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The Lansing Police and Fire Departments consider themselves partners in building community, and they work hard to build relationships through communication and information. They release news to The Lansing Journal as a way of keeping Lansing residents aware and prepared, and also reassuring the community when criminals are apprehended. News releases from the Illinois State Police and the Illinois State Fire Marshal are also posted in this category.
Safe medication disposal now available at LPD
LANSING, Ill. (March 21, 2023) – The Lansing Police Department now has a permanent receptacle for local residents to safely dispose of unused prescription...
Citizen’s Police Academy starts March 22
Apply online for 10-week class
By Josh Bootsma
LANSING, Ill. (March 6, 2023) – The first class of the upcoming Citizen's Police Academy will begin on...
ALICE training highlighted during Community Watch meeting at LPD
BY QUINTON R. ARTHUR
LANSING, Ill. (March 3, 2023) — The Lansing Police Department held its first quarterly Community Watch meeting of the year on...
LPD seeks public help in search for missing 11-year-old
By Josh Bootsma
UPDATE: At 4:41 p.m. LPD sent a CodeRed message saying, "The Lansing Police Department is happy to report that Josiah Wilson, the...
Lansing Police release photos, videos of Pelcher’s Shooters Supply break-in
Thursday burglary thought to be connected to January 25 break-in at Pelcher's, and a January 30 break-in in Chicago
By Josh Bootsma
LANSING, Ill. (February 9,...
Lansing Police Officer application closes February 1
By Josh Bootsma
LANSING, Ill. (January 27, 2022) – The current window for applicants looking to become a Lansing police officer closes on February 1.
The...
Lansing Police Department promotes three officers, hires four
By Josh Bootsma
LANSING, Ill. (January 11, 2022) – The Lansing Police Department promoted three of its own on Tuesday, a week after four new...
Walmart and Lansing Police bring 27 local children Christmas shopping
By Josh Bootsma
LANSING, Ill. (December 23, 2022) – Led by a firetruck, a small caravan of police cars made its way north on Torrence...
160 home fires start with Christmas trees in the U.S. each year – State Fire Marshal urges safety
Every year, top three days for candle fires are Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, and New Year’s Eve
Information provided by the Illinois State Fire...
LPD’s Travelle Smith earns award for saving life of non-responsive infant
"I never will forget him" grandmother says of Officer Smith
By Josh Bootsma
LANSING, Ill. (December 19, 2022) – As John and Chiller Bailey were babysitting...
Firefighters and Lansing Lions provide gifts for Lansing families
By Melanie Jongsma
LANSING, Ill. (December 13, 2022) – A gift-giving project started last year by Lansing Firefighters Union IAFF Local 3709 is making a...
Deputy Chief Rick Slough retires after holding every rank at LPD
By Josh Bootsma
LANSING, Ill. (December 9, 2022) – Retiring Deputy Chief Rick Slough was honored at the Lansing Village Board of Trustees meeting Tuesday...
Three charged in Chase Bank armed robbery on Halloween
Two suspects in custody, arrest warrant out for third after $1 million in cash was recovered
By Josh Bootsma
LANSING, Ill. (December 7, 2022) – The...
Power outages and brush fires – an eventful Election Day at Bethel Church
By Josh Bootsma
LANSING, Ill. (November 8, 2022) – Though the long line of pre-dawn voters that braved the sub-40-degree weather outside of Bethel Church...
Severed power line starts car fire; no one hurt
By Josh Bootsma
LANSING, Ill. (November 5, 2022) – The winds that ripped through Lansing Saturday afternoon downed a live electrical wire that slowly and...