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About the Poplar Bluff
Police Department
The Poplar Bluff Police Department
consists of 42 sworn officers, seven telecommunicators and six civilian employees dedicated to the service of the 17,000+
citizens of the City of Poplar Bluff (Missouri). The Poplar Bluff Police Department
is organized into the following division/units: Administration; Patrol; K-9; School Resource; Reserve Division; Communications;
Criminal Investigations; Narcotics; Code Enforcement; Office Staff; Evidence; and, Animal Control.
As with most police departments,
the Poplar Bluff Police Department’s largest division is the patrol division. The patrol division is divided into two
12 hour shifts, labeled A and B.
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Mike Elliot is a detective with the Poplar Bluff Police Department
(Missouri). He joined the Poplar Bluff Police Department in 1978 and recently
transferred from the Narcotics Division to Criminal Investigation. Mike Elliot
is the author of Jake
and Bob: Stories of the Poplar Bluff PD. According
to the book description, “All professions have their stories. These are the stories of the police of Poplar Bluff, a
smallish city at the foothills of the Missouri Ozarks. Stories that men who need heroes and comfort tell each other. They
define a certain aspect of a police officer’s life in Poplar Bluff. Sometimes sad, often funny, but always told in the
voice of real coppers—they are our legends and folk history. Follow Jake and Bob as they try to figure out just what
it means to be a police officer. Maybe in the end you will find out for yourself.”
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