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  1. See What Is New In Abilene

  1. Two Area Men Arrested for Child Crimes

    Abilene Police arrested two men, one from Abilene and the other from Aspermont, for crimes against children. Read on...
  2. OIS Suspect IDd

    Update: Officer Involved Shooting Male Identified

    Next of kin notification has been made on the deceased from Tuesday morning’s incident. He is identified as 28-year-old Lebarron Ballard of Abilene. Read on...
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    Officer Involved Shooting

    A man was shot and killed by two on-duty police officers early in the morning on March 18, 2020 after attacking both of the officers with a knife. Read on...
  4. coronavirus APD Response

    Chief Standridge Response to Coronavirus

    Where social distancing cannot be practiced, the Abilene Police Department will utilize differential police response (DPR) methods. Read on...

  5. Cyber Crimes Arrests 29 Area Men for Targeting Children

    Abilene Police Department’s Cyber Crimes Unit, Fraud Unit, and Special Operations Division, with collaboration from the Texas Department of Public Safety Criminal Investigations Division and the U.S. Marshal’s Service, conducted an undercover operation. Read on...
  6. Fatal Crash Web News Flash

    Pedestrian Fatality

    On Friday, March 6, 2020, at 10:30 p.m. Dispatch received a call of a crash involving a pedestrian who was struck by a vehicle on the 300 Block of US Highway 277 also known as Winters Freeway, north bound lane. Read on...
  7. Standridge, Stan

    APD’s Chief Standridge and Beard Receive Prestigious Awards

    Each year, the Regional Victim Crisis Center holds the Men of Strength and Style Show fundraiser. Read on...
  8. Homicide

    Suspect Arrested and Charged with Homicide

    Detectives with the Abilene Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division, arrested 50-year-old Gene McCarter and charged him with Homicide. Read on...
  9. cassie watson

    Abilene Female Arrested for Distributing Child Pornography

    Detectives with Abilene Police Department’s Cyber Crimes arrested 25-year-old Cassie Watson and charged her with Second Degree Felony Possession of Child Pornography with Intention to Promote, and... Read on...
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    Taylor County Man Charged with Child Pornography

    Detectives with Cyber Crimes arrested and charged a 27 year-old man with child sexual crimes. Read on...
  11. Georgians Arrested

    Three Arrested on Fraud and Forgery Charges

    The Abilene Police Department arrested two males and a female from Georgia, suspected of trying to pass forged checks in Abilene. Read on...
  12. Fatal Crash Web News Flash

    Fatal Crash on Highway 277

    First Responders were called out to a crash in the 3300 block of Highway 277 at 8:57 a.m. on Friday, January 31, 2020. Read on...
  13. Javeeontae Evans

    Update: Arrest Made in South Abilene Homicide

    Update: On Wednesday, January 30, 2020, detectives with the Abilene Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division arrested 19-year-old Javeeontae Evans and charged him with the murder of Jaden Hernandez. Read on...
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    28 Year Old Brady TX, Man Arrested on Child Pornography Charges

    In December 2019, the Abilene Police Department Cyber Crimes Unit Investigators began working a case of Promotion of Child Pornography which occurred in the 1300 Block of Westheimer Rd. Read on...
  15. Cyber Crimes Subjects

    Abilene Police Looking to Identify Subjects

    The Abilene Police Department Cyber Crimes Unit is asking for public input in helping to identify three male subjects. Read on...
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    Abilene Police Investigating South Abilene Homicide

    The Abilene Police Department was called out to the Little Elm Condominiums on South 7th and Ruidoso St. just before 11 p.m. on Tuesday, January 28, 2019, for a possible shooting victim. Read on...
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    Male Arrested on Child Pornography Charges

    On January 22, 2020, the Abilene Police Department's Cyber Crimes Unit along with agents from the Department of Public Safety, executed a search and arrest warrant in the 6800 block of HWY 377 in Blanket, Texas. Read on...
  18. Daniel Madison

    Abilene Man Arrested on Child Pornography Charges

    Members of the Abilene Police Department Cyber Crimes Unit, along with agents from the Department of Public Safety and Homeland Security Investigations, arrested 29-year-old Daniel Madison. Read on...
  19. Web News Flash

    Two Students Stabbed at Abilene High School, Third Student in Custody

    On Thursday, January 16, 2020, Abilene Police arrested a 16-year-old juvenile minutes after he is accused of stabbing two Abilene High School students. Read on...
  20. Charges Dropped

    Charges Dropped on Man Accused of Kidnapping

    Abilene Police arrested Joe Raymond Rodriguez on December 20, 2019, on an Aggravated Kidnapping arrest warrant involving an alleged abduction and sexual assault on the north side of Abilene last summer. Read on...
  21. holmes

    Police Arrest Male Suspect for Making Terroristic Threat

    ABILENE, TX – Abilene Police arrested a 42 year old man for threatening the life of Police Chief Stan Standridge. Read More
  22. Homicide

    APD Investigating Homicide in North Abilene

    On Tuesday, December 4, 2019, at 9:38 p.m., the Abilene Police Department was called out to an injured subject in the 1000 Block of Cedar St. in north Abilene. Read More
  23. Cyber Crimes Investigation

    UPDATE: Cyber Crimes Human Trafficking Investigation

    On Tuesday, December 3, 2019, the Abilene Police Department Cyber Crimes Unit began asking for public input in helping to identify 15 male subjects. Read More
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Welcome from Chief Stan Standridge

  1. Respect • Integrity • Service Above Self • Excellence
Stan Standridge

The Abilene Police Department is a full service municipal police agency serving the City of Abilene, Taylor County, Texas. With an authorized strength of 216 sworn officers and 60 civilian positions, the Department serves a population of 120,958 people and covers an area of 111 square miles.

Our goal is to serve those we protect. We believe in working with the people we serve to build a community of the highest quality for present and future generations. We invite you to see our department through the information you will find on this website.

Abilene is our home, and we are thankful for the opportunity to serve and protect this community.

Sincerely,

Stan Standridge
Chief of Police
stan.standridge@abilenetx.gov

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