Hawkins Police Department
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The Hawkins Police Department is the small-town law enforcement agency featured in the television series "Stranger Things," responsible for maintaining order in the fictional community of Hawkins, Indiana.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hawkins Police Department canonical | 8 |
| Hawkins Police | 1 |
| Hawkins Police Department shoulder patch | 1 |
| Hawkins local government | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5019004 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hawkins Police Department Context triple: [Hawkins, Indiana, hasFacility, Hawkins Police Department]
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A.
Old Town Police Department
The Old Town Police Department is the municipal law enforcement agency responsible for public safety and policing services in Old Town, Maine.
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B.
Bourne Police Department
The Bourne Police Department is the municipal law enforcement agency responsible for public safety and policing services in the Town of Bourne, Massachusetts.
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C.
Johnston Police Department
The Johnston Police Department is the municipal law enforcement agency responsible for public safety and policing services in the town of Johnston, Rhode Island.
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D.
Suffolk County Police Department
The Suffolk County Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency responsible for policing most of Suffolk County on Long Island, New York.
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E.
Darien Police Department
The Darien Police Department is the local law enforcement agency responsible for maintaining public safety and enforcing laws within the Village of Darien.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hawkins Police Department Target entity description: The Hawkins Police Department is the small-town law enforcement agency featured in the television series "Stranger Things," responsible for maintaining order in the fictional community of Hawkins, Indiana.
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A.
Old Town Police Department
The Old Town Police Department is the municipal law enforcement agency responsible for public safety and policing services in Old Town, Maine.
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B.
Bourne Police Department
The Bourne Police Department is the municipal law enforcement agency responsible for public safety and policing services in the Town of Bourne, Massachusetts.
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C.
Johnston Police Department
The Johnston Police Department is the municipal law enforcement agency responsible for public safety and policing services in the town of Johnston, Rhode Island.
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D.
Suffolk County Police Department
The Suffolk County Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency responsible for policing most of Suffolk County on Long Island, New York.
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E.
Darien Police Department
The Darien Police Department is the local law enforcement agency responsible for maintaining public safety and enforcing laws within the Village of Darien.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional law enforcement agency
ⓘ
fictional organization ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Stranger Things ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Eleven
ⓘ
Jonathan Byers ⓘ Joyce Byers ⓘ Nancy Wheeler ⓘ Steve Harrington ⓘ |
| associatedWithOrganization | Hawkins National Laboratory ⓘ |
| countryInFiction |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBy |
The Duffer Brothers
ⓘ
linked to:
Duffer Brothers
|
| employs |
dispatch staff
ⓘ
uniformed police officers ⓘ |
| fictionalState | Indiana ⓘ |
| fictionalTimePeriod | 1980s ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Stranger Things season 1
ⓘ
linked to:
Stranger Things
|
| firstAppearanceYear | 2016 ⓘ |
| hasBadgeText |
Hawkins Police
ⓘ
linked to:
Hawkins Police Department
|
| hasFacility | Hawkins police station ⓘ |
| hasJurisdictionInFiction | Hawkins town limits ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Calvin Powell
ⓘ
Flo ⓘ Jim Hopper ⓘ Phil Callahan ⓘ officers of Hawkins Police Department ⓘ |
| hasPlotFunction |
investigates supernatural incidents in Hawkins
ⓘ
represents local authority in Hawkins ⓘ serves as base of operations for Jim Hopper ⓘ |
| hasUniformColor | tan ⓘ |
| hasUniformElement | wide-brimmed hat ⓘ |
| hasVehicleType |
police cruiser
ⓘ
police truck ⓘ |
| headedBy | Jim Hopper ⓘ |
| headTitle | Chief of Police ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| locatedInFictional | Hawkins, Indiana ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| networkOfOriginalBroadcast | Netflix ⓘ |
| notableFor |
encounters with the Upside Down
ⓘ
interacting with the Hawkins National Laboratory ⓘ investigating the disappearance of Will Byers ⓘ |
| operatesInGenre |
horror
ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ supernatural drama ⓘ |
| partOfFictionalUniverse | Stranger Things universe ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
law enforcement in Hawkins, Indiana
ⓘ
maintaining public order in Hawkins, Indiana ⓘ |
| settingType | small-town police department ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hawkins Police Department Description of subject: The Hawkins Police Department is the small-town law enforcement agency featured in the television series "Stranger Things," responsible for maintaining order in the fictional community of Hawkins, Indiana.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Hawkins Police Department
subject linked to:
James Hopper
linked to: Hawkins Police Department
linked to: Hawkins Police Department