Hope Police Department

09/02/2026

The Sept ILP list has been released. If you have any info on these folks please use the contact info attached.

08/29/2026

Kitten found running loose on Schaeffer Drive if anyone knows where it belongs please let us know. It had a blue and green collar on.

08/26/2026

🚨 NOTICE FROM THE HOPE POLICE DEPARTMENT 🚨

In the coming days, the Hope Police Department will begin tagging abandoned, inoperable, and/or non-plated vehicles located within the Town of Hope.

Vehicles found to be in violation may be tagged for removal in accordance with Hope Town Code 8-69, Article 10, and applicable provisions of Indiana Code.

If a vehicle on your property is tagged, you will have 20 days from the date of notice to either:

• Remove the vehicle, or
• Bring the vehicle into compliance.

We encourage residents to address any abandoned, inoperable, or non-plated vehicles on their property before enforcement begins.

Hope Police Department
Town of Hope, Indiana

08/08/2026

FYI…775E (the road behind the school) is closed to vehicular traffic until approximately 10:30am this morning due to the Hope Run/Walk

07/29/2026

Thoughts and prayers to the Town of Lynn, Indiana on the loss of their Town Marshal earlier today

07/20/2026

There is a gray and white Great Dane running around the area of Walnut and seminary Street, he is a very timid dog and won’t let anyone get near him. If anyone knows where he belongs or knows who the owner is, please let us know so we can try to get him caught at home.

07/10/2026

Good news!!! 12:30 pm-A short time ago a homeowner observed the female on her property. Law enforcement was quickly on scene and the missing female has been reunited with family. Thanks for spreading the information!!

Update: 11:45 am~Still no additional sightings. Please be on the look out and call law enforcement with any information you may have. We are using all available resources to locate her. The Indiana State Police, Indiana Conservation Officers, Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department, and Jackson County EMA are all assisting the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department.

Please share!!!!

The Jackson County Sheriff’s Department and other area law enforcement officers are searching for a missing person, Maria Guevara Biveros, age 59, who left a residence on the south side of Reddington, along US 31 in northern Jackson County at 4:50 am this morning. She was last seen walking northbound on US 31 through Reddington. She was last seen wearing a white shirt and light colored pajama pants. She also possibly has house slippers on.

Please contact the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department if you have seen her. Thanks.

07/03/2026

July's wanted poster

06/30/2026