Police Protection Police protection is provided by the Independence County Sheriff's Department with a metropolitan division of the department that serves the city of Batesville, one of several cooperative partnerships between the city and county.
Service is available to industrial plants outside the city limits.
The department is staffed by 11 full-time paid firemen and 17 volunteer firemen. Independence County has a volunteer fire fighting force of 14 departments. Batesville has a fire insurance rating of 5. Fire ratings in the County vary by fire district. Service is available to industrial plants outside the city limits.