Hastings Police Department

Hastings Police Department serves as the City of Hastings law enforcement division in Barry County, Michigan. The department is staffed around the clock on 12-hour shifts and is the primary investigating agency for crimes, suspicious situations and other calls inside the city. Barry County Central Dispatch takes incoming calls together with the department and starts officer response, and every call handled or incident observed receives its own report number. Officers patrol the city both in vehicles and on foot and work alongside the Barry County Sheriff's Department and the Michigan State Police. The department keeps emergency contact information on file for every business operating in Hastings, and its police secretaries handle a range of front-office services during the day.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 2023), Hastings city, MI has an estimated population of 7,515.