Police Department

Mission Statement

The members of the Belle Plaine Police Department are dedicated to offering the highest quality of police service to our community. We place the greatest value on the safety and concerns of the citizens we serve with the knowledge that we are accountable to those very same people.

Impartiality, integrity, ethics, and professionalism are key workings to increase community safety, protect life and property, and reduce crime and the fear of crime. To do this, the department and its individual members, both civilian and sworn, are committed to the pursuit of excellence and vow to strengthen a partnership with the community to resolve problems, and strive to improve the safety and quality of life in our city.

  1. Crime Mapping

Community Crime Map

The Belle Plaine Police Department now provides a new way for the public to stay informed about crime in Scott County. The Belle Plaine Police Department has an online crime map called Community Crime Map that maps and analyzes crime data, alerts Scott County citizens about crimes in their area, and allows the Belle Plaine Police Department to quickly alert the public about crimes as they occur.

Belle Plaine citizens can view a map and grid with all of the crimes in their area, sign up for neighborhood watch reports that automatically email a breakdown of recent crime activity, and submit an anonymous tip about a crime directly to their law enforcement agency. Community Crime Map automatically syncs with the Scott County Sheriff's Office's records system to keep crime information updated online. Community Crime Map cleans and geocodes the crime data, then displays all of the incidents on a map, grid and analytics dashboard along with some basic information about the incidents, including the type of crime, location type, block-level address, date and time.

How Crime Mapping Helps the Community

  • Enables the public to stay informed about crime activity while they are away from their computer.
  • Citizens can see crime activity based on their current GPS location.
  • Empowers citizens to better understand crime activity in their neighborhood.
  • Makes it even easier to access near real-time crime information provided by your department

Types of Crimes Displayed

In order to protect our citizens privacy, not all types of incidents are displayed on the public map (i.e. sexual offense, domestic abuse, juvenile crimes, civil paper services).

Sign Up for Alerts

Scott County citizens can view a map and grid with all the crimes in their area and sign up for neighborhood watch reports that automatically email a breakdown of recent crime activity. Sign up at the LexisNexis website

Disclaimer

The Belle Plaine Police Department does not make any warranty, representation, or guarantee as to the content, sequence, accuracy, timeliness, or completeness of any of the database information provided herein for any reason. All aspects of the data provided herein are susceptible to a degree of error due to the complexities of the process involved in compiling and programming the data.

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