The mission of the Topeka, Kansas Police Department is to deliver the highest quality of law enforcement service to all people.

Description:
The Topeka Police Department provides excellent services and positive interaction with this community; ensuring equality of services; partnering with neighborhoods and community organizations; enforcing laws fairly and equally; recognizing individuals as persons of worth that deserve the highest quality of police service; ensuring professional and diverse representation and recognizing the priorities and needs of the community by incorporating them into the department's operations.

History:
Ordinance No. Sixty Two, passed by the City Council of Topeka on February 11, 1858, under Mayor Orrin T. Welch, provided for the first police force in Topeka. "Colonel" W.L. Gordon was appointed the City Marshall and his first duty was to grade Kansas Avenue from the river to First Avenue.

Today the Topeka Police Department is comprised of 296 sworn officers. In December, 1995 the department moved into a new police facility, from a police station built in 1937. The new Law Enforcement Center houses the Topeka Police Department, the Shawnee County Sheriff and the Shawnee County Coroner's offices. The facility is state-of-the-art which will see the department well into this century.

Contact people:

Ben Clay, Volunteer Coordinator, (phone), (email) Rachel Pantos, Program Coordinator, (phone), (email)

Office fax number: (785) 368-9275

Address:

320 S Kansas Ave. Suite 100 Topeka, KS 66603 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.topeka.org

Directions:

The Topeka Police Department is located at 4th Street and Kansas Avenue.   Nearest Bus Stop: Kansas Avenue, 2 minute walk