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Andover Police Department Historical Timeline
1957 Andover incorporated into a City of the Third Class (February 4th, 1957)
1957 Robert Belford, Andover City Marshal (4/20/57 – 11/9/57)
1958 Jack Belford, Andover City Marshal (4/26/58 – 9/14/63)
1963 E. Ray Kelly, Andover City Marshal (9/14/63 – 12/31/65)
1966 Dave Rice, Andover City Marshal (1/8/66 – 6/1/68)
1968 Elmer J. “Blackie” Wiles, Andover City Marshal (6/8/68 – 5/25/70)
1970 James R. “Dick” Uttenger, Andover City Marshal (5/25/70 – 12/28/71)
1971 James R. “Dick” Uttenger becomes Andover’s 1st Chief of Police (12/28/71 –4/5/74)
1973 Andover Purchases first Police Vehicle (used “Ford from the KS Highway Patrol)
1974 Larry Smith becomes Andover’s 2nd Chief of Police (6/1/74 – 8/8/75)
1975 Stephen L. Hopper becomes Andover’s 3rd Chief of Police (8/26/75 – 3/31/77)
(Killed in a motor vehicle crash responding to a domestic disturbance as a Butler County Sheriff’s Sergeant, May 19th, 1979.)
1977 Lawrence “Larry” A. Atherton becomes Andover’s 4th Chief of Police (5/10/77 –6/13/78)
1978 Walter E. Rollings becomes Andover’s 5th Chief of Police (6/13/78 – 1/9/80)
1980 Larry R. Dillon becomes Andover’s 6th Chief of Police (1/9/80 – 3/31/81)
1981 Gary M. Keely becomes Andover’s 7th Chief of Police (3/31/81 – 3/30/82)
1982 Myron D. Moen becomes Andover’s 8th Chief of Police (5/30/82 – 3/13/87)
1987 H. James Woodruff becomes Andover’s 9th Chief of Police (4/6/87 – 10/11/88)
1989 Thomas L. Mathes becomes Andover’s 10th Chief of Police (1/10/89 – 5/26/98)
1991 F5 Tornado Hits Andover, Kills Seventeen (4/25/1991)
1994 Andover becomes City of the 2nd Class (4/1/94)
1999 Randall V. Harris becomes Andover’s 11th Chief of Police (1/1/99 – 12/27/06)
2004 Andover Police Department relocates to 909 N. Andover Rd. (October)
2007 Michael A. Keller becomes Andover’s 12th Chief of Police (5/14/07 – 09/24/2021)
2010 CALEA Contract Signed, Self-Assessment Process begins (5/6/2010)
2013 Andover Police Department Receives First “Advanced” Accreditation through CALEA (3/23/2013)
2016 Andover Police Department Receives Second “Advanced” Accreditation through CALEA (4/02/2016)
2020 Andover's Emergency Communications Center (E-911) Receives First Accreditations through CALEA (03/21/2020)
2020 Andover Police Department Receives Third "Advanced" Accreditation through CALEA (03/23/2020)
2021 Buck Buchanan becomes Andover's 13th Chief of Police (09/25/2021-Present)
2022 EF-3 Tornado Hits Andover, no lives lost (4/29/2022)
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