Carmi Police Dept

Carmi Police Department

Carmi Police Department

Message from the Chief:

The Carmi Police Department is a modern, well educated and highly competent staff consisting of 10 sworn full time officers. The Carmi Police Department offers 24 hour 7 day a week coverage to the Carmi Community. We value high integrity, the Community Policing philosophy and we continually strive for excellence in all that we do. In this regard, our primary focus is on protecting and serving our citizens with the highest possible levels of devotion to duty by all members of the Department.
We use advanced strategic planning methods to move the department toward becoming less incident-driven and more proactive in addressing the root causes of crime and disorder in our community. Our strategies include advanced analytic problem-solving techniques; teamwork with all stakeholders of neighborhood problems coupled with collaboration of the full resources of local government; and candid open communications dialogue with the Carmi community.
The Carmi Police Department is proud of offer Service with PRIDE
P-Performance
R-Results
I-Integrity
D-Dignity
E-Enthusiasm
These values are used in everything we do and approach as a department. We are proud to be a part of the community and are committed to being more community involved and active.
-Chief Jason L. Carter

Emergency Contact Info:

9-1-1 is for Life-Threatening Emergencies Only

Call 911 when there is a life or death emergency that requires the immediate response of emergency service such as police, fire or ambulance.
Emergency operators will verify your address, telephone number, and name ensure that the telephone company address that is sent with the call is current and accurate; this is especially important for calls placed from a cellular telephone.

618-382-4633 - Non-Life-Threatening Emergencies
When there is a situation that requires police response but is not an emergency, use the 7-digit number above.
LexisNexis eCrash:

Emergency Text Alert:

We would like to let the public know that we now have an emergency alert system back in place.
We have partnered with NIXLE to keep you up to date on emergencies and events.
The City of Carmi and The Carmi Police Department want you to be safe and informed during emergencies in our area.
These may include public safety threats, dangerous weather, traffic advisories, boil orders, events, or other announcements affecting The City of Carmi.
Information is key, and we strongly encourage you to sign up to receive text message alerts directly from The City of Carmi Police Department.
Registering for the alerts is easy and can be done two ways.
In order to receive both an email notification and a text message simply go to link below.
The second way to sign up is to simply text 62821 to 888777 and you'll be informed and instructed when necessary.
Some messages that are sent will only be sent via email.
However, those messages only sent by email will only be updates on non-emergency situations going on in the city.
All Emergency alerts will be sent via text and email. We feel this is a valuable asset to the citizens of Carmi and again encourage everyone to register.

Text Alert System:

We have partnered with nixle to bring the Carmi Police Department emergency text alert system back. sign up here