Sergeant Lance Dardeen joined the IMPD in 2009. He graduated with a Public Relations degree from the University of Southern Indiana in 2002 and with a Master’s degree in Justice Administration from Faulkner University in 2016. Dardeen served as a North District Patrol Officer from 2010-2016 where he also served as a Field Training Officer and taught his fellow officers in numerous trainings as a “Train the Trainer”.

Through the years, Lance developed a passion for community policing and in the spring of 2016, he accepted the position of Behavioral Health Detective under the umbrella of the Community Engagement Office where he assisted citizens with mental illnesses in receiving the appropriate services they need. After earning a promotion in 2018, Sergeant Dardeen now serves at the direct supervisor for the BHU and M-CAT units and serves at the CIT Coordinator for the IMPD.

Sergeant Dardeen serves the community and the department in a variety of ways. He is a Fair and Impartial Policing Instructor, CIT for Adult and CIT for Youth Instructor, a state certified instructor, an IMPD Mentor, a member of the BRG, a Field Training Officer, Mental Health First Aid instructor, and became an E.M.T in 2014. Lance graduated from the IMPD Leadership Academy in 2014 and is the current President of the IMPD Leadership Academy Alumni Association.