Citizen Programs / Services

Child Safety Seat Program

Child safety seats are vital in helping to protect children in vehicle collisions.

Offender Registration

Background Checks

Background checks completed by the Riley County Police Department only cover Riley County. If someone has lived in other places in the state of Kansas, you may instead want to complete a state-wide check with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI).

Citizen Ride-Along Program

To help foster a positive relationship with the community and to help citizens better understand what our officers do on a daily basis, the Riley County Police Department has a ride-along program that puts citizens in police cars out on patrol with officers. Citizens can get a first-hand look at the challenges officers face each day and hopefully come away with a better understanding of the services we provide.

Community Survey

The Riley County Police Department routinely creates citizen surveys to gain valuable feedback from those who live in Riley County.

Everbridge

The North East Regional Homeland Security Council has launched a Mass Notification service that allows us to alert you in both emergency and non-emergency situations.

Human Rights & Services Board

The Riley County Police Department has an appointed liaison to the Human Rights and Services Board for the City of Manhattan.

Identity Verification by Law Enforcement Officers

After the state of Kansas began seeing an increase in reports of unemployment claim fraud due to identity theft, the Riley County Police Department began assisting the Kansas Department of Labor (KDOL) in verifying identity claims so they can move forward through the system.

LGBTQ+ Liaisons

The Riley County Police Department has selected two officers as LGBTQ+ liaisons, acting as a bridge between the police and the community, promoting a positive relationship with people in Riley County.

Nextdoor

Nextdoor.com is a free program where residents work together with the Riley County Police Department and their neighbors for a safer community.

Online Crime Reporting

Welcome to the Riley County Police Department’s Online Crime Reporting. For your convenience you can report some crimes online.

Operation Greek

Operation Greek is a casual "meet and greet" created especially for students at Kansas State.

Project: Guardians

PROJECT: GUARDIANS is a community program developed by the Riley County Police Department in an effort to help officers on patrol as well as community members, including children, who may need special assistance in the event they are found to be alone, to have wandered away from home or their primary place of care, or in an emergency.

Riley County Resource Guide (PDF)

View and download the Riley County Resource Guide.

Safe Cam: A Community Watch Program

Video cameras are an invaluable tool helping to detect and apprehend criminals. The Safe Cam Program allows the Riley County Police Department to partner with citizens and local businesses to create secure, private mapping of locations of cameras so our police officers can quickly contact you if your camera may have captured footage related to a crime.

Sheriff Sale

For upcoming Sheriff Sale information, check out our "Events" section.

what3words

If you are in an emergency situation, but can't verbally share your location over the phone, you have the ability to share your exact location with our dispatchers through the app "what3words."

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