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IC 36-5-7 · the modern line 2014 – 2025
One officer's department, printed at its size. The statutory office is the town marshal (I.C. § 36-5-7); the department styles itself the Lakeville Police Department. The earliest law office the histories name for the township is not a constable but the justice-of-the-peace court: at the first township election in April 1836, at Earl's tavern, John Henderson and Jacob Rector were elected justices of the peace; no constable is named for Lakeville in any carrier reached. The modern holder is Patrick J. Howard, heading the department continuously in the reached record from at least 2014 to 2025 — styled "Police Chief" in a 2015 Court of Appeals decision arising from a January 2014 call, "Marshal" in the county's 2017 hazard plan, Town Marshal in the 2021–22 salary records, Police Chief again in 2023 and 2025; the title variance prints whole and no carrier states a retitling. His deputy in 2025 is Brandon Lent. The department's documented month (December 2025, from the January 2026 minutes) is 119 calls for service, 12 assists to county police, 3 reports, 1 ticket — a one/two-officer department's month, printed at that size. No successor or vacancy is stated by any carrier reached.