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Ackley Police Department
Keeping
the Peace Since the Sixties (1860's That Is) |
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 We welcome you to the
Ackley Police Department’s Website. Ackley is located on the
intersection of the old the old transcontinental routes, “The Grant
Highway” (Formerly US 20, now State 57) and “The Glacier Trail” (County S-56). We
are centered in a circumference of Mason City, Fort Dodge, Ames,
Marshalltown and Waterloo.
The Ackley Police Department is
currently a four full time officer law enforcement
agency. We also have six current Reserve Police Officers that we use
for emergencies, celebrations or if we are short handed with full time
staff. Our main goals are safety to the public, the prevention of
crime and community policing. On July 31, 1996 the Ackley Police
Department was awarded the “Congressional Community Policing Award”
from U.S. Senator Tom Harken, for achievement in fighting crime
through community policing.
We have a police officer on duty 24
hours a day 7 days a week. The
dayshift officer’s hours are from 5:00 AM to 5:00 PM. The nightshift
officer runs 5:00 PM to 5:00 AM.
Ackley is a very
friendly multi cultural community, mostly of German and Mexican
descent. This is a town where the citizens have always “pulled
together” to work out any problems. Ackley has always had history of
sporting a very low juvenile delinquency problem. The children and
teenagers of this community are tops. An excellent school system and
proper parenting are the main factors of this community benefit.
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All our Year-end Reports
since 1992, which was the beginning of our 24-hour patrol, shows that
Ackley, Iowa has a very low crime rate along with the Police
Department's high convection rate. One prime example; in 2002
Ackley had six Burglaries but tallied seven Burglary arrests. Prior to
1992, without the 24-hour shifts, it was nothing for Ackley to score
35 to 50 burglaries a year. Security is very important to its citizens
and for industrial development and having a patrol car roaming at all
hours deters the criminal element from invading our safety and
property.
In October of 2004, we
moved into our new police station. We took residence in the East
1/2 of the old Illinois-Central Railroad Depot. The Ackley
Preservation Committee was awarded a $300,000 D.O.T. grant to restore
the old railway building. Dr. Robert M. Swasand wrote up the
grand and the Ackley contractor, Bernard H. Boekholder, of Boekholder
Construction, headed up the renovation project. All our new
office equipment was provided free by the U.S. Military Surplus and
also with monies from the 911 fund. So the cost of the police
department to move was very minimal.
On October 6, 2004 we had
our open house and also celebrated the Police Department's 135th
Birthday! We currently run our four full time police officer department
on a fiscal budget that matches the allocations of most two-officer
agencies.
We welcome any
comments or concerns you may have. We can be reached at the email
address of ackleypolice@hotmail.com
, or by phone at 641-847-2510 or 641-847-2222.
THANK YOU! Chief
Pat Scallon
Inside of Renovated Station
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