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Boone County Police Department Employees

Boone County taxpayers benefit if the county’s police protection is evaluated from a holistic point of view instead of individual police department “silos.” It is appropriate to consider that all seven police departments together serve each citizen in Boone County because of the mutual aid agreements between the police departments – every police department in Boone County will respond to assist an individual police department if needed.

It is also useful to consider how the total employees in the seven Boone County police departments have increased from 128 in 2012 to 147 in 2016 (excluding those employees who are not full-tine or permanent). The number of total police department employees per 1,000 Boone County citizens was 2.17 in 2012, and increased to 2.30 in 2016. The breakdown listed next of 2012 and 2016 employment in the seven Boone County police departments was obtained from the municipal and county budgets that can be accessed online from the “Line-Item Budget Estimate” Report link on the Indiana Gateway for Government Units web page at https://gateway.ifionline.org/report_builder/Default2.aspx?rptType=budget&rptVer=a. NOTE: The Boone County populations of 59,062 in 2012; 63,344 in 2015; and 63,907 in 2016 was obtained from the STATS Indiana web site at http://www.stats.indiana.edu/index.asp.

Advance Police Personnel
2016 = 1 Town Marshall + 2 Deputy Marshalls = 3 TOTAL 2016
2012 = 1 Town Marshall + 2 Deputy Marshalls = 3 TOTAL 2012

Boone County Sheriff’s Office Personnel
NOTE: 911 Dispatchers and Part-Time Employees not included
2016 = 1 Sheriff + 27 Deputies + 1 Crime Scene Investigator + 1 Courthouse Deputy + 1 Evidence Technician + 18 Jailers + 2 Cooks + 1 Executive Secretary + 2 Secretaries = 54 TOTAL 2016
2012 = 1 Sheriff + 27 Deputies + 15 Jailers + 2 Cooks + 1 Executive Secretary + 2 Secretaries = 48 TOTAL 2012

Jamestown Police Personnel
2016 = 1 Marshall + 1 Deputy Marshall = 2 TOTAL 2016
2012 = 1 Marshall + 1 Deputy Marshall = 2 TOTAL 2012

Lebanon Police Personnel
2016 = 1 Police Chief + 1 Assistant Chief + 4 Detectives + 3 Captains + 3 Lieutenants + 4 Sergeants + 17 Patrolmen + 1 City Hall Security + 4 School Patrol + 1 Meter Person + 1 Administrative Assistant = 40 TOTAL 2016
2012 = 1 Police Chief + 1 Assistant Chief + 1 Detective + 4 Captains + 3 Lieutenants + 3 Sergeants + 15 Patrolmen + 1 School Resource Officer + 4 School Patrol + 1 Meter Person + 1 Administrative Assistant = 35 TOTAL 2012

Thorntown Police Personnel
2016 = 1 Marshall + 2 Deputy Marshalls = 3 TOTAL 2016
2012 = 1 Marshall + 2 Deputy Marshalls = 3 TOTAL 2012

Whitestown Police Personnel
2016 = 1 Chief + 2 Detectives + 1 Captain + 10 Police Officers (full-time) + 1 Executive Assistant = 15 TOTAL 2016
2012 = 1 Chief + 1 Major + 1 Captain + 1 Sergeant + 5 Police Officers (full-time) = 9 TOTAL 2012

Zionsville Police Personnel
2016 = 1 Chief + 2 Detectives + 2 Captains + 3 Lieutenants + 5 Sergeants + 12 Patrolmen II + 4 Patrolmen I + 1 Administrative Assistant = 30 TOTAL 2016
2012 = 1 Chief + 2 Detectives + 2 Captains + 5 Sergeants + 14 Patrolmen II + 2 Patrolmen I + 1 IT Officer + 1 Administrative Assistant = 28 TOTAL 2012

2015 Salaries Paid To Boone County Police Department Employees

Listed next is a breakdown of 2015 salaries paid to police department employees in Boone County. A total of $6,839,304 in salaries was paid in 2015 to 161 police department employees throughout Boone County. Not every police department employee was full-time or permanent. Every one of the 63,344 men, women, and children in Boone County paid an average of $108 for police protection salaries in 2015. The salary and employee data was obtained from the 2015 Employee Compensation Report that can be accessed through the Indiana Gateway webpage at https://gateway.ifionline.org/report_builder/Default2.aspx?rptType=employComp&rptVer=a.

Advance Police Personnel
$47,031 was paid to 1 Town Marshall
$18,279 was paid to 2 Deputy Marshalls ($9,393 and $8,886)
$65,310 TOTAL was paid to 3 employees

Boone County Sheriff’s Office Personnel
$   110,000 was paid to 1 Sheriff
$   116,473 was paid to 2 Deputy Captains ($59,548 and $56,925)
$1,310,246 was paid to 32 Deputies (from $58,035 to $495)
$     38,825 was paid to 1 Evidence Technician
$   446,586 was paid to 19 Jailers (from $44,026 to $828)
$     41,011 was paid to 2 Cooks ($30,161 and $10,850)
$     81,613 was paid to 2 Secretaries ($49,396 and $32,217)
$     33,107 was paid to 1 Administrative Assistant
$2,177,861 TOTAL was paid to 60 employees
NOTE: $787,964 total for 10 Corrections Officers, one 911 Director, and 22 Dispatchers not included

Jamestown Police Personnel
$36,500 was paid to 1 Marshall
$29,891 was paid to 1 Deputy Marshall
$66,391 TOTAL was paid to 2 employees

Lebanon Police Personnel
$     64,450 was paid to 1 Chief
$     58,825 was paid to 1 Assistant Chief
$   181,633 was paid to 3 Detectives (from $66,020 to $56,511)
$   190,277 was paid to 4 Captains (from $62,549 to $14,588)
$   184,884 was paid to 4 Lieutenants (from $56,285 to $18,897)
$   249,337 was paid to 4 Sergeants (from 79,869 to $52,041)
$   787,119 was paid to 18 Patrolmen (from $64,363 to $8,686)
$       6,262 was paid to 4 School Patrol (from $1,823 to $1,295)
$       3,406 was paid to 1 Meter Person
$     37,014 was paid to 1 Office Clerk
$       1,098 was paid to 2 Custodians ($911 and $187)
$1,764,305 TOTAL was paid to 43 employees
NOTE: Patrolmen includes Probationary employees.

Thorntown Police Personnel
$  52,885 was paid to 1 Marshall
$  73,594 was paid to 3 Deputy Marshalls (from $47,760 to $11,667)
$126,479 TOTAL was paid to 4 employees

Whitestown Police Personnel
$  92,885 was paid to 1 Chief
$121,974 was paid to 2 Detectives ($65,315 and $56,659)
$  69,939 was paid to 1 Captain
$551,371 was paid to 12 Police Officers (from $57,721 to $7,124)
$  25,864 was paid to 1 Executive Assistant
$862,033 TOTAL was paid to 17 employees

Zionsville Police Personnel
$     96,475 was paid to 1 Chief
$   123,109 was paid to 2 Detectives ($62,368 and $60,741)
$   164,670 was paid to 3 Captains (from $79,480 to $8,219)
$   218,143 was paid to 3 Lieutenants (from $76,969 to $70,451)
$   311,811 was paid to 5 Sergeants (from $65,007 to $58,213)
$   708,137 was paid to 12 Patrolmen II (from $69,059 to $51,321)
$   106,966 was paid to 4 Patrolmen I (from $43,962 to $20,612)
$       3,534 was paid to 1 Part-Time/Over-Time
$     44,080 was paid to 1 Administrative Assistant
$1,776,925 TOTAL was paid to 32 employees

Boone County Criminal Interdiction Team

Boone County Sheriff Mike Nielsen reported to the Boone County Council on June 14,2016, that additional manpower is needed to form a Boone County Criminal Interdiction Team. The Criminal Interdiction Team would have members from various police departments throughout Boone County. The Criminal Interdiction Team would be “proactive” in using techniques such as field interrogation in which police officers stop persons they believe to be suspicious based on reasonable cause, question them about their activities, and sometimes search the individuals and their vehicles. The initial focus of the Criminal Interdiction Team would be to arrest heroin dealers.

Why do our Boone County police departments need additional staffing to form a Boone County Criminal Interdiction Team? Why can’t the existing personnel in our Boone County police departments work together to form a Criminal Interdiction Team the same way they have established a SWAT team and two Fatal Alcohol Crash Teams?

Sheriff Nielsen observes that “we can’t arrest our way out of the heroin problem.” Indeed, various recovery and mental health programs are in place through our Bone County Jail and our Boone County Community Corrections Department to reduce the heroin demand by effectively treating addicts. The over-prescription of pain medications is a particular problem in creating Indiana heroin addicts. These facts bring up the question, shouldn’t more resources be put into controlling the demand for heroin before adding more police personnel? Will the creation of a new Boone County Criminal Interdiction Team add significantly to the efforts of the existing Boone County and Hamilton County Joint Drug Task Force?

Boone County Sheriff Mike Nielsen, Zionsville Police Chief Robert Knox, Lebanon Police Chief Tyson Warmouth, and Whitestown Police Chief Dennis Anderson were advised that any answers they wish to provide to the above questions will be appreciated.

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This page was last updated on 07/27/16.