The department provides protection for areas outside the city limits within the Rural Fire District and responds to mutual aid calls. Wisner has 40 fire hydrants. The Wisner Police Department is staffed by two full-time certified officers. Equipment in the department includes a cruiser with in-car video, radar, radio communications, and other standard equipment. The department is dispatched through an E-911 system in West Point.
Regular patrol provides protection to existing industries by the police and sheriff's departments.
The crime rate per 1,000 population in Cuming County in 1997 was 8.8 compared to a state crime rate of 42.4 and a 1996 national rate of 50.8. These dispatchers respond to all calls received from the countywide E-911 system. Two patrolmen and one K-9 dog are stationed in Wayne. All rights reserved.