1957       Andover incorporated into a City of the Third Class (February 4^th, 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 1^st 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 2^nd Chief of Police (6/1/74 – 8/8/75)

1975       Stephen L. Hopper becomes Andover’s 3^rd 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 19^th, 1979.)

1977       Lawrence “Larry” A. Atherton becomes Andover’s 4^th Chief of Police (5/10/77 –6/13/78)

1978       Walter E. Rollings becomes Andover’s 5^th Chief of Police (6/13/78 – 1/9/80)

1980       Larry R. Dillon becomes Andover’s 6^th Chief of Police (1/9/80 – 3/31/81)

1981       Gary M. Keely becomes Andover’s 7^th Chief of Police (3/31/81 – 3/30/82)

1982       Myron D. Moen becomes Andover’s 8^th Chief of Police (5/30/82 – 3/13/87)

1987       H. James Woodruff becomes Andover’s 9^th Chief of Police (4/6/87 – 10/11/88)

1989       Thomas L. Mathes becomes Andover’s 10^th 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 2^nd Class (4/1/94)

1999       Randall V. Harris becomes Andover’s 11^th 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 12^th 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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