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Fort Scott Police Department

Serving and protecting the community today for a better tomorrow. Account not monitored 24/7.

05/22/2026

Happy National EMS Week to our friends at Bourbon County EMS and our local first responders! Ya'll do amazing work and we are honored to work alongside you!

05/14/2026

This week, we honor the men and women in Law Enforcement. We want all of our personnel and neighboring agencies to know that we greatly appreciate your dedication to this noble profession. We thank you for your service to your communities.

Fort Scott and Bourbon County are blessed to have each and every one of you!

05/06/2026

At approximately 1:30 p.m. The Fort Scott Police Communications Center received a call threatening violence at Fort Scott High School. The Fort Scott Police Department, along with the Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office, responded immediately. After a thorough search of the school building and the parking lot, no issues were found. During the investigation, we learned that multiple schools across Kansas received similar threats.

Thank you to the public for remaining calm and allowing first responders to stay focused and thank you to the staff at USD 234 for their partnership and cooperation.

We have no reason to believe there is an ongoing threat to our community however, our investigation continues.

04/23/2026

We are hiring!

Check out the information below and call us if you have any questions.

04/22/2026

The Fort Scott Police Department has some amazing Administrative Professionals! Our Records Clerk and Municipal Court Clerk are so very helpful and we value them greatly! We hope they have a wonderful Administrative Professionals Day!

04/14/2026

Bourbon County is blessed with some amazing dispatchers!

They are a calm voice in stressful situations. They are cordinators for emergency services. They are behind the scenes investigators. They are a helping hand for all who know them.

Above all, they are absolute rock stars!

We can't thank you enough! May this week be a reminder of how much you mean to our agency and our community!

03/18/2026

UPDATE: We will be conducting another siren test as we trouble shoot this issue. The storm sirens will be activated at approximately 3:30 PM today. Thank you for your understanding.

Notice Regarding Storm Sirens:

We are aware that several of our storm sirens in the community are not functioning properly. We are currently working to resolve the issue and will provide an update as soon as we can. We encourage you to have other ways to receive severe weather alerts.

03/06/2026

Shortly after 9 PM on 03/05/2026, The Fort Scott Police Department began receiving reports of possible gunfire occurring within or near to the City of Fort Scott. The reporting locations varied between the east and west sides of the city. Officers responded to investigate the reports. Concurrently with the reports of gunfire, reports were also being made of individuals knocking on home doors and windows, but no one being present when the homeowners answered the door. These calls for service generally occurred within the 1200 to 1800 blocks of the city. None of the callers were able to provide subject or vehicle descriptions. Officers checked numerous areas for evidence of gunfire and found none. At this time, no evidence of firearm discharge has been located nor have any citizen reports of damage or injuries been made to the police department. The Fort Scott Police Department is requesting anyone with information related to this incident to contact 620-223-1700.

03/03/2026

Update: The phone lines are up and running again.

Due to an outage, our administrative phone lines are down. At this time, we do not have an ETA on when they will be back up. The Emergency lines are still operational so you can still call 911 in the event of an emergency. We will provide an update as we learn more information.

02/07/2026

Please welcome the newest member of our department! Trea Mitchell graduated from KLETC! We wish you nothing but success in your career and service to our community!

Address

1604 S National Avenue
Fort Scott, KS
66701

Telephone

+16202231700

Website

http://www.fscity.org/

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