The York Police Department
The York Police Department has 13 sworn officers and four full-time dispatchers who work in 12-hour shifts. Each shift has two to three patrol officers including a sergeant. The phone number for the police department is 363-2640.
Chief Don Klug
Sgt. Kim Christensen
Sgt. Norm Cobb
Sgt. Mike Rathje
Patrolman Russ Coffey
Patrolman Shawn Humphrey
Patrolman Mike Hanke
Patrolman Todd Kelly
Patrolman John Wilmes
Patrolman Roger Wolfe Jr.
Patrolman Shawn McKillip
Patrolman Brit Koch
Patrolman Doug Headlee
Chief Dispatcher Sandy Reed
Dispatcher Deb Hansen
Dispatcher Dan Hofferber
Dispatcher Theresa Johnson
Dispatcher Mary Marget
S. Service Officer Christi Payne

Henderson Police
The Henderson Police Department has one full time officer. Police Chief Milan Mierau acts as chief, officer and dispatcher. Mierau can be contacted at 723-4811.

York Sheriff’s Office
The York County Sheriff’s Office covers all rural York County as well as the villages of Benedict, Bradshaw, McCool, Gresham, Lushton, Waco, Thayer and it works closely with the Henderson and York Police Departments.

The office’s top position is held by Sheriff Dale Radcliff who was elected as sheriff in 1994 and reelected in 1998 and 2002. Radcliff has worked 29 years in law enforcement in Hamilton and York counties.

The York County Sheriff’s Department can be contacted at 362-4927.

Sheriff Dale E. Radcliff
Lt. Paul M. Vrbka
Sgt. Donald W. Copeland
Sgt. Bradley D. Melby
Deputy Wayne Crome
Deputy Scott Wiemer
Deputy Josh Gillespie
Deputy Robert Penner
Deputy John Prusia
Dispatch Supervisor Jan M. Stuhr
Dispatcher Joann Copeland
Dispatcher Lisa Johnson
Dispatcher Roxanne Ott
Dispatcher April Prusia
Dispatcher Brenda Jano
Process Clerk Harlene Garnhart
Jailer Theresa Troutman
Jailer Jeremiah Franks
Jailer Tracy Wirrick
Jail supervisor Chad Kennedy
Jailer Steve Murphy
Jailer John Wagner
Jailer Dianna Ward

Nebraska State Patrol
Grand Island, Troop C, Sgt. Area 3 (Hamilton, Polk, York)
Office: York Municipal Airport
The Nebraska State Patrol has authority over the entire state allowing state troopers to cross county lines at will. The state is divided into 17 troops and these troops are divided into sergeant areas. York County is under the troop C based in Grand Island.
The state patrol has four uniformed officers living in York county.
Emergency: 1-800-525-5555
Road Conditions: 1-800-906-9069
Illegal drug hotline:
1-800-SIC-WEED
Non-emergency in Grand Island
(308)-385-6000

Law enforcement programs
- Crime Stoppers
Crime Stoppers International plays an active role in York County providing law enforcement leads on crimes or potential crimes.  Also, the line serves as an alcohol party hotline to fight underage drinking. Anonymity is guaranteed and rewards are paid on a case by case basis.

The phone number for York County Crime Stoppers is 362-2999. Calls on this line cannot be traced.  Callers leaving crime information will be assigned an identification number by a dispatcher or officers at the York Police station and will be asked to call back after two weeks. If investigators have made significant progress on a case using the informant’s tip,  the informant may be offered a reward. Crime Stoppers Coordinator Sgt. Norm Cobb said the typical reward is between $100 and $1,500. Calls on the alcohol party hot line are rewarded $25. The informant will be told to pick up the reward at a bank 25 miles outside of York County. The informant tells a bank clerk the identity number, the check is signed with the number, and the informant leaves with the money.

Crime Stoppers Coordinator Cobb reports to a 24-member citizens’ board once a month. Reward fees are raised from local donations through a fund-raising committee.

- Rural Apprehension Program (R.A.P.)
The York Police Department and the York County Sheriff’s Office are active members of the Rural Apprehension Program (RAP), a 16-county drug task force that investigates drug activity allied. RAP is funded jointly by member counties and towns, and has facilitated numerous arrests in York County through a team of undercover investigators.