Eaton Rapids Police Department

10/19/2025

A big thank you to Ingham County Animal Control for providing this training to our patrol staff. We appreciate your partnership and generosity.

10/03/2025

Officer Reynolds and Chief Weeks looking to add another car to the departments fleet and hanging out downtown for Urban Air.

09/30/2025

On Thursday, October 2nd, 2025 the City of Eaton Rapids will be welcoming Airstream guests to our wonderful downtown as we bring back Urban Air. The city has lined up some great events and live entertainment for the whole community while they are here. Go to the City of Eaton Rapids page for more event details.

As part of the arrival process, Main St between Knight St and State St will be closed on Thursday October 2nd, 2025 from 9:00am to 1:00pm to park our guests. Please plan to give yourself extra time navigating downtown. If you need to access a business in the downtown, the city lots behind Main St will be open except for the following. Lot #4 (On Hall St at the footbridge) will be closing tonight (Tuesday, September 30th) in preparation for placing the event tent on Wednesday. The 100 Block of East and West Hamlin St will be closed beginning early Thursday morning through the conclusion of the event on Sunday.

Please text EATON to 67283 to sign up for Emergency Alerts on road closures and other emergency notifications within Eaton County.

Thank you all for your patience during the closures and we look forward to seeing you downtown for this great event.

09/15/2025

State St, between Main St and Greyhound Dr, will be closed on Friday September 19th at 5:50 pm for our Greyhounds homecoming parade. It will open immediately after completion, which typically is about 6:30 pm to 6:45pm. Please plan accordingly. Your patience is appreciated.

07/05/2025

The Eaton Rapids Police Department would like to extend our sincerest gratitude to our valued partners from the Charlotte Police Department, Olivet Police Department, Eaton Rapids Township Fire Department, Hamlin Township Fire Department, Eaton Area EMS and Eaton County Central Dispatch for their unwavering dedication to our community on Independence Day. Special appreciation is also owed to Eaton County Emergency Management for their invaluable support with operations planning. Their contributions were instrumental in ensuring the success of our event. Pictured are some of the individuals who worked tirelessly to guarantee a safe and enjoyable experience for all attendees. We wish everyone a pleasant remainder of their weekend.

06/25/2025

The Eaton Rapids Police Depratment would like to congratulate Karina Doremire on being awarded one of two 2025 Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police Youth Scholarships. She was selected from applicant's throughout the state. Karina was sponsored by Chief Weeks and assisted through the process by SRO Ferguson.

Pictured alongside Karina are her proud parents, Tony and Andrea.

We are excited to see all the great things Karina will accomplish.

06/11/2025

Thank you too all those who participated. We appreciate your passion for the safety of our citizens and visitors.

We were invited by the City of Eaton Rapids to lead a Community Readiness workshop in preparation for their Fourth of July events🎆Building on the work from previous years, the session revisited key initiatives discussed last year to strengthen community readiness. We took a deeper dive into long-term recovery planning, and to conclude the workshop, our partners at Common Ground shared their lived experiences supporting community members and elected officials in the aftermath of local tragedies.

Thank you to the following agencies and organizations that participated!
🔹City Manager Ridge
🔹Councilman Steele
🔹Mayor Colestock
🔹Eaton County 911
🔹Eaton Rapids Police Department
🔹Eaton Rapids Fire Department
🔹Eaton Rapids Medical Center
🔹City of Eaton Rapids
🔹Eaton Rapids Township Fire Department
🔹Eaton Rapids Public Service Department
🔹City of Eaton Rapids Parks and Recreation
🔹Common Ground

06/07/2025

***Update*** After making contact with the owner's family the dog is in need of a new home. After going above and beyond and caring for the dog over night. Off Briscoe's family does't want to let it go, so it will be staying with them while they consider adoption.

This little one was out looking for its lost owners. Please contact Eaton County Central Dispatch (517-543-3510) and let them know your lost so arrangements can me made to reconnect you both.

05/29/2025

ERPD and ERFD had an awesome surprise visit today from some special olympic competitors and thier coach. We showed off some of our equipment and heard about how Jeffery once helped assist with solving a crime. The team will be competing in track events at the Michigan Special Olympics in Mount Pleaseant this weekend. Good luck, run fast, have fun and thanks for stopping by.

Pictured from left to right, Team Coach - Christine Diverno, Mark Sivanov, Off. Craig Briscoe, Jeffrey Powell, Kevin Sperry and fire department Lt. Dave Hendon.

05/16/2025

ERPD is proud to announce that School Resource Officer Jason Ferguson is the 2025 recipient of the Roger McNutt Public Safety Award. It was presented last night at the Eaton Rapids Chamber of Commerce awards banquet.

In addition to his primary duties of enforcing the law and working to assure school safety. SRO Ferguson does a lot of things that might surprise you. Here is a list of just a few. He has cooked breakfast for students, taught fly fishing, teaches students how to professionally greet people, provides free shoes when needed and has facilitated work experiences. He always goes above and beyond expectations.

Congratulations SRO Ferguson on a well deserved recognition.

05/14/2025

In 2021 the Collin Rose Foundation discovered through old newspapers that Eaton Rapids Police Officer, George "Tom" Emery died on May 31st, 1947 from a cardiac event in the line of duty. It occurred moments after he arrested two subjects who were fighting in the west alley of the 100 Block of S Main St. In honor of Off Emery, Lt. Creger traveled to Washington D.C. during police week in 2022. Two hundred and twenty four names were added to the the National Law Enforcement Memorial wall that year. Off Emery's was one of them.

In honor of police week and the sacrifice of Off. George "Tom" Emery and his family, officers from ERPD visited his grave site and did a bit of clean up of the grave markers. In addition, we placed a thin blue line flag and memorial emblem to recognize his service.

You are not forgotten sir.