Lincoln Police Department

Lincoln Police Department
Lincoln Police Department
	Patch of Lincoln Police Department
Abbreviation	LPD
Jurisdictional structure
General nature	Local civilian police;
Operational structure
Headquarters	575 South 10th St
Agency executive	Teresa Ewins, Chief of Police;

The Lincoln Police Department (LPD) is the primary law enforcement agency for the city of Lincoln, Nebraska. It has just over 350 police officers serving a population of 290,000 and an area of 79 square miles (200 km²). The police per capita rate is extremely low at 1.2 officers per 1,000 people (the average being 1.94), and the violent crime rate of 522 per 100,000 people. The department is nationally accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies and was the first law enforcement agency in Nebraska to become so.

Their headquarters is located in the City-County Building at 575 South 10th St, which is also the headquarters for the .

The current Chief of Police of the Lincoln Police Department is Teresa Ewins.

Organization[]

The department is headed by a chief of police, who is appointed by the Mayor of Lincoln with approval by the Lincoln City Council. Below the chief is one assistant chief (A/C), who commands both the Operations Division and the Support Division. Below the Assistant Chief are 15 Captains who command various departments within the agency. The patrol functions are divided into five separate teams for the Northwest, Southwest, Northeast, Southeast, and Center areas of the city. There are several specialized units: Criminal Investigations, Gang Unit, Technical Investigations Unit, Special Victims Unit, Education & Personnel Unit, Traffic Unit, Electronic Evidence Unit, Forensics Unit, K-9 Unit and Narcotics Unit.