McCook Police Department

Department Patch

526 West B Street

PO Box 1066

McCook, NE 69001
Phone (308) 345-3450
Fax (308) 345-4369
Crime Stoppers (308) 345-5440


 

The McCook Police Department is staffed by both sworn police officers and civilian personnel.  The Law Enforcement Division consists of all sworn members of the Department and provides twenty-four hour a day and seven days a week all basic police services, investigations, field operations, assists in fire and ambulance response, and community security, and operates a ninety-six hour jail holding facility.  The Division consists of one Police Chief, four Patrol Sergeants, two Detectives, eight Patrol Officers, one School Resource Officer, and one part-time contracted Airport Security Officer.  
 

Uniformed patrol personnel are divided into four separate twelve hour day and night shifts consisting of one Patrol Sergeant and two Patrol Officers under normal operating conditions.  Each shift works eighty-four hours in a two week pay period and generally rotate with every other weekend off and between days and nights every six months.

Detectives work with uniformed personnel as needed and are assigned to work a total of eighty-four hours in a two week pay period.  Detectives generally work eight or eight and one half hour day shifts.  

Civilian staff operate The Communications Division which consists of one Communications Supervisor, three full-time Communicators, and two part-time Communicators.  The Communications Division provides county wide all necessary law enforcement, fire, ambulance, and emergency response dispatch and communications services twenty-four hours a day and seven days a week.  The Communications Division is responsible for record maintenance, clerical and receptionist duties, and support services necessary for the operation of the department.  All Communications also serve as Jailers and perform duties within the Jail Operations Division.

Communications personnel are generally divided into three rotating eight hour shifts with full time staff scheduled to work eighty hours during the two week pay period and part time staff generally scheduled to work sixty-four hours during the two week pay period.

The McCook Police Department also works with the Red Willow County Sheriff's Office, The Nebraska State Patrol and other surrounding law enforcement agencies to provide additional service to the region. 

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