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 A MESSAGE FROM CHIEF Ruben L. Gardner

As Chief of Police, it is my pleasure to welcome you to the Elizabethtown Police Department website. The Elizabethtown Police Department is comprised of dedicated professional police officers who are committed to our community. As a department, we are proud of the spirit of cooperation within our community and we are committed to working together to make certain that our community is a safe and pleasant place to live and work. The officers are dedicated to the highest levels of integrity and professionalism and pledge to continue to work with the community to solve problems of concern to the citizens of Elizabethtown. Thank you for visiting our site. If you have any further questions or comments please feel free to e-mail me.  We look forward to hearing from you.

Chief Ruben L. Gardner

Chief Ruben Gardner has been a resident of Hardin County since 1965 and was employed by the Elizabethtown Police Department as a patrolman in 1970.  He was assigned to the detectives section in 1973 and by 1974 was promoted to the rank of sergeant.  He was promoted to lieutenant of investigations in 1977 and then appointed to Chief of Police in 1990.

Chief Gardner received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Police Administrations from Eastern Kentucky University in May of 1981 and completed several hours of graduate work in Law Enforcement through the University of Virginia.  Chief Gardner is a 1983 graduate of the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia.

Chief Ruben Gardner has always been an active member in the Law Enforcement Community.  He currently is Regional Vice Chair of the Kentucky Association of Chiefs of Police, a member of the Kentucky Peace Officers Association where he was a Past State President and a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police. He was a past committee member and served on the Kentucky Law Enforcement Education Council in 1997 through 1998.  He is actively involved in the Kentucky Law Enforcement Memorial Foundation and is the President and one of the founding members of the Kentucky II Chapter of the Blue Knights Law Enforcement Motorcycle Association.

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This website is designed and administrated by the Elizabethtown Police Department.   300 South Mulberry Street, Elizabethtown, Kentucky 42701 Phone 270-765-4125 or 270-769-1144 (fax)

Last updated Tuesday, February 09, 2010 .

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