please contact them.

Crimes are committed every day and there is always someone that may have information about a crime in our community. If you wish to contact the Criminal Investigation Division, please call 217-732-2151 or come into the station located at 710 5th Street, Lincoln. If it is an emergency, please dial 911. If you do not want to reveal yourself, do to personal reasons, please contact Crimestoppers to give information anonymously. Any information that you may have could be very beneficial to an investigation and could help to solve a crime and make our community safer.