Patrol Unit
Lincoln Police Department's Patrol Unit is manned with 20 sworn officers working a scheduled 24/7 operation. Patrol Officers cover seven square miles of the City of Lincoln. Officers have the responsibility of responding to calls for service generated from Logan County Dispatch; as well as self-initiated calls when an incident arises while out on patrol.
Patrol Officers are given the opportunity to be trained in several specialized duties to help further services to our community. We have officers that participate as DARE Officers, School Resource Officers, K9 Officers and Narcotics Investigators.
Patrol Officers also have the opportunity to be trained in other duties to further our needs within the department. Officers can participate in the Field Training Officer Program, Drone Operator, Crime Scene Technicians, General Investigators, Emergency Response Team Member, Firearms Instructor, and Evidence Technician.
K-9 Unit
The Lincoln Police Department is proud to be able to have an amazing K-9 Team. K-9 Diesel has been certified by the State of Illinois to detect the odor of illegal drugs, track to assist in the apprehension of suspects or locate missing people and conduct "article searches”, which are searches for a discarded object.
Diesel’s handler, Sergeant Phillips, has also been certified to deploy and handle Diesel during law enforcement activities. Sergeant Phillips is also responsible for taking care of Diesel in his off time and Diesel resides with Sergeant Phillips at his residence.
K9 Diesel is a powerful asset in our endeavor to reduce the amount of illegal drugs and crime in our community.
Criminal Investigation Division
The CID investigates major crimes committed in the Lincoln Area. We currently have two full time detectives assigned to general investigations and an investigator assigned to narcotic investigations. Our Investigator participates in a multi-jurisdictional drug task force, conducting joint investigations with other local, state, and federal agencies.
Crimes are committed every day and there is always someone that may have information about a crime in our community.
If you have any questions or have any investigative leads that a detective
needs to know, please contact them,
call 217-732-2151 or
come into the station located at 710 5th Street, Lincoln.
If it is an emergency, please dial 911.
If you do not want to reveal yourself, do to personal reasons,
please contact Crimestoppers to give information anonymously.
