Stafford Police Department

04/20/2026

03/12/2026

On Thursday, 3/12/2026, the Stafford Police Department served a search warrant at a residence on S. Buffalo Street.

The search warrant was obtained after a 4 week long narcotics investigation. A male and female was arrested and charges pending are:

Possession of Methamphetamine and Drug Paraphernalia.

Three minors were removed from the home.

Stafford PD wants to thank officers and deputies from St. John PD and Stafford County Sheriff for their assistance on the warrant service.

The Stafford Police Department remains committed to ensuring the safety and well-being of our community through proactive enforcement and training.

Chief Carl Wettstein

12/23/2025

12/23/2025

Stafford PD Weekly Report

The Stafford Police Department stats for last week.

(17) Traffic stops - speeding, no DL’s, failure to yield, turn signal, stop sign violations, and various equipment violations

(4) 911 - Medical & Alarm

(7) Driving Complaints

(4) Juvenile Complaints

(1 ) Motorist Assists

(3) Domestic Calls

(6) Assist Stafford Co

(39) Citizen Contacts

(3) Civil Matter

(4) Welfare Check

(9) School / Crosswalk

(3) Dog at Large

(5) Nuisance/ Suspicious Activity / Animal complained

(2) K9 Nitro Callouts

(3) Arrests
Warrant / Domestic / DUI

As a friendly reminder, please call Stafford County Dispatch to request an officer. Please do not call officers personal phones, even if you have their personal number. We need the calls to be documented through Stafford County Communications.

Do not go to an officer’s residence to report an incident. Officer’s may be off duty and again, citizens need to call Stafford County Communications to report complaints or calls for service, no matter how minor it may be.

The Stafford Police Department remains committed to ensuring the safety and well-being of our community through proactive enforcement and training.

Chief Carl Wettstein

12/16/2025

Please be advised that Stafford PD will be hosting training on Thursday (12/18) in town. There will be several agencies in town, no need for concern. Late morning, there will be training which will incorporates loud booms during our training. Again, no need for panic or alarm. No need to call Dispatch and report as law enforcement will more than likely be the source of the loud noises. Training will be on the south side of town in the 200 Blk S Boston.

Chief Wettstein

12/16/2025

Stafford PD Weekly Report

The Stafford Police Department stats for last two weeks.

(34) Traffic stops - speeding, no DL’s, failure to yield, turn signal, stop sign violations, blocking roadway, and various equipment violations

(7) 911 - Medical & Alarm

(5) Driving Complaints

(2) Juvenile Complaints

(3) Motorist Assists

(2) Domestic Calls

(7) Assist Stafford Co

(1) Assist KHP

(32) Citizen Contacts

(6) Civil Matter

(3) Welfare Check

(12) School / Crosswalk

(4) Dog at Large

(2) Nuisance/ Suspicious Activity

(3) K9 Nitro Callouts
Stafford PD
KHP

(3) Arrests

As a friendly reminder, please call Stafford County Dispatch to request an officer. Please do not call officers personal phones, even if you have their personal number. We need the calls to be documented through Stafford County Communications.

Do not go to an officer’s residence to report an incident. Officer’s may be off duty and again, citizens need to call Stafford County Communications to report complaints or calls for service, no matter how minor it may be.

The Stafford Police Department remains committed to ensuring the safety and well-being of our community through proactive enforcement and training.

Chief Carl Wettstein

12/02/2025

The Stafford Police Department has concluded their participation in the Thanksgiving Arrive Safe Campaign.

The Stafford Police Department wants to thank the community for following the rules of the road and helping EVERYONE arrive safe.

Several traffic stops were made for traffic / equipment violations, nothing major was found as a result of the special enforcement.

12/02/2025

Stafford PD Weekly Report

The Stafford Police Department stats for last two weeks.

(28) Traffic stops - speeding, no DL’s, failure to yield, turn signal, stop sign violations and various equipment violations

(4) 911 - Medical, Alarms, Shots fired

(3) Driving Complaints

(4) Juvenile Complaints

(2) Motorist Assists

(3) Domestic Calls

(4) Assist Stafford Co

(23) Citizen Contacts

(4) Civil Matter

(5) Welfare Check

(14) School / Crosswalk

(3) Dog

(4) Nuisance/ Suspicious Activity

As a friendly reminder, please call Stafford County Dispatch to request an officer. Please do not call officers personal phones, even if you have their personal number. We need the calls to be documented through Stafford County Communications.

Do not go to an officer’s residence to report an incident. Officer’s may be off duty and again, citizens need to call Stafford County Communications to report complaints or calls for service, no matter how minor it may be.

The Stafford Police Department remains committed to ensuring the safety and well-being of our community through proactive enforcement and training.

Chief Carl Wettstein

11/12/2025

We will be participating in the Thanksgiving Safe Arrival campaign from November 22nd-29th.

https://www.nhtsa.gov/vehicle-safety/seat-belts

11/12/2025

Stafford PD Weekly Report

The Stafford Police Department stats for the last two weeks.

(26) Traffic stops - speeding, no DL’s, failure to yield, turn signal, stop sign violations and various equipment violations

(12) 911 - Medical, Alarms, Shots fired

(6) Driving Complaints

(2) Juvenile Complaints

(2) Motorist Assists

(2) Domestic Calls

(6) Assist Stafford Co SO

(1) Assist St. John PD

(1) Hutchinson PD

(1) Reno County

(27) Citizen Contacts

(3) Civil Matter

(2) Helicopter Landing

(3) Welfare Check

(2) Criminal Damage

(12) School / Crosswalk

(4) Dog

(8) Nuisance/ Suspicious Activity

(2) Range

(3) Fireworks

As a friendly reminder, please call Stafford County Dispatch to request an officer. Please do not call officers personal phones, even if you have their personal number. We need the calls to be documented through Stafford County Communications.

Do not go to an officer’s residence to report an incident. Officer’s may be off duty and again, citizens need to call Stafford County Communications to report complaints or calls for service, no matter how minor it may be.

The Stafford Police Department remains committed to ensuring the safety and well-being of our community through proactive enforcement and training.

Chief Carl Wettstein

11/01/2025

The Stafford Police Department wants to give a shout-out to the local youth for making Halloween night in Stafford a fun time again!

We want to thank our young community for bringing your energy, creativity, and (mostly) harmless mischief out into the streets — you made it a night we will talk about for a while in a good way.

We know you guys had some help from the adult community as well…. but we understand you all are new to the Halloween mischief game for the most part. You youngsters will figure it out in years to come, just remember actions do have consequences… especially after midnight!

It was really good to see the youth out in force having fun hiding in the shadows, driving golf carts around to light off fireworks and just being kids.

While we don’t condone the burning of hay bales on the streets, this was the adult help from the community (OLD SCHOOL MISCHIEF), we do appreciate everyone keeping it in the middle of the street and not causing damage to anyone’s property, we really enjoyed seeing everyone having a good time.

It’s nights like these that remind us what community spirit is all about — laughter, a little bit of chaos, a little bit of adult suggestiveness and everyone looking out for each other.

Thanks for keeping it fun, fairly safe and spirited. Looking forward to you youngsters running around town next year and we may even help provide you with some new tricks!!

Stay safe and stay awesome!

Thanks!

Stafford Police Department

10/28/2025

The Stafford Police Department stats for last week.

(22) Traffic stops - speeding, failure to yield, turn signals, stop sign violations, too fast for conditions and various equipment violations.

(5) 911

(6) Driving Complaints

(3) Juvenile Complaints

(5) Motorist Assists

(4) Medical Calls

(2) Assist Stafford Co SO

(1) Assist St. John PD

(1) Assist Hutchinson PD

(27) Citizen Contacts

(4) Civil Matters

(5) School Walk Throughs

(7) School Crosswalks

(4) Dog Calls

(1) Arrest for Possession of Marijuana/Revoked DL

(2) Domestic Violence calls

Sgt. Smith has had 12 hours of training with K9 Nitro. Sgt. Smith and K9 Nitro are bonding quite well and ready for certification in the coming month.

As a friendly reminder, please call Stafford County Dispatch to request an officer. Please do not call officers personal phones, even if you have their personal number. We need the calls to be documented through Stafford County Communications.

Do not go to an officer’s residence to report an incident. Officer’s may be off duty and again, citizens need to call Stafford County Communications to report complaints or calls for service, no matter how minor it may be.

The Stafford Police Department remains committed to ensuring the safety and well-being of our community through proactive enforcement and training.

Chief Carl Wettstein