Mission Statement
The mission of the City of Eaton Police Division is to help save lives, protect property, and assist the citizens of the City of Eaton in their time of need. We are dedicated to the community we serve and will continually strive to provide the highest level of professional service to our citizens. We recognize the need for human compassion and will treat each individual with equality, respect, and dignity.
We respond to emergency and non-emergency situations with professionalism, empathy, and accuracy to provide the vital link between public safety officials and the citizens of the City of Eaton. We will strive to collect and disseminate all requests for service in a prompt, courteous, and efficient manner for all our citizens.
Core Values
Central to this mission are core values that guide our chosen profession, our daily decisions, and our daily life. We keep our values clearly visible to remind us of our ideals. These core values are the foundation for which our policies, goals, and practices are anchored.
Teamwork - Each and every member of the Eaton Police Division is a valuable and important member of the team, recognizing that we are most effective when we combine our strengths.
Integrity - An Eaton Police Division employee shall never compromise himself or herself by dishonesty, lack of character or favortism.
Commitment to excellence - An Eaton Police Division employee shall strive to maintain the highest standards of effectiveness and efficiency.
Ethics - An Eaton Police Division employee challenges himself or herself both on duty and off duty with the following question, "Is what I'm doing legally and morally right?"
EPD Employee of the Year
Congratulations to Officer Clinnie Stevenson for being the 2011 Eaton Police Division Employee of the Year!
The award honors the employee who most demonstrated the core values of the division of Teamwork, Integrity, Commitment to Excellence, and Ethics.
Pictured (left, Clinnie Stevenson, right, Chief Chad DePew)
ZERO Sick Time Award
Congratulations to our 2011 EPD Award winners for using ZERO hours of sick leave in 2011. Pictured left to right are: Tom Smith, Pete Wray, Tonya Hickman and Steve Hurd.
1,000+ Officer Activity Award
Congratulations to the 2011 EPD 1,000+ Officer Activity Award recipients! Pictured from left to right are: Dale Haney, Clinnie Stevenson, Tom Smith and Craig Jones. Each of these 4 officers had over 1,000 officer activity events in 2011. Officer activity events include details like business checks, foot patrols, traffic stops, arrests, and vacation house checks.
These 4 officers were responisble for 57% of our total officer activity for 2011.
These 4 officers were responisble for 57% of our total officer activity for 2011.
Historical Photos
We'd like to thank Ms. Sandy Ball for providing the police division with several historical photos of our agency.
Staff of the Eaton Police Department in 1973
Left to right: Chief Jim Callaway, Jim House, Larry Kesler, Bradley Hobbs, Dave Bell, Bob Ball, Roger Owen, Jim Dearth, Russell Kautz, and Arthur shaw
Staff of the Eaton Police Department in 1980
Left to right: Larry Kesler, Russell Kautz, Jerry Thompson, Gordan Flora, Jim Dearth, Bob Ball, Roger Owen, Dale Haney, Dave Bell, Tom Ditmer, Jim Montgomery, Dick Francis, and Chief John C Kelly