Sergeant Darren Sroufe has been a member of the Evansville Police Department since 1994 and is currently assigned as Commander of the Records Section and as Commander of the Crisis Negotiation Team. Darren previously served as Chief of Police for the Dupont, Ohio Police Department.
Darren is a graduate of St. Meinrad College and School of Theology. Darren holds a Doctorate of Divinity Degree in addition to a Doctorate in Law Enforcement Management and Administration Degree. Darren has served the Evansville Police Department as Chaplain and as a negotiator since he joined the department.
In addition to his police department duties, Darren also serves as the Chaplain for the Evansville Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #73 and the Indiana State Fraternal Order of Police Lodge. Since 1995, Darren has been a member of the Indiana State Fraternal Order of Police Critical Incident / Memorial Team. Darren has been trained in critical incident response, stress management, crisis intervention- basic, peer, and advanced. Additionally, Darren provides immediate need counseling in critical situations.
Since 1995, Darren has responded to over 60 line-of-duty deaths throughout Indiana, assisting other police departments and communities in dealing with the tragedy of having an officer killed in the line-of-duty. Darren was appointed as the Chairman of the Indiana State Fraternal Order of Police Critical Incident / Memorial Team in 2006.
Darren has been serving the Evansville, Indiana office of the ATF as Chaplain since 2004.
With approximately 20 years of service in law enforcement, Darren also serves as an adjunct professor in the School of Criminal Justice at ITT Tech.
