Lebanon Police Department (LPD)
Special Operations
Boone County SRT
The Boone County Special Response Team (SRT) is a multi-agency task force that works to resolve emergency situations via the use of specialized weapons and tactics.
The SRT has been in operation since 1990 and currently has an authorized strength of 12 men, along with a support staff of trained drivers and a team medic. The Boone County Hostage Negotiation Team also works closely with the SRT
SRT members are some of the most highly trained officers of the law enforcement profession. The SRT has various members trained in the following skills:
- Lock picking
- explosive breaching
- chemical agent deployment
- defensive tactics
- emergency driving
- SCUBA diving
- rappelling
- sniping
- electronic surveillance
- tactical tracking
- hostage negotiation
- incident command
- many others
SRT members have trained at some of the most prestigious schools in the world, including Gunsite Training Center, Yavapi Firearms Academy, Blackwater Training Center and Thunder Ranch. They have also received training from the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Navy SEAL teams
Firearms Training
Training in the safe, effective and proper use of firearms is an important and on-going activity for the Lebanon Police Department. The department has invested considerable resources to make sure Lebanon police officers are well trained in the use of firearms.
The department has three primary instructors who oversee the firearms training program, along with other officers trained as instructors and armorers in a variety of weapons systems. Department trainers have attended some of the finest firearms schools in the world, providing Lebanon officers with the most current, up-to-date tactics and training available.
Firearms of LPD:
Handguns:
Glock model 22 .40 Caliber Semi-automatic
Shotgun:
Remington 870 12 gauge
Rifle:
Colt M-4 .223
Officers may carry personally owned rifles and back-up handguns after completing a qualification course and receiving approval from the department.
Bicycle Patrol
The Lebanon Police Department Bike Patrol is equipped with two Cannondale Police Patrol Bicycles purchased by the Lebanon Lion’s Club as a service to the community. The bicycles are used to supplement regular patrol during special events such as the 4th of July and the Back to the 50’s Festival.
Public Information Officer
The policy of the Lebanon Police Department to provide the community and media with accurate information concerning events that affect the public welfare, or are of public interest and are handled by or involve the department. We believe that a strong relationship with the news media ultimately fosters a better understanding within the community of the mission, goals and performance of the Lebanon Police Department.
To contact PIO officers when under deadline, please call central dispatch at (765) 482-1412 and request the PIO be paged.
Click here to review the LPD media policy (PDF)
Water Response Team
The Boone County Water Response Team is comprised of Lebanon Police officers and members of the community. The team practices several times a year and has training in many areas, including ice diving, swiftwater rescue and underwater homicide investigation.
Investigations
The Investigations Division of the Lebanon Police Department is an active and integral part of police operations. The division is currently comprised of two officers, supervised by a Detective Captain.
Lebanon Police Detectives work on a wide variety of cases ranging from check fraud to drug cases to homicides. They are also members of the Boone County Homicide Task force and Boone County Drug Task Force.
To contact Detectives, call (765) 482-8833. Anonymous tips are also accepted through Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at (800) 92-ALERT (922-5378).
School Resource Officer/D.A.R.E.
The Lebanon Police Department believes that helping young people is an important responsibility. In partnership with the Lebanon Community Schools Corporation, the police department assigns Sergeant Steve Smith as full-time School Resource Officer and D.A.R.E. Instructor. Sgt. Smith is based at the Lebanon Middle School and spends every day working with our community’s youth, providing a positive role model and a proactive law enforcement resource within the school system.
ABOUT THE DARE PROGRAM
Part of the reason D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) works so well is because it is a collaborative effort between the Lebanon Police Department, your school, parents, and community leaders. D.A.R.E. works because it surrounds children with support and encouragement from all sides.
D.A.R.E. teaches kids how to recognize and resist the direct and subtle pressures that influence them to experiment with alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and other drugs. It is estimated that 70% to 90% of all crime is drug related so it is absolutely vital that we reach the children of Lebanon before it is too late.
The D.A.R.E. program is introduced to children in the 5th or 6th grade. Our specially trained officer comes into your school one day a week for ten weeks and teaches the children. The program is then again reintroduced in the seventh grade to help children deal with ever-increasing pressures and influences as they grow older.
D.A.R.E. IN THE COMMUNITY
Sergeant Steve Smith and Deputy Debbie Martin, School Resource Officer of the Boone County Sheriff’s Department, man the D.A.R.E. booth at the Back To The 50’s Festival in downtown Lebanon.