McGruff Truck Program

The City of Shawnee participates in the McGruff Truck© Program.  The goal of the program is to make neighborhoods safer for children. The McGruff Truck Program provides a way for city employees to offer help in emergency situations to anyone, especially young people. The McGruff vehicles are easy to identify since they have the image of McGruff the Crime Dog on the side of the vehicles.

The message of the McGruff Truck Program is, "We'll call for help." The driver is trained to summon appropriate help when flagged down by a child or individual in distress. All McGruff vehicle drivers will have access to two-way communication so that help can be summoned immediately.

Shawnee was one of the first communities in Johnson County to mark all of it's Public Works and Parks and Recreation vehicles as McGruff vehicles. Several utility companies in the area also participate in the McGruff Truck Program. The Shawnee Police Department's D.A.R.E. officers  teach children in participating schools about the McGruff Truck program.

For more information contact Officer Terry Kegin in the Community Policing Unit at (913) 631-2155, extention504.

City of Shawnee Police Department Headquarters, 6535 Quivira, Shawnee, KS 66216
Non-Emergency (913) 631-2155 Fax (913) 631-6389 E-Mail

Emergency 9-1-1