The Mount Horeb Police Department operates four fully marked and equipped Chevy Caprice . In addition the department also issues and assigns each officer a portable motorola radio. The Mount Horeb Police Department is dispatched by The Dane County Communications Center located in Madison Wisconsin, approximately 20 miles away. In addition local communications are maintained by a the agencies private repeater and during normal business hours the department is dispatched by both the communications center and administrative staff. The Village of Mt. Horeb is served by a staff of nine full time officers including the chief.
All officers are responsible for patrol duties in addition to their assigned special tasks.
The department is also supplemented by part time officers. Each officer is highly trained and is given additional training in their special assignments. The department patrols approximately 4 square miles and serves a population estimated in excess of 5,000 people. As in many areas the village is growing by leaps and bounds in the population is expected to top 8000 by 2005. The department is also expected to grow as the the needs for service increase.