Andover Police Department Historical Timeline

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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