Agency Compliments & Complaints

Our agency vows to accept all complaints and to conduct a proper and professional assessment of all allegations. Complaints may be made in person at the Shelbyville Police Department or you can make a complaint using our online form link below. 

Complaints

All complaints are forwarded to the Office of the Chief of Police for review. Please note the following Indiana statute pertaining to complaints filed against law enforcement officers:

IC 35-44-2-2 False reporting or informing

(c) A person who reports, by telephone, telegraph, mail, or other written or oral communication, that: (5)makes a complaint against a law enforcement officer to the state or municipality (as defined in IC 8-1-13-3) that employs the officer:

(A) alleging the officer engaged in misconduct while performing the officer's duties; and

(B) knowing the complaint to be false; or

(6) makes a false report of a missing person, knowing the report or information is false; commits false informing, a Class B misdemeanor. However, the offense is a Class A misdemeanor if it substantially hinders any law enforcement process or if it results in harm to an innocent person.

Citation: Indiana code (PDF) - the governing code for official complaints.

Compliments

Our agency also accepts employee compliments. Compliments may also be made at the Shelbyville Police Department or by using our online compliment form. Compliments are reviewed and forwarded to the designated employee as well as his/her direct supervisor.