JACKSON COUNTY TIP LINE & CRIME VIEW COMMUNITY
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CRIME VIEW COMMUNITY
Crime View Community is an interactive tool designed to show
citizens what type of crimes are happening in their
neighborhood. Crime View allows you to search near an address, a
location (park, school, etc.), or within your PACT area. Crime
View also allows you to search for both specific crimes or for
all crimes. Once you tell it the number of days to review, Crime
View will create a map showing each crime located that satisfies
the choices you made. By clicking on one of the icons showing a
crime, Crime View provides you with further information on that
incident.
We encourage you to use Crime View to learn what is going on in
your neighborhood and community.
Click here to be redirected to
the Crime View Community
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The Jackson County Tip Line
is a way to convey information about a crime. Callers to the Tip Line do
not have to give their name, and can report any information about a past
crime. The information is then passed on to the appropriate law
enforcement agency that is investigating the crime.
Tip Line
(517) 787-0212
24 hours a day, 7 days a week |
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The Jackson Police Department was formed in 1873 under the direction of
the Mayor, until 1886 when it was placed in the hands of a three member
police commission. Presently, the police department reports to the
Office of the City Manager by charter.
Over the years, the police department has had twenty-five different
chiefs. The first was Chief Frank Standish (1873 – 1875). The department
then consisted of the Chief and seven officers. The officers of this era
were paid $0.16 per hour. They worked ten hours per day, seven days per
week. The patrolman’s job was the most sought after in the city!
From the early 1870’s through the mid 1930’s, four of the Jackson Police
Chiefs had also been the Jackson County Sheriff at some time. Those four
men were: Chief E. Winney, Chief J. Boyle, Chief J. Stroble, and Chief
G. Bean.
Since December 2007, the Jackson Police Department has been under the
direction of Chief Matthew R. Heins. The department now has a complement
of 71 sworn and 24 civilian personnel.
Jackson’s first police station was located in the basement of the County
Building at 245 West Michigan Avenue. The lockup consisted of one large
and two small cells. The prisoners were fed bread and water and paid for
their crime at the rock pile out back. Today’s police station was
constructed in 1952 at 216 East Washington Avenue.
With the purchase of its first automobile patrol wagon on January 29,
1911, the department moved into the auto age. The patrol wagon was
purchased from the Jackson Auto Company for a cost of $1,300. Officer
Clifford Hockman was appointed the first driver.
In 1999 the Jackson Police Department partnered with the Michigan
Regional Community Policing Institute at Michigan State University. This
began one of the most massive changes in JPD history, changing over to a
Community Policing philosophy. Several
committees spent hundreds of hours planning what would happen, and when.
In February 2002, the Jackson Police Department divided the city into
eight PACT areas and changed its focus to a problem solving based method
of fighting crime and improving the quality of life for the citizens of
Jackson.
Through it all, the Jackson Police Department remains one of the best
trained, educated, and equipped departments in the state.
216 E. Washington
Avenue 517-788-4100 |
