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Butler Police Department
309 N. Fulton
Butler, MO 64730

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MISSION STATEMENT
It Is The Mission Of Butler Police Department To Provide The Highest Quality Police Service To Our Community And To Preserve The Constitutional Rights Of All, Based On High Ethical And Professional Standards.

VALUE STATEMENT
We believe quality is determined by doing what is right for the right reason. We believe the means, by which an outcome is achieved, is important as the outcome itself. We believe in preserving the rights of all, and all must obey the laws.

GOAL
Understanding the uniqueness of policing in our culture while serving and protecting.

News Release
03/31/2009

On the morning of 03/24/2009 Butler Police Dept took a report of a tractor trailer unit, loaded with corn, having been stolen from the old Tiona parking lot at W Ft Scott & Prospect. The unit belonged to Travis Korn of Garden City, MO.
On the afternoon of 3/24 the tractor was recovered a few mile west of Drexel in Kansas by the Kansas Highway Patrol. Shortly before noon on 03/25 the trailer was recovered near Richards, Mo in Vernon County.
On 03/26 information was received that the corn had been sold at the elevator in Metz, MO. Employees were able to identify the subject who had sold the corn.
Jon M Jackson, age 30, of Butler has been charged with Possession of stolen property in regard to this incident.
Butler Police Dept. Was assisted in the investigation by the Missouri State Highway Patrol and the Bates and Vernon County Sheriff’s Departments.
As an off-shoot of this investigation Nathan Gillaspie and Greg Zweifel, both of Rich Hill, have been charged in Vernon County in connection with the theft of soybeans from a grain bin near Richards, Mo.

03/22   Ft Scott & Water                    Assault                        15 year old male - Butler
03/23   100 blk W Ft Scott                 Theft
             800 blk S High                        Child Molestation       Investigation continuing
03/24   Ft Scott & Prospect                Motor Vehicle Theft   See note above
            Havana & Chestnut                Intoxicated Subject     42 year male - Butler
03/26   400 blk E Ft Scott                   Animal Abuse             Investigation continuing
            100 blk W Ft Scott                 Theft
03/27  1100 blk W Ft Scott                Theft
            S Main & Gulfport                  DWI                            39 year old male -  Butler
            S Orange & Nursery               Drug Violation            18 year old male - Sheldon
03/28   400 blk S Fran                         Drug Violation       2 X 20 year old males - Butler
03/29   Olive & Oak                            DWI                            43 year old male - Rich Hill
           400 blk S Fulton                     Theft
           800 blk W Grove                    Drug Violations        34 year old male - Garden City
           600 blk W Ohio                      Sexual Assault                        Investigation continuing