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The Lynn Police Department is a small department consisting of 2
proactive full-time officers. We also have two reserve officers, they are
Officer Matthew Cain, and Officer Travis Jones, who each work atleast
an 8 hour shift every-other week.
Both full-time officers currently work a 5 and 2 rotation, working 9 hour
shifts, and are subject to call outs while off-duty. Our officers respond to
emergency and routine calls and are used for mutual aid with surrounding
departments. Both full-time officer have completed the Indiana Law
Enforcement Academy, located in Plainfield, IN.
Lynn, IN is small rural town and has a population of 1100 citizens. Lynn
is located at the junction of US 27 and US 36 which is located in Randolph
County, shown on the map below, bordering Ohio.
proactive full-time officers. We also have two reserve officers, they are
Officer Matthew Cain, and Officer Travis Jones, who each work atleast
an 8 hour shift every-other week.
Both full-time officers currently work a 5 and 2 rotation, working 9 hour
shifts, and are subject to call outs while off-duty. Our officers respond to
emergency and routine calls and are used for mutual aid with surrounding
departments. Both full-time officer have completed the Indiana Law
Enforcement Academy, located in Plainfield, IN.
Lynn, IN is small rural town and has a population of 1100 citizens. Lynn
is located at the junction of US 27 and US 36 which is located in Randolph
County, shown on the map below, bordering Ohio.
| Past Town Marshal's 1884 Freeman Reynolds 1885-86 Martin Eckerle 1886-88 James Mullins 1888-92 William Hiatt 1893-94 Harry Stewart 1895 Ellery Boone 1898-1915 A.B. Moody 1916-18 Frank Snyder 1918-20 John Chenoweth 1920-24 C. Buckingham 1924-25 J.E. Boone 1926-36 S.J.Kennard 1936-47 Jason Brown 1947 John Gurth 1947-75 William McFarland 1975-83 Gerald Price 1983-? Keith Crow ?- 1997 Randy Ruhl 1997-2000 Mike Burk 2000-current Brad Fisher |
| In May of 2003, Deputy Marshal Jonathan Nicholson was involved with ending a vehicle pursuit with his stop sticks. After submitting his report to get his Stop Sticks replaced, Deputy Marshal Nicholson was entered into a contest of all officers that had used their stop sticks that month to end pursuits. Deputy Marshal Nicholson was choosen for the "Hit of the Month" for the Midwest in May of 2003 and was entered into the "Hit of the Year" contest for 2003. |
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