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A MESSAGE FROM CHIEF Ruben L. GardnerAs 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.
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. |
