Eatonton Police Department

What Eatonton Police Department does

The Eatonton Police Department is a municipal law enforcement agency of the City of Eatonton, Georgia, providing public safety services to the residents and visitors of Eatonton and Putnam County. The department operates from its headquarters at 214 W Marion St, Eatonton, GA 31024, and conducts municipal court proceedings at the Putnam County Courthouse. Its core functions include patrol, criminal investigation, traffic enforcement, citation issuance, and emergency response, supported by a 24/7 crime tip hotline and an anonymous reporting channel directed to Chief of Police Howell Cardwell.

The department's service portfolio spans core law enforcement offerings and ancillary fee-based services. Core services include the Crime Tip Line, citation fine payment processing (via online portal, telephone, cash, or mail), municipal court administration, and community service hour coordination. Fee-based services include public background checks ($30 with a Georgia Driver's License), fingerprinting ($30–$35 depending on whether the customer supplies a card), and a comprehensive firefighter/law enforcement background check with Federal and Georgia Criminal records ($55). Community-facing programs include the Honor Guard ceremonial unit, the annual Shop with a Cop Christmas initiative in partnership with the Putnam County School System and Walmart, and the biannual Drug Take Back Initiative conducted with the DEA.

The department operates as a government entity under the City of Eatonton and is funded through the municipal budget rather than commercial revenue. Its only direct revenue mechanisms are citation fines (paid through ezcourtpay.com or in person) and modest transactional fees for background checks and fingerprinting. Distribution is conducted through the headquarters for in-person services, the Putnam County Courthouse for court sessions, an online payment portal for citation fines, and telephone for incident and tip reporting. The department employs approximately 8 personnel, including a Chief of Police, investigator, executive assistant/supervisor, and municipal court clerk, with additional officers listed in the Honor Guard roster.

Name

Eatonton Police Department

Legal name

Eatonton Police Department

Website

https://eatontonpolicedepartment.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Eatonton Police Department is a municipal law enforcement agency serving the City of Eatonton, Georgia, providing patrol, criminal investigation, traffic enforcement, municipal court administration, and community programs such as Shop with a Cop and the DEA Drug Take Back Initiative.

Ownership category

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Product category

Municipal Law Enforcement

NAICS

Police Protection (922120), Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities (922)

SIC

Services-Detective, Guard & Armored Car Services (7381), Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Police Services (Patrol, Response & Community Policing) (BPAIAGAA)

Keywords

• Municipal law enforcement
• Public safety services
• Traffic enforcement
• Criminal investigations
• Community policing

Headquarters

HQ city

Eatonton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Municipal Fines and Court Fees: The department collects fines for traffic violations and other citations through the municipal court system. Individuals can pay online via ezcourtpay.com, by cash at the police department, by mail with money order, or in person at court. Failure to pay before court date requires personal appearance.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels4 records

Core offering

The Eatonton Police Department delivers municipal law enforcement services to the City of Eatonton and Putnam County, Georgia. Its primary functions include patrol operations, criminal investigations, traffic enforcement, citation issuance, municipal court administration, fingerprinting, and criminal background checks. The department also runs community engagement programs such as Shop with a Cop, Honor Guard ceremonies, and the Drug Take Back Initiative.

Product overview

Eatonton Police Department provides public safety services and community programs for the City of Eatonton, Georgia. The department's offerings include core law enforcement services such as a crime tip hotline, citation fine payment processing, and community service coordination, as well as community programs including the Shop with a Cop holiday initiative, Honor Guard ceremonial services, and Drug Take Back Initiative partnerships with the DEA. Additional services include public background checks with fingerprinting, and employment applications for officer and dispatcher positions. The department operates the municipal court system at the Putnam County Courthouse.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Public Background Check Service

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Integration3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEatonton Police Department partners with the DEA for the Drug Take Back Initiative, collecting unused and unwanted prescription drugs twice a year. The department collects all drugs and turns them over to the DEA for proper disposal.
• Putnam County School SystemminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration for the Shop with a Cop program where the school system assists in selecting six children from families in need to participate in the Christmas shopping program with police officers at Walmart.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Milledgeville Police Department: Police department serving Milledgeville, a similarly sized Georgia city in a neighboring county. Comparable as a small-municipality Georgia police agency providing patrol, investigations, court processing, and community programs from a comparable headcount base.
• Gray Police Department: Police department serving Gray, a small city in Jones County, Georgia. Comparable scale and operating model — small municipal police agency providing patrol, court support, and community engagement with a similarly limited headcount.
• Putnam County Sheriff's Office: County-level law enforcement agency operating in the same Putnam County jurisdiction as the Eatonton PD. Comparable in mission (patrol, investigations, court support) and constituent base, with overlapping but not identical service area.
• Madison Police Department: Police department for Madison, Georgia, a small municipality in Morgan County. Highly comparable in scale and operating model — municipal patrol, court processing, and community programs in a single small-city jurisdiction.
• Covington Police Department: Police department for Covington, Georgia — a small-to-mid-sized Georgia municipality. Comparable structure: municipal patrol, municipal court administration, community engagement programs, and similar reliance on citation-based revenue.
• Monticello Police Department: Police department for Monticello, the small county seat of Jasper County, Georgia. Directly comparable as a very small Georgia municipal police department with similar headcount, court-processing, and community-program structure.

Broad incumbents

• Georgia Bureau of Investigation: State-level investigative and law enforcement agency in Georgia. Comparable as a law enforcement provider operating in the same regulatory environment and supporting local agencies, though at a much broader scale and with a different mandate (investigations rather than municipal patrol).

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/eatonton-police-department

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Profiles5 records

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