Derby Police Department

Beat team leaders serve as contacts for residents with questions about policing in their part of the city, and the Derby Police Department in Kansas encourages residents to share information. Its divisions cover administration, operations and patrol, community education, technical services and police support specialists. The Operations Division includes patrol and station officers, the Community Education Section, a Special Operations Team, reserves and animal control, and it handles emergency response, traffic enforcement, crash and criminal investigations and crime prevention. A detective sergeant supervises the Investigations Section, which collects and preserves evidence, files charges in district and municipal courts and works with the district attorney, the medical examiner and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. Police support specialists maintain reports, crash reports, warrants, pawn records, mug shots, fingerprint records and citations, and they report crime and arrest data to the KBI. Residents leaving town can sign up online for vacation home watch, and anonymous tips can go through Crime Stoppers. Community education officers give internet safety presentations, arrange demonstrations for block parties and HOA meetings, and lend engravers through Operation ID so residents can mark bicycles, tools and electronics. Weekly arrest reports and a 2025-2029 strategic plan are posted online.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 2023), Derby city, KS has an estimated population of 25,801.