Police Department

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General Business: 832-3527
Non-Emergency: 336-2525
EMERGENCY: 911

Welcome to the Lake Park Police Department’s web page. You can also contact the police department by E-mail directing your concerns, ideas, requests, or crime information tips to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Our Mission is to gain, and the ability to maintain the trust and the support of this community and maintain a great working relationship by building communication and trust between the citizens of Lake Park, and the Police Department.

We work closely with the Harris-Lake Park School District to assist in providing a safe atmosphere for our kids to go to school without additional concerns for their safety. We provide walk-through patrol as well as vehicle patrol during school hours and also for special events that occur at the school or school grounds. At the schools request, we can also provide presentations to both the staff and students on a variety of topics to help educate our community.

We also periodically attend the Seniors Dinner Date to keep our older citizens in the loop of what is going on in our community and be able to address any concerns or needs that they have. If requested we can provide education on a variety of topics to assist the protection of our citizens and their property.

This department will now utilize the vast resources of other law enforcement agencies personnel, databases, and equipment to assist our citizens to provide the best protection as possible for our citizens.

Sincerely,

Joe Hoover
Chief of Police

sTEP
The Lake Park Police Department participates in Iowa's Special Traffic Enforcement Program (sTEP). sTEP is a cooperative week-long enforcement effort coordinated around a holiday and in conjunction with a national campaign. These events call for heightened traffic enforcement for all traffic violations with the main effort to raise awareness in safety belt use as the best means of protection in the case of a motor vehicle collision.

Around Thanksgiving 2008, a traffic enforcement program was conducted by the LPPD. Part of the program involved conducting a seatbelt survey before and after the project. The survey showed 82% of motorists wore seat belts prior to the campaign. Afterward, that number had rose to 92%.

Crime Stoppers
For information on Dickinson County Crime Stoppers, including the crime of the week, visit the Dickinson County Sheriff's Crime Stoppers page.