2015 Summit County Sheriff`s Office Annual Report

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2015 Summit County Sheriff`s Office Annual Report
The Summit County
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SHERIFF’S MISSION STATEMENT
LETTER TO CITIZENS
SHERIFF’S BIO
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OPERATIONS DIVISION
OPERATIONS DIVISION TABLE OF ORGANIZATION
ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS DIVISION COMMANDER
DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION
BASIC PEACE OFFICER TRAINING ACADEMY
SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND INVESTIGATON UNIT
FISCAL BUREAU
PERSONNEL BUREAU
PATROL BUREAU
VEHICLE TOWING, IMPOUND, AND SEIZURE
PATROL DISTRICTS
AKRON – CANTON AIRPORT OPERATIONS
COMMUNITY POLICING
SPECIALIZED UNITS
BOMB SQUAD
K-9 UNIT
SWAT
CRISIS NEGOTIATION TEAM
CRIME SCENE UNIT
TRAFFIC CRASH INVESTIGATION TEAM
MOUNTED PATROL
HONOR GUARD
COMMUNICATIONS
INVESTIGATIONS
INTERNAL INVESTIGATIONS
DETECTIVE BUREAU
DRUG UNIT
COURT SERVICES BUREAU
COURT SECURITY AND TRANPORT
CIVIL BUREAU
TRAINING
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8-9
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11-12
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14-15
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19-20
20-23
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30-32
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CORRECTIONS DIVISION
CORRECTIONS DIVISION TABLE OF ORGANIZATION
MAJOR OF CORRECTIONS
SUMMIT COUNTY JAIL OPERATIONS
JAIL POPULATION CONTROL
INMATE SERVICES
SUPPORT SERVICES
MEDICAL SERVICES
GLENWOOD JAIL
RECORDS AND IDENTIFICATION BUREAU
CONCEALED CARRY REGISTRATION
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48-49
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SPECIAL EVENTS
COMMUNITY EVENTS
SHERIFF’S AWARDS
RETIREMENTS & MEMORIAL
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53-57
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SHERIFF’S MISSION STATEMENT
The Mission of the Summit County Sheriff’s Office is to provide the
safest environment possible for all citizens within Summit County,
Ohio.
We will accomplish this mission through continual training,
maintaining a proactive approach to deter the criminal element, as
well as utilizing all available resources for safe, expedient, and
accurate responses to all incidents, all the while continuing to build
and preserve our community partnerships through positive
interaction with the public.
During this mission course we will continue our present application
of the Six Pillars of Character (Trustworthiness, Respect,
Responsibility, Fairness, Caring, and Citizenship).
Through these achievements our agency will demonstrate a sincere
dedication to this vision, “Our County, Our Commitment.”
Dear Citizens of Summit County, Ohio
I am very pleased to present to all of you the Summit County Sheriff’s Office Annual Report,
outlining our year for 2015.
As you all probably know by now, due to our critical unsafe staffing levels, I closed one unit of
the Summit County Jail in January 2015. Said closing reduced the total jail capacity by 120
inmates. We placed more inmates at the Glenwood Jail, transferred some to other county and
city jails, and utilized programs such as electronic monitoring, although some inmates were
actually released back into our communities as we had no other choice. I would ask you all to
support the Summit County Sheriff’s Office in the future as we continue to explore ways to secure
fiscal resources for the staffing levels we sincerely need to fully reopen our jail.
I can honestly say the Summit County Sheriff’s Office has very dedicated employees who put
forth extraordinary efforts every day when they report to work. Numerous employees have been
recognized for not only valor, bravery, and excellence in law enforcement, but for the saving of
human lives on several occasions during 2015. Some of these included persons who were
incarcerated when they were saved by our deputies and nursing staff at the jail.
Sadly, the Heroin epidemic continued to have an impact on our county in 2015, as addiction
rates and overdose deaths continued to increase in number. Also, the number of those charged
with contributing to the death rose as well, due to their supplying the drug to the person who
died. The Summit County Sheriff’s Drug Unit members, our Patrol Deputies, and General
Assignment Detectives are vigilantly working to combat this problem, but as we all know it is a
constant struggle when addiction knows no boundaries, creeps into the lives of all ethnicities,
social classes, and cultures, and no one is immune!
Although our entire agency has professionally worked through very strenuous financial
constraints from 2009 to the present, three bureaus that excelled in 2015 were: The Sheriff’s
Training Bureau, our Civil Branch, and the Summit County Sheriff’s Communications Center
(Dispatch). Also, our Jail was again found to be in 100% compliance with State of Ohio Jail
Minimum Standards. Our regret is that to be in compliance, due to our critically short staffing
levels, we needed several thousand hours of overtime to maintain this quality of service and keep
a safe environment for our sworn employees, civilian employees, as well as our inmates, whom
we have a moral, ethical and legal obligation to protect!
To the citizens we proudly serve in Summit County, on behalf of every employee within the
Summit County Sheriff’s Office, it is my great pleasure and privilege to present to you our 2015
Annual Report.
Sheriff Steve Barry
“Our County, Our Commitment”
SHERIFF STEVE BARRY
Sheriff Steve Barry assumed the duties of Summit County Sheriff on January
7
7th, 2013 after being elected to the office in November 2012. Sheriff Barry is
a
a lifelong Summit County resident and graduate of the Akron Public Schools.
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tem. He attended the University of Akron, majoring in Criminal Justice Technology.
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Sheriff Barry began his career with the Summit County Sheriff’s Office in
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1979 as a Special Deputy (reserve) after graduating from the Sheriff’s Basic
Law Enforcement Academy. He then graduated from the Ohio Peace Officers Training Academy
Course in 1982, and became a full-time Summit County Deputy Sheriff in October of the same year.
His entire law enforcement career has been with the Summit County Sheriff’s Office spanning over
thirty years.
Sheriff Barry was fortunate to work in almost every division within the Sheriff’s Office during his
career, including Corrections, Court Security and Convey, Patrol Division, Detective Bureau, Special
Operations/Internal Affairs, along with undercover assignments during his early years. He also
served as a Hostage Negotiator and Commander of the Crisis Negotiation Team as well as Director
of an Ohio Organized Crime Investigations Commission Task Force, while on assignment with the
Office of the Ohio Attorney General. The sheriff rose through the ranks during his career, attaining
the rank of Sheriff’s Captain.
Sheriff Barry has completed over twelve hundred hours of various training and coursework in law
enforcement and has received several Awards, Citations, Letters and Certificates of Appreciation
and Commendations for his work in law enforcement.
Steve Barry is very proud, yet humbled to be the Sheriff of Summit County, appreciates the work
and services sheriff’s deputies and employees perform every day and looks forward to continuing
to serve the citizens of Summit County.
SUMMIT COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
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Administration
SUPPORT SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR
Ms. Denise Carter has been with
the Summit County Sheriff’s Office
for over thirty (30) years. She
began her career with the Sheriff’s
Office as a Secretary for the
Summit County Jail Inmate
Services program. Within months
of being hired, Ms. Carter was
chosen to become the Secretary in
the Sheriff’s Patrol Bureau, where she rose through the
ranks of secretarial classifications, and continued working
in the Operations Division, becoming the most senior
secretary in the agency. She has received several
accolades during her career including receiving the
Summit County “Highpoint Award” recognizing civilian
county employees who have excelled in their duties. Due
to her vast knowledge and experience, in January of
2013, Ms. Carter was chosen to become the Support
Services Administrator for newly elected Sheriff Steve
Barry.
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Ms. Pam Moore was hired to be a
clerk in the Sheriff’s Civil Division
almost twenty (20) years ago by
then Sheriff David W. Troutman.
During this same time period, it was
determined
an
Administrative
Assistant was needed in the
Sheriff’s Administrative Offices to
assist
the
Support
Services
Administrator with the ever increasing workload. Pam was
chosen for this position and became Administrative
Assistant.
She is responsible for filing various
administrative records, OPOTA certification records, and
assists Sheriff’s Command personnel as needed. Ms.
Moore has now worked for four different Sheriffs’ in her
administrative role and has been recognized for her job
performance on numerous occasions, including being a
Summit County High Point Award recipient.
Due to her vast knowledge and experience, Ms. Moore
was chosen as the Office Representative which informs
and involves the Sheriff’s Office of various projects and
activities within the County.
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS & MEDIA
Mr. Paul Matulavich was hired in
1999 under Sheriff Warren, and
has worked for the Summit
County Sheriff’s office for 17
years. Prior to this, Paul spent 22
years in management with the
F.W.
Albrecht
Company.
In 2005, Paul received the
Summit County Highpoint Award from Sheriff Drew
Alexander in recognition of his outstanding dedication and
exemplary attendance.
In 2015, Mr. Matulavich was asked to devote his creative
imagination, visual media skills, and published writing
experience to developing new and original promotional
strategies for the Sheriff’s Office.
His successful
accomplishment of these tasks resulted in his being
promoted to Director of Public Relations & Media in
November of 2015. Among his responsibilities is the
writing and photography for the Agency’s newsletter: The
SHIELD, managing and creating multi-media content for
the Sheriff’s Facebook page, and videography for the
Sheriff’s Youtube Channel.
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Administration
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION –
SPECIAL OPERATIONS
Dave Hills retired from the Summit
County Sheriff’s Office in 2009 with
over thirty-two (32) years of law
enforcement experience.
Dave
resumed his employment with the
Sheriff’s Office in 2013 with the
election of Sheriff Barry. Dave is
currently serving as the Assistant
Director of Administration responsible for the coordination
and scheduling of all extra details worked by deputies
which includes all full time deputies and 119 special
deputies.
 Unrestricted—Special Deputies that exercise arrest
powers and carry weapons in the same manner as a
regularly appointed full time deputy.
 Restricted—Special Deputies who exercise arrest
powers and carry weapons only when assigned to
duty by the Sheriff or his designee.
Extra details are special work assignments performed by
sworn personnel, for public or private employers, under
the color of the Sheriff’s Office that may require the
carrying of a firearm and/or may require an employee to
make an arrest or complete an investigation. These
details are worked outside normal work hours and include
traffic details, security details, and community events.
2015 EXTRA DETAIL HOURS
FULL TIME
DEPUTIES
SPECIAL DEPUTIES
TOTAL HOURS
DONATED
HOURS
PAID
HOURS
TOTAL
HOURS
226
53,059
53,285
3,569
4.145
7,715
3,795
57,204
61,000
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Operations
OPERATION DIVISION COMMANDER
MAJOR BRAD WHITFIELD
Major Brad Whitfield is a lifelong
Summit County resident with
twenty-five (25) years of law
enforcement experience. He has
worked deligently within various
assignments and several ranks
throughout his tenure at the
Sheriff’s Office. He is a 2008
Graduate of the Penn State
Criminal Justice Institute’s Police
Executive Development Program
with basic and
advanced curriculums.
In 2014, Major Whitfield served as the Operations Division
Commander. While working in this position he oversees
all of the Sheriff’s Office Operational Bureaus. These
bureau’s include Patrol, Court Services/Civil, Detective,
Internal Affairs, Drug Unit , Training and Communications
Bureaus.
Major Whitfield is also responsible for
overseeing the general operations of all Sheriff’s Office
specialty units such as SWAT, Bomb Squad, Crash
Team, Major Crime Scene Units etc. During 2014 he was
involved with contract negotiations with several Sheriff’s
Office bargaining units and was instrumental with the
successful renewals of all Sheriff’s Office Police Rotary
contracts which include the City of Green, the Akron
Canton Airport, two townships as well as other county
entities.
DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION
INSPECTOR WILLIAM HOLLAND
Inspector Holland started his law
enforcement career with the FBI,
before coming to work at the
Summit County Sheriff’s Office in
2005. He collaborated with the
Akron Police Department to create
a Summit County Child Abduction
Response Team (CART). He
serves on the Child Fatality
Review Board of Summit County.
He is a member of numerous committees including the
Emergency
Management
Executive
Committee,
Domestic Preparedness Steering Committee, and the
Use of Force Committee to name a few. In addition,
Inspector Holland is the Regional Intelligence Coordinator
for Homeland Security Region 5. He conducts truth
verification exams for the agency in criminal cases as well
as pre-employment matters. Inspector Holland serves as
the Commander of the newly formed combined Summit
County Sheriff’s and University of Akron Police Officer
Training Academy. He also oversees the Sex Offender
Registration and Investigation Unit as well as serves as
the Director of Finance for the Sheriff’s Office and
supervises the fiscal functions of the Sheriff’s Office.
BASIC PEACE OFFICER TRAINING ACADEMY
As the Operations Division Commander Major Whitfield
also oversees the general operations of the Sheriff’s
Office “Personnel” and Fiscal Bureaus.
Major Whitfield believes that the personnel that he
supervises is what keeps the Operations Division
performing with such efficiency and professionalism. “It
takes the dedication and cooperation of a team to fulfill
the responsibilities and duties of an agency as large and
diverse as the Summit County Sheriff’s Office”.
In January of 2014, the Summit County Sheriff’s Office
partnered with the University of Akron to operate a Basic
Peace Officer Training Academy.
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Operations
Summit County Sheriff’s
Office OPOTA Certified
Training Academy is a
unique collaboration in
law
enforcement
training. The instructors
consist
of
both
experienced
law
enforcement officers and well-respected University of
Akron faculty members. This academy provides thorough
and comprehensive training to develop policing skills,
enhance leadership abilities, and promote a solid ethical
foundation to all cadets. The program provides over 600
hours of basic training and prepares each cadet to pass
the Ohio State Peace Officer’s Certification Exam. Some
examples of the training provided are firearms, subject
control tactics, physical training, classroom training, and
scenario-based training. Also, throughout the entire
training, core values of professionalism, obligation,
leadership, integrity, courage, and excellence are
stressed and reinforced. When the cadets complete the
academy, they enter the world of policing with the
knowledge and skills necessary to effectively perform the
duties as law enforcement officials. In addition, cadets are
eligible to receive twelve (12) credit hours to be used
towards a degree at the University of Akron.
SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND
INVESTIGATION UNIT
The Sex Offender Investigation Unit is comprised of one
(1) detective and one (1) civilian employee who are
tasked with maintaining the registry and compliance of
over 1,200 registered sex offenders. There are fifty-three
(53) offenders currently registered as homeless.
Megan’s Law
was enacted in 1997 and classifies sex offenders as:
 Sex Offenders/Child Victim Offenders—required to
register annually for ten (10) years
 Habitual Sex Offenders—required to register annually
for twenty (20) years
 Sexual Predators/Child Victim Predators—required to
register every ninety (90) days for life.
On July 27, 2006 the Adam Walsh Act was signed into
law by President George Bush. This law changed the
classification of sex offenders into three tiers.
 Tier 1—Offenders must register every year for fifteen
(15) years
 Tier 2—Offenders must register every six (6) months for
twenty-five (25) years
 Tier 3—Offenders must register every three (3) months
for life.
OFFENDER CLASSIFICATIONS
2014
ADULT OFFENDERS
SEXUALLY ORIENTED OFFENDER
523
HABITUAL SEX OFFENDER
88
SEXUAL PREDATOR
202
TIER 1
136
TIER 2
150
TIER 3
55
TOTAL ADULT OFFENDERS
1,154
JUVENILE OFFENDERS
SEXUALLY ORIENTED OFFENDER
29
HABITUAL SEX OFFENDER
2
SEXUAL PREDATOR
3
TIER 1
20
TIER 2
10
TIER 3
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TOTAL JUVENILE OFFENDERS
78
2015
342
83
183
118
152
49
927
16
2
3
11
6
7
45
The Summit County Sheriff’s Office, in cooperation with
the Summit County Adult Parole Authority and Summit
County Probation Department conducts an annual
address verification sweep to ensure sex offender
compliance. In 2015, 294 offender residences were
checked and 4 were found to be non-compliant. 265
complaints were investigated and 40 persons were
arrested. Eight outstanding warrants were served in
2015.
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Operations
Sex offenders are required to register according to the
schedule established by their designated classification as
well as any time they have a change of address. In 2015,
there were nearly 1,300 registered sex offenders in
Summit County.
The Sheriff’s Office in cooperation with the Adult Parole
Authority and County Probation Department, conduct
annual address verification sweeps to ensure compliance
of offenders. In 2015, sweeps were conducted to verify
residency of over 294 offenders of which only four (4)
were found to be out of compliance.
2014
2015
COMPLAINTS/TIPS RECEIVED
239
265
VERIFIED ADDRESS
86
143
OTHER AGENCY NOTIFIED
36
29
ARRESTED
50
40
UNFOUNDED
33
47
WARRANTS ISSUED
3
8
WARRANTS RECALLED
1
1
DECEASED
17
12
IN PROGRESS (OPEN)
5
3
SEX OFFENDER
INVESTIGATIVE ACTIVITY
ARSON REGISTRATION
Ohio has adopted the Arson Registry Law in hopes of
helping to solve more cases, deter repeat offenses and
prevent deaths and property damage due to fire. The law
went into effect on July 1, 2013. The law requires
anyone convicted of an arson-related crime to register
personally with the Sheriff of the county in which the
offender resides. The offender is required to register
annually for at least ten years after they are released
from prison. If the offender was not given prison time
they have to register after being sentenced. Failure to
complete this registration may result in a fifth-degree
felony charge. The Ohio Attorney General’s Office
maintains the central database containing the names,
addresses, photos and other personal information on
fire-setters. The registry, unlike the database for sex
offenders, is available only to law enforcement officials
and not the public. There are currently twenty-seven
(27) arsonists registered in Summit County.
Starting on September 29, 2013 all county sheriff’s
became required to collect a one-time fee of $100.00 for
first time sex offender registrants. Fees collected are
credited to the Rape Crisis Program Trust. Individuals that
refuse to pay the fee are still registered as a sex offender
but are placed on a list that is submitted to the Ohio
Attorney General’s Office each year indicating the refusal
to pay. The Attorney General may then file civil charges
against the individual refusing to pay.
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Fiscal Bureau
The Fiscal Division is supported by five (5) civilian
employees, who are responsible for the accountability of
the operational budget for the Sheriff’s Office. This
includes all purchasing, special revenues, accounts
payable, accounts receivable, auditing, deputies’ uniform
allowance,
employee
training/travel,
equipment,
competitive bidding, proposals, all contracts and payroll
for employees.
This
division
also
coordinates funding for
prisoner extraditions which
must be completed without
any additional funding from
the County.
BUDGET
2014 BUDGET
2015 BUDGET
GENERAL FUNDS
SHERIFF GENERAL OFFICE
$9,499,400.00
$8,693,600.00
SHERIFF JAIL OPERATING
$19,523,900.00
$20,642,300.00
COURT HOUSE SECURITY
$599,300.00
$614,000.00
$29,622,600.00
$29,949,900.00
POLICE ROTARY
$6,303,600.00
$7,254,700.00
TRAINING ROTARY
$25,000.00
$55,000.00
INMATE WELFARE
$222,700.00
$231,500.00
CIVIL FORECLOSURE ROTARY
$576,000.00
$592,600.00
FORECLOSURE EDUCATION
$100,000.00
$158,600.00
INMATE PHONE COMMISSION
$426,800.00
$436,700.00
CCW CONCEALED CARRY
$92,200.00
$98,000.00
911 WIRELESS SERVICES
$172,300.00
$97,600.00
SENIOR SERVICES
$1,500.00
$500.00
CSEA IV-D SECURITY
$170,300.00
$183,500.00
CSEA IV-D PROCESS SERVING
$287,900.00
$302,200.00
CPT TRAINING
$00
$00
DUI ENFORCEMENT
$40,000.00
$40,000.00
OVI TASK FORCE
$217,881.72
$224,940.60
D.A.R.E
$179,400.00
$180,600.00
MARINE PATROL
$42,668.80
$42,000.00
HVEO HIGH VISIBILITY & IDEP IMPAIRED DRIVING
$77,718.38
$82,865.91
DRUG UNIT
$44,987.44
$53,330.69
JUVENILE DIVERSION SOUTH
$38,500.00
$35,300.00
JUVENILE DIVERSION NORTH
$21,900.00
$29,700.00
INSURANCE RETENTION
$125,000.00
$150,000.00
LAW ENFORCEMENT LIAISON
$95,386.00
$89,402.57
DLEF-DRUG UNIT
$333,333.33
$333,333.33
$39,220,675.67
$40,622,273.10
TOTAL GENERAL FUND
SPECIAL REVENUES
GRANTS
TOTAL ALL BUDGETS
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Personnel Bureau
Donna George began her career as
the
Assistant
Director
of
Administration in charge of Personnel
with the Sheriff’s Office in March of
2011, bringing with her almost twenty
(20)
years
human
resources
experience working at the Summit
County Child Support Enforcement
Agency, a division of the Prosecutor’s Office. In this
position she served as the Personnel Administrative
Assistant providing technical personnel and labor
services to all staff levels. Donna is assisted by
Administrative Assistant Jeanne Bickett and Secretary
Tina Outley.
In her capacity Donna administrates hiring, conducting
interviews with job applicants and making hiring
recommendations. She oversees disciplinary issues and
currently serves as a member of the Sheriff’s Office
Discipline Committee. She coordinates promotions and
promotional exams. Donna is responsible to research and
apply changes in employment regulations to make
recommendations for agency policies and also serves on
workgroups responsible for determining county-wide
policies.
FULL TIME EMPLOYEES TIME EMPLOYEES
SWORN
SHERIFF
INSPECTOR
MAJOR
CAPTAIN
LIEUTENANT
SERGEANT
DEPUTY
TOTAL
CIVILIAN
ADMINSITRATIVE SUPPORT
FULL TIME CLASSIFIED PERSONNEL
UNION OFFICE/CLERICAL
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNICIAN
TOTAL
PART TIME EMPLOYEES TIME EMPLOYEES
SWORN
CIVILIAN
TOTAL EMPLOYEES
1
2
2
7
12
25
288
337
ACTIVITY
2015
NEW HIRES
23
RE-HIRES
0
PROMOTIONS
22
DEMOTIONS
3
TRANSFERS
21
RESIGNATIONS
15
TERMINATIONS
2
DISABLITY SEPARATION
0
RETIREMENT
4
Donna prepares and maintains Equal Employment
Opportunity and Fair Labor Standards reports and
statistics
and
assists
employees
with
ADA
accommodation requests coordinating with Summit
County Human Resources. During 2014, contract
negotiations for all four collective bargaining agreements
(Summit County Sheriff’s Supervisors’ Association;
Deputies Union—Fraternal Order of Police/Ohio Labor
Council, Inc.; Ohio Council 8 AFSCME Local 1229—
including the Communications Technical Unit and the
Office and Clerical Unit) were ratified and passed by
County Council. Bothe the AFSCME contracts and
Supervisors’ Contract were completed without fact
finding. A fact finding hearing was held in March for the
Deputies FOP/OLC Union. The fact finding was for
wages, insurance caps, and vacancies.
DISCIPLINE
2014
2015
WRITTEN WARNINGS
12
13
4
19
36
9
72
WRITTEN REPRIMANDS
9
13
ADMINISTRATIVE REFERRALS
11
18
2014
2015
FOP /OHIO LABOR COUNCIL
14
26
7
11
422
SUPERVISORS UNION
5
1
AFSCME
4
1
GREIVANCES
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Personnel Bureau
ABSENTEEISM
2014
2015
TOTAL SICK HOURS USED
26,984.00
30,210.50
UNEXCUSED SICK HOURS
4,638.00
3,861.50
FMLA HOURS
11,791.00
13,122.00
TOTAL HOURS EMPLOYEES ABSENT
43,413.00
47,194.00
COMPENSATORY TIME EARNED
CROSIER STREET JAIL
GLENWOOD JAIL
PATROL
COMMUNITY POLICING
CIVIL
DETECTIVE BUREAU
DRUG UNIT
ADMINSTRTATION
TRAINING
JAIL ADMINISTRATION
TOTAL
OVERTIME HOURS PAID
CROSIER STREET JAIL
2014
2014
3,877.35
21
2,366.3
65.75
1,048.5
295
24.75
130.75
131.25
22.5
7,983.15
2015
17,343.9
13,375.00
691.75
2,011.35
COMMUNITY POLICING
0
0
PATROL COURT HOURS
944.5
931.10
RADIO
1,009.5
1,869.00
COURT SERVICES/CIVIL
DETECTIVE BUREAU
DRUG UNIT
2,251.5
300.5
2,351.5
2,396.00
393.00
1,907.00
10.5
.50
24,903.9
22,882.95
PATROL
ADMINSTRTATION
TOTAL
2015
4,167.25
401.00
2,038.50
00.00
637.00
257.75
104.00
149.25
176.50
6.00
7,937.25
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Patrol Bureau
Lieutenant Doug Smith serves as the
Patrol
Bureau
Commander.
Secretary Jackie Whitfield assists
with
record
keeping
and
administrative
responsibilities.
Eleven (11) Sergeants assist in
supervising deputies and overseeing
daily operations.
The Patrol Bureau is responsible for patrolling and
responding to calls for service in the City of Green,
Coventry Township, Northfield Center Township, and
Twinsburg Township as well as the Akron Canton Airport.
Patrol deputies responded to nearly 57,000 calls for
service in 2015 throughout Summit County. The
Community Policing Bureau is also attached to the Patrol
Bureau which includes Juvenile Diversion, DARE,
SIDNE, AMHA, and the Marine Patrol Unit.
SUMMIT COUNTY OVI TASK FORCE
VEHICLE TOWING, IMPOUND, AND SEIZURES
The Towing, Impound and Seizure Unit maintains records
on all vehicles towed by the Sheriff’s Office. This includes,
but is not limited to vehicles towed for auto crashes, traffic
offenses, disabled vehicles, criminal investigations, and
drug seizures. The daily operation of the unit is
coordinated by Roger Kline. Roger retired from the
Sheriff’s Office in 2009 with the rank of Major after serving
over thirty (30) years. He returned in 2012 part-time to
oversee the Vehicle Towing Unit.
ACTIVITY
VEHICLES RELEASED BY AFFIDAVITS
SEIZED VEHICLES
AUCTIONED VEHICLES
2014
150
1
28
2015
191
1
35
VEHICLES TOWED 2015
2015 OVI TASK FORCE STATS
CHECKPOINTS CONDUCTED
OVI ARRESTS
DUS ARRESTS
TOWS
SATURATION PATROL HOURS
OVI ARRESTS
DUS ARRESTS
SEAT BELT CITATIONS
SPEEDING CITATIONS
OTHER CITATIONS
TOTAL NUMBER OF TRAFFIC STOPS
24
24
80
34
1,130
30
111
57
241
550
1,175
The Summit County OVI Task Force is funded by a traffic
safety grant provided by the National Transportation
Safety Administration. The task force is comprised of The
Summit County Sheriff’s Office, Akron Police, Richfield
Police, Stow Police, Barberton Police, Boston Heights
Police, Peninsula Police, and New Franklin Police. The
goal of the task force is to reduce the number of alcoholrelated crashes within the county. The task force operates
OVI checkpoints and conducts saturation patrols at
locations that have high alcohol-related arrests and/or
crashes.
MONTH
D &L
JEFFREY’S MILLER’S
TOTAL
TOWING TOWING TOWING
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
TOTAL
16
21
15
14
22
17
24
11
20
24
15
17
216
45
49
26
54
53
38
68
56
55
62
32
68
632
19
51
52
26
21
26
36
36
30
28
27
34
376
80
121
93
94
96
81
128
103
105
114
74
119
1,224
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2015 ANNUAL REPORT
Patrol Bureau
2015 PATROL ACTIVITIES COVENTRY TOWNSHIP
MAJOR CRIME REPORTS
COVENTY TWP.
ASSAULTS
BURGLARY
VANDALISM
KIDNAPPING/ABDUCTION
LARCENY/THEFT
HOMICIDES
VEHICLE THEFTS*
RAPE
ROBBERY
SEXUAL ASSAULTS/GSI
2014
2015
46
52
36
0
322
0
3
5
9
3
61
119
101
0
257
1
42
6
4
6
* In some instances,
prosecution was declined upon
recovery of the stolen vehicle
or the suspect was arrested in
another jurisdiction.
MAJOR CRIME REPORTS
CITY OF GREEN
2014
2015
ASSAULTS
BURGLARY
VANDALISM
KIDNAPPING/ABDUCTION
LARCENY/THEFT
HOMICIDES
45
77
47
1
569
0
72
179
212
1
520
1
VEHICLE THEFTS*
12
90
RAPE
ROBBERY
SEXUAL ASSAULTS
12
3
7
14
6
11
ACCIDENT REPORTS TAKEN NO INJURIES
ACCIDENT REPORTS TAKEN W/ INJURIES
TRAFFIC STOPS MADE
TRAFFIC CITES ISSUED
COURTESY CITATIONS
FIELD INVESTIGATION CARDS COMPLETED
CONTACTS
ARRESTS/SUMMONS
TOTAL CALLS FOR SERVICE
398
126
1,309
709
518
85
25
432
11,005
2015 PATROL ACTIVITIES CITY OF GREEN
ACCIDENT REPORTS TAKEN NO INJURIES
933
ACCIDENT REPORTS TAKEN W/ INJURIES
195
TRAFFIC STOPS MADE
2,802
TRAFFIC CITES ISSUED
1,332
COURTESY CITATIONS
1,432
FIELD INVESTIGATION CARDS COMPLETED
144
CONTACTS
109
ARRESTS/SUMMONS
620
TOTAL CALLS FOR SERVICE
24,100
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2015 ANNUAL REPORT
Patrol Bureau
2015 PATROL ACTIVITIES NORTHFIELD CENTER TWP.
ACCIDENT REPORTS TAKEN NO INJURIES
ACCIDENT REPORTS TAKEN W/ INJURIES
TRAFFIC STOPS MADE
TRAFFIC CITES ISSUED
COURTESY CITATIONS
FIELD INVESTIGATION CARDS COMPLETED
CONTACTS
ARRESTS/SUMMONS
TOTAL CALLS FOR SERVICE
MAJOR CRIME REPORTS
NORTHFIELD TWP.
ASSAULTS
BURGLARY
VANDALISM
KIDNAPPING/ABDUCTION
LARCENY/THEFT
HOMICIDES
VEHICLE THEFTS*
RAPE
ROBBERY
SEXUAL ASSAULTS
204
58
897
245
574
133
90
112
8,696
2014
2015
2
6
0
0
62
0
0
0
0
0
9
35
28
0
82
0
10
0
4
4
* in some instances prosecution was declined upon recovery
of stolen vehicle or arrest of suspect in another jurisdiction.
2015 PATROL ACTIVITIES TWINSBURG TOWNSHIP
ACCIDENT REPORTS TAKEN NO INJURIES
85
ACCIDENT REPORTS TAKEN W/ INJURIES
17
TRAFFIC STOPS MADE
1,129
TRAFFIC CITES ISSUED
434
COURTESY CITATIONS
921
FIELD INVESTIGATION CARDS COMPLETED
222
CONTACTS
311
ARRESTS/SUMMONS
134
TOTAL CALLS FOR SERVICE
7,760
MAJOR CRIME REPORTS
TWINSBURG TWP.
ASSAULTS
BURGLARY
VANDALISM
KIDNAPPING/ABDUCTION
LARCENY/THEFT
HOMICIDES
VEHICLE THEFTS*
RAPE
ROBBERY
SEXUAL ASSAULTS
2014
2015
13
12
3
0
28
0
1
0
2
4
10
20
30
0
40
0
5
0
1
4
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2015 ANNUAL REPORT
Patrol Bureau
AKRON CANTON AIRPORT
The Summit County Sheriff” Office is responsible for the
law enforcement of the Akron-Canton Airport. Sergeant
Leonard Fanelly supervises operations of the Sheriff’s
Office at the airport. There are two (2) deputies per shift
and assigned to the Airport District as part of the Patrol
Bureau. On August 10, 2006, the national threat level was
elevated to “ORANGE”. Since January 2015 the
additional deputy assigned to “Gate Screening Area” was
reduced and works from 0400 to 2030 hours daily. The
deputies provide security for the entire facility and
grounds. This includes 2,700 acres of property, and over
ten (10) miles of secured perimeter fencing with thirteen
(13) electronic and/or manual gates. The terminal has
fifty-four (54) alarmed man-doors that allow access to
airports’ “AOA & SIDA” areas. Deputies have responded
to over thirty nine hundred (3,900) of these alarms this
year. The main terminal area is 195,000 square feet.
There are also forty-five (45) airport based business
buildings including fifty (50) individual parking lots on the
property to patrol. The Sheriff’s Office is the law
enforcement agency for the airport including traffic control
on property and the surrounding public roadways.
The airport has several federal facilities on property; this
includes the ASR11 radar site, which is the only one of its
kind in the area. The deputies’ work closely with all law
enforcement agencies including Stark County Sheriff,
Ohio State Highway Patrol, U.S. Secret Service, I.C.E.,
F.B.I., D.E.A., A.T.F., U.S. Customs and Air Marshals. We
have also assisted the Ohio National Guard who has a
facility on the airport.
Inspections for baggage, passengers
personnel are provided by the TSA.
and
airport
The
primary
commercial
airlines based
at the airport
are Southwest,
Delta, United,
Allegiant, and
American. All
told, these five
airlines have assisted 1,500,000 passengers in their
travels, but this number is down -7.13% from 2014. The
deputies have had some type of face-to-face contact with
an estimated 2.5 million airport visitors, employees, and
tenants in the year 2015.
The field based operations (FBO) include McKinley Air,
North Star, MAPS, Goodyear, Goodrich, Kempthorn, J.
Long Aviation, AV Flight, G-Force, Aero Interiors, Timken,
First Energy, Prime Flight, Jet Tech, Smuckers, and
Castle Aviation.
During 2015, deputies assigned to the airport completed
955 written reports with twenty-eight (28) arrests. Reports
were down 15.3% and arrests were down 37.7%. Along
with these duties, the deputies performed sterile area
search/inspections, random badge checks, and SIDA
vehicle searches/inspections totaling 8,348, which is up
11.51% from 2014.
Several construction projects are in effect and scheduled
to be completed in late 2016. These include a 1890 foot
addition to the ticketing wing of the terminal, and a very
extensive upgrade to the parking lots and drive access.
PROHIBITED ITEMS
REMOVED
AMMO
AMMO AND MAGAZINE
KNIFE
KUBATON
FIREARM MAGAZINE
STUN GUN
2015
19
13
3
2
6
2
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2015 ANNUAL REPORT
Patrol Bureau
AKRON CANTON AIRPORT ACTIVITY
REPORTS
ARRESTS
AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY or CRASH
ASSAULT
ASSIST ANOTHER AGENCY
BOMB THREAT OFF PROPERTY
CCW (GUN)
CIVIL MATTER
TRAFFIC CRASH on/off premises
CRIMINAL DAMAGING on/off premise
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
DOMESTIC INCIDENT
DONATED PISTOL
DRUG ABUSE OR POSSESSION
FIRE ALARM
FOUND PROPERTY REPORTED
FOUND PROPERTY RETURNED
INDUCING PANIC BY TEXT THREAT
K-9 CHECKS ON PREMISES
K-9 CHECKS OFF PREMISES
LASER LIGHT ON AIRCRAFT
LOST PROPERTY
MEDICAL
MISSING PERSON LOCATED
OVI
OPEN CONTAINER
OPEN DOOR
PROHIBITED ITEM
PROPERTY DAMAGE NON CRIMINAL
RECOVERED STOLEN MOTOR VEHICLE
RECOVERED STOLEN VEHICLE
RESISTING ARREST
SUICIDE ATTEMPT
SUSPICIOUS PERSON OR ACTIVITY
THEFT
THEFT OF MOTOR VEHICLE
TOWED VEHICLE
TOWED VEHICLE (SUSPENDED O.L.)
UNAUTHORIZED USE OF MV
UNAUTHORIZED USE MV RECOVERED
UNDECLARED FIREARM
UNSECURE BUSINESS
WARRANT ARREST
WELFARE CHECK
10
1
5
0
7
2
26
6
10
2
0
3
1
8
18
1
634
46
4
3
73
3
2
2
1
45
1
0
0
0
1
8
7
0
7
0
11
0
2
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
7
0
2
1
3
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
0
0
0
2
0
COMMUNITY POLICING
The Community Policing Unit under the command of
Sgt. Michael Walsh, consists of several specialized
entities including Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority
(AMHA), Drug Awareness Resistance and Education
(D.A.R.E.), Marine Patrol, Juvenile Diversion, and the
Senior Services Unit. The function of the Community
Policing Unit is to provide programs and services to bring
the community and law enforcement closer together and
provide a better understanding between the two. The
Community Policing Unit arranges for many public
demonstrations by Sheriff’s Office special units, such as
the Bomb Squad and K-9 Unit, and works closely with
the Mounted Patrol to provide horseback rides and
Show-and-Tell programs for children.
SENIOR SERVICES
The purpose of the Senior Services Unit is to reduce the
victimization of and improve the services to the senior
citizen population.
The unit is assisted by many
volunteers within the Sheriff's Office who provide
structured presentations for AARP groups, churches,
social events, and fraternal organizations. The Sheriff’s
Office established the Senior Watch Program which
assigns Patrol deputies to personally visit our senior
citizens. In 2015, the Sheriff’s Office had 100 senior
citizens that deputies checked on at least twice each
month. The Sheriff’s Office also held a Summer Cookout
as well as Christmas Parties both in our North and South
Districts. In another effort to support our seniors, the
Sheriff’s Office partnered with Target in the City of Green
to assist with yard maintenance. Employees from both
Target and the Sheriff’s Office went out to the homes of
seniors over a two day period and trimmed bushes.
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Patrol Bureau
A.M.H.A.
The Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority (AMHA) Unit
consist of two(2) full time deputies. These deputies are
assigned to provide law enforcement, educational
programs, and community policing to the AMHA housing
developments throughout Summit County.
AaaaAMHA RESIDENT COMPLAINTS/VIOLATIONS
2014
2015
LIVE IN
127
160
MANAGER ASSIST
50
86
DRUG COMPLAINTS
100
120
WARRANTS
72
71
TRESPASSER IN UNIT
13
33
CRIME OF VIOLENCE
7
33
NEIGHBORHOOD DISPUTE
4
2
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
2
19
CHILDREN NOT IN UNIT
0
0
LOUD NOISE
0
0
MENTAL
0
0
CRIMINAL ACTIVITY
16
33
STOLEN VEHICLE RECOVERY
1
0
DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY
0
0
CBA ASSIST
0
0
FIGHT
3
4
SEX OFFENDER IN HOUSING
1
1
POLICE ASSIST
109
000
PIT BULL IN HOUSING
0
0
PEACEFUL ENJOYMENT
4
10
TENANT NOT IN UNIT
3
2
BURGLARY
0
0
SINGLE FAMILY VISIT
0
0
RAPE
0
0
CHILD ABUSE
0
0
SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY
0
0
GANG ACTIVITY
0
0
TOTAL RESIDENT VIOLATIONS
512
529
The Summit County Sheriff’s Office Adopt-A-Family
Program assisted six families in A.M.H.A. in 2015.
AMHA ACTIVITY
ARRESTS/CHARGES FELONY
ARRESTS/CHARGES MISD.
ASSIGNED COMPLAINTS
PARKING VIOLATION NOTICES
2014
14
107
303
85
2015
16
115
411
173
CRIMINAL TRESPASS NOTICES
TRAFFIC/PARKING CITATIONS
TOWED VEHICLES
114
2
5
152
3
5
JUVENILE DIVERSION PROGRAM
The Juvenile Diversion Program is a partnership between the Sheriff’s Office, Juvenile Court System, and
local communities to help reduce juvenile crime. The
program serves Coventry, Northfield Center Township,
Twinsburg Township and the City of Green. The program
is for first time, non-violent offenders and utilizes
community service, making juveniles accountable for their
offenses. A written contract is required between the
offender, parent/guardian, and the Sheriff’s Office. The
contract states the community service hours to be
worked, restitution (if applicable), random curfew checks,
letters of apology, or other special sanctions. The
program is an alternative to adjudication in the Juvenile
Court System; however, if the offender breaks any terms
to the contract, the matter is referred to Juvenile Court.
ACCEPTED
REJECTED
COMPLETED
FAILED
COMMUNITY
SERVICE HOURS
SERVED
DRUG RELATED
THEFT
DISORDERLY
CONDUCT
CRIMINAL
DAMAGING
CURFEW
UNAUTHORIZED
USE OF VEHICLE
GREEN
COVENTRY
TWINSBURG
19
3
00
0
320
8
2
0
0
120
5
4
0
0
50
6
7
0
OFFENSES
2
3
1
1
1
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
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Patrol Bureau
D.A.R.E.
The Summit County Sheriff’s
Office chooses to use the
D.A.R.E. Program as its main
drug prevention program.
Currently the Sheriff’s Office
has two (2) full time deputies
teaching
the
D.A.R.E.
Program and two (2) additional part-time deputies.
In the primary grades (Kindergarten—3rd Grade) the
deputies conduct two visits that cover various topics such
as the dangers of smoking, Internet safety, gun safety,
“Stranger Danger” and Safety City.
The D.A.R.E. elementary curriculum for the 5th Grade
consists of a series of ten lessons. The primary focus of
the 5th Grade program is to develop the capacities
needed to enable students to take charge of their lives
with particular emphasis on substance use and abuse.
Students are taught to understand the many
consequences of using alcohol, tobacco, marijuana,
methamphetamine and inhalants on their developing
brains and bodies, as well as the consequences for
engaging in violent behavior. Students learn to develop
and use communication and resistance skills to make
positive quality life decisions about substance use and
abuse and avoidance of violence. The presence of the
Officer in the classroom is not
only an integral part of the
students D.A.R.E. experience
but a strong positive influence in
their lives. In addition to the
standard 5th grade D.A.R.E.
program, the Sheriff’s Office also
presents the D.A.R.E. Middle School Program at the 8th
Grade level.
At the High School level, the deputies deliver drug
awareness
on
Bath
Salts,
Heroin,
and
Methamphetamine. In addition the deputies conduct a
Simulated Impaired DriviNg Experience Program
(S.I.D.N.E.). SIDNE is a battery-powered vehicle that
simulates the effects of impairment from alcohol and other
drugs on a motorist’s driving skills.
This experience helps the driver to identify first-hand the
potentially deadly consequences of alcohol and other
drugs on their driving.
SCHOOL DISTRICT & GRADE # OF CLASSES
COVENTRY
K-3RD
26
5TH
6
8TH
9
11TH/12TH
2
GREEN
K-3RD
41
5TH
12
8TH
12
11TH/12TH
2
NORDONIA
K-3RD
47
6TH
10
TH
11TH/12
2
ST. FRANCIS
K-3RD
8
5TH
2
8TH
2
ST. BARNABUS
K-3RD
5TH
8TH
12
3
3
# STUDENTS
572
185
190
484
1,210
332
334
628
1,078
328
580
136
43
46
218
63
67
ST. MATTHEW
5TH 1
18
ST. MARY
5TH 1
22
ST. VINCENT
5TH 2
49
ELMS
ST. SEBASTIAN
ST. PAUL
ST. JOSEPH
SETON
5TH
5TH
5TH
5TH
5TH
1
3
1
2
2
22
58
23
48
54
EMACULATE HEART
5TH 2
48
TOTAL
214
6,836
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Patrol Bureau
MARINE PATROL
The Sheriff’s Office is made up of eight part-time Marine
Patrol Deputies that serve as the primary law enforcement
agency on the waters of the Portage Lakes. The Portage
Lakes are a unique set of lakes that differ from the
majority of other bodies of water throughout the state. The
actual water is a State Park but the majority of the shore
line is private residences and businesses. There are
currently over 3,000 registered docks, 32,000 acres of
water, thirty-two (32) miles of shoreline, three (3) boat
rental companies and seven (7) bars/restaurants. There
are events that occur on a daily basis ranging from rowing
clubs to over fifty (50) bass fishing tournaments as well as
several special events throughout the season. There is
some type of event being held on the Portage Lakes every
day.
(NASBLA) to bring awareness to the dangers of boating
under the influence as well as reduce the number of
alcohol and drug-related accidents and fatalities on our
nation's waterways through heightened enforcement.
The accomplishments of the Marine Patrol are due to the
experience of our unit members. This includes one
member of the unit having over twenty-three (24) years
Marine Patrol experience and another two having over
seventeen (18) years of experience as well as one (1)
member being on the Summit County Special Operation
Response Team (SORT) Water Rescue Branch with
SCUBA Dive, Ice Dive, Swift Water, and Surface Ice
Rescue certifications. Two (2) members of the unit have
won the Top Individual Marine Patrolman Award.
MARINE PATROL ACTIVITY: MAY 22 - SEPTEMBER 13, 2015
SAFETY INSPECTIONS:
ON WATER
RAMP, DOCK, MARINA
SPOT CHECKS
284
14
256
CITATIONS/ARRESTS
20
WARNINGS
1,084
TOWS
65
 Poker Run to benefit the Akron Children’s Hospital Burn
Unit
BOATING ACCIDENTS INVESTIGATED
1
VESSEL ASSISTS
859
 Portage Lakes Yacht Club National Sailing Race
bringing in boats from all over the state to participate
PERSON ASSISTS
4,108
 Classic Wooden Boat Competition in which old Chris
Crafts converge on the lakes for a nationally ranked
show/competition.
WAKE VIOLATION WARNINGS GIVEN
BOATING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
594
1
MANDATORY PFD WARNING
7
NAVIGATION RULES WARNING
70
SPECIAL EVENTS
TOTAL HOURS SPENT ON SPECIAL EVENTS
13
494
TOTAL BOAT PATROL HOURS
1,193.25
SPECIAL EVENTS:
 Light up the Lakes is a night time parade that has
become a major event and draws several thousand
people to the lakes
 4th of July Boat Parade and Fireworks
The Marine Patrol makes an effort to distribute as much
educational literature to the public as well as take the time
to give brief explanations of proper boating on the Portage
Lakes. In 2015, the Marine Patrol conducted its 5th Ohio
Boating Education Class in cooperation with the Division
of Watercraft.
During the season the unit conducted four (4) midnight
patrols concentrating efforts on after hour wake violations
along with alcohol related boating enforcement. The
Marine Patrol also coordinated enforcement efforts with
the Division of Watercraft during Operation Dry Water
weekend. Operation Dry Water is a program through the
National Association of State Boating law Administrators
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Specialized Units
EXPLOSIVE DETECTION K-9 UNIT
BOMB SQUAD
The Sheriff’s Bomb Squad, under the command of
Lieutenant Joseph Rusov, consists of five (5) bomb
technicians and two (2) explosive detection K-9 handlers
who cover a total of nine (9) counties in Northeastern
Ohio. The counties include Carroll, Coshocton, Holmes,
Medina, Portage, Stark, Summit, Tuscarawas, and
Wayne. This group of dedicated deputies are on call 24hours a day, seven (7) days a week, to take care of any
suspicious packages, explosive devices, recovered
military ordnances, and fireworks. All Bomb Technicians
must attend a 280 hour FBI Hazardous Devices School at
Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville Alabama as well as a forty
(40) hour recertification course every three (3) years. The
Bomb Squad is equipped with the latest and most up-todate tools needed to dispose of explosive devices. These
items include a Pierce heavy-duty rescue vehicle,
designed specifically to meet the needs of the Bomb
Squad; a total containment vessel for the transport of
explosives without threat of harm to civilians or property;
and a RemoTec Mark VI robot to remotely move
explosives without the risk of harm or death to human life.
BOMB SQUAD CALL OUTS IN 2015
BOMB THREATS
MILITARY ORDNANCE RECOVERY
HOAX DEVICE
IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES
SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE
DETERIORATED DYNAMITE
RECOVERED EXPLOSIVES
TOTAL
14
7
0
3
5
6
14
43
The Summit County Sheriff’s Explosive Detection K-9 Unit
is also under the supervision of Lieutenant Joseph Rusov.
The K-9 Unit provides assistance to many other agencies.
K-9 ACTIVITY 2015
PUBLIC DEMONSTRATIONS
17
VIP/ LARGE PUBLIC EVENTS
SCHOOL SEARCHES
23
23
TRACKS
BUILDING SEARCHES
EXPLOSIVE DETECTION K-9 ACTIVITY
SUSPICIOUS ITEM
0
242
SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE
12
AIRCRAFT SWEEPS
25
BOMB THREATS
24
PUBLIC EVENT SEARCHES
23
SELF INITIATED SEARCHES
780
GUN SWEEPS
0
0
In 2015, K-9 “Hoppa” received her State recertification in
narcotics detection. In her rookie year, K-9 Hoppa
excelled at the direction of her handler Detective Gray.
The K-9’s were utilized 217 times during 2015. These
uses include but were not limited to narcotics searches,
public appearances, and demonstrations.
DRUGS RECOVERED 2015
MARIJUANA
HEROIN
METHAMPHETAMINE
COCAINE
54 lbs.
95 grams
3,061 grams
5,003 grams
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Specialized Units
SWAT
CRISIS NEGOTIATION TEAM
The
Summit
County
Sheriff’s Office SWAT
Team,
under
the
command of Lieutenant
Richard
Armsey
is
comprised of twenty (20)
members consisting of
fourteen (14) operators
and six (6) tactical
medics. The team is made up of deputies of the Summit
County Sheriff’s Office. The tactical medics are Green
Fire Department members that are an integral part of
training and operations.
Tactical medics have all
attended accredited SWAT operator’s courses along with
additional medical training and certifications. All SWAT
Team members have completed the basic SWAT course
along with many additional training courses in advanced
tactics. SWAT Team members are required to complete
eight (8) hours of training monthly along with a forty (40)
hour in-service training. In 2015 the SWAT Team
conducted various entry and operations throughout the
county, providing support for the Sheriff’s Detective
Bureau and Patrol Division, the Federal Bureau of
Investigations, the Drug Enforcement Agency and other
agencies requesting assistance. The team is continually
striving to increase their effectiveness, efficiency and
safety by keeping updated on new tactics, training, new
weaponry, legal updates, and equipment.
The Sheriff's Crisis Negotiation Team is comprised of nine
(9) highly dedicated members under the supervision of
Lieutenant Michael Sanchez. The goal of the Crisis
Negotiations Team is to resolve incidents involving
barricaded subjects, hostage takers, or persons
threatening
suicide. These
situations
represent
especially trying and stressful moments for personnel
who respond to them. Crisis negotiators must establish
contact with subjects, identify their demands, and work to
resolve tense and often volatile standoffs without loss of
life.
A member of the Crisis Negotiation Team is required to
accompany the SWAT team on all entries and high risk
warrants. This provides an on-site negotiator should
negotiation become necessary, adding another level of
safety/security for the team and the public. Sheriff's Crisis
Negotiators have completed Basic and Advanced
Negotiator training through the Ohio Police Officer
Training Academy or the FBI. Further, they have all been
specifically trained to address individuals with altered
mental states, whether it be to drugs, alcohol, or
illness. Negotiation skills are maintained through ongoing continuing education via conferences and training
hosted by federal, state and local agencies.
2015 SWAT OPERATIONS
CITY OF AKRON
SCSO PATROL
SSCO CIVIL
SCSO NARCOTICS
SCSO DETECTIVE BUREAU
SAGAMORE
TOTAL
1
0
0
5
2
1
9
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Specialized Units
CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION
TRAFFIC CRASH UNIT
Under the command of Sergeant Antonio Williamson,
the Major Crime Scene Investigation Unit is a specialized
unit of deputies who volunteer to be members of the unit.
Members assigned to this unit perform the required duties
of crime scene processing in addition to their regular
assignments throughout the Sheriff’s Office. The function
of the unit is to process crime scenes and collect physical,
biological and trace evidence to present to the detectives,
prosecutors and courts. Crime Scene Technicians are
trained extensively in the recovery of evidence and the
various aspects of forensics. Their training and education
continues throughout their careers as the science of
forensics and the technology involved are constantly
changing. On-going training is also provided in-house, as
the technicians share information from training they
receive at schools and demonstrate the learned
techniques and processes. This provides a general
understanding to other technicians who may not have
received any training in that particular area of forensics.
During 2015, the Crime Scene Unit responded to ninetyeight (98) calls for service.
CRIME SCENE RESPONSE 2015
HOMICIDE
ARSON
ACCIDENT WITH INJURY
BURGLARY
SUSPICIOUS DEATH
THEFT
STOLEN VEHICLE
ASSAULT
ROBBERY
SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE
SUICIDE
STABBING
SEARCH WARRANT
DROWNING
ASSIST OTHER AGENCY
OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING
SPECIAL DETAIL
1
2
1
52
10
1
5
4
1
0
10
1
3
1
1
1
4
The Patrol Bureau has a
highly trained Traffic Crash
Unit under the command of
Sergeant Lee Hoskins. In
addition to their normal job
assignments, the deputies
on this unit investigate all
fatal and serious injury
crashes in the Sheriff's contracted districts, as well as
other areas of Summit County when requested. The team
consisting of eighteen (18) members have a variety of
training levels and specialized skills including:
motorcycle, pedestrian, and commercial vehicle crash
investigation, vehicle dynamics, and advanced mapping
and diagramming.
There are four (4) Accident
Reconstructionists, eleven (11) Level III investigators,
and three (3) Level II investigators. The unit uses a
computer aided measuring and diagramming system
called a "Total Station" that is used to plot the evidence
and create an animated presentation. The unit serves as
a back-up for the Akron Police Crash Investigation Unit
and assists the Summit County Prosecutor's Office
reviewing investigations done by other police agencies.
2015 CRASH TEAM CALL OUTS
VEHICLES
INVOLVED
SERIOUS
INJURY
FATALITY
CONTRIBUTING
FACTORS
1 (CAR)
YES
SPEED & SNOW
2 (CAR & PICKUP)
YES (1)
FAILURE TO YIELD
AT STOP SIGN
2 (CAR & TRUCK) YES (1)
IGNORED STOP
2 (CARS)
LOSS OF CONTROL
YES (1)
MOTORCYCLE (3) YES (2)
VEHICLE VS.
PEDESTRIAN
YES
YES (1)
LOSS OF CONTROL
JOGGING ON
BERM
SPECIAL DETAILS INCLUDE SCHOOL PRESENTATIONS AND COMMUNITY EVENTS
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Specialized Units
MOUNTED PATROL
The Sheriff's Mounted Patrol consists of seven (7)
deputies and fourteen (14) civilian auxiliary members
under the command of Sergeant Roger Vaughan.
Members participate on a voluntary basis and are
required to provide their own feed, transportation, and
horses. Due to the fact that they are a registered nonprofit group, the Mounted Unit holds fundraisers to assist
with the purchase of equipment.
BUCKEYE STATE TRAINING
MORROW COUNTY
MEDINA COUNTY
MOHICAN COUNTY - SPRING RIDE
COSHOCTON COUNTY - FALL RIDE
MUTAL AID/CROWD CONTROL
PALMER FEST - ATHENS
KENMORE FESTIVAL
BLOSSOM MUSIC CENTER
AKRON FIREWORKS
JAMBOREE IN THE HILLS
HALLOWEEN - ATHENS
EVENTS/PARADES
CUYAHOGA FALLS POLICE MEMORIAL CEREMONY
SHOW & TELL DD BOARD
(SUMMIT, CUYAHOGA FALLS, COVENTRY TWP)
CITY OF GREEN MEMORIAL DAY PARADE
NORTHFIELD CENTER MEMORIAL DAY PARADE
DREAM NIGHT AKRON ZOO
FLAG DAY CEREMONY S.C.S.O. TRAINING CENTER
RELAY FOR LIFE - CITY OF GREEN (AGMC)
SUMMIT COUNTY FAIR
HALL OF FAME PARADE - CANTON
EAGLES CLUB FAMILY PICNIC
PATROL NORTHFIELD CENTER
BARBERTON LABOR DAY PARADE
TOUCH-A-TRUCK NORTHFIELD CENTER
The City of Green has provided a stable and pasture for
members use at Southgate Stables, a city owned park. In
order to build confidence in the riders and desensitize
the horses to crowd noise, sirens and horns, gun shots,
and different lighting conditions, the unit conducts monthly
training sessions totaling over sixty (60) hours of training
during 2015.
HONOR GUARD
The Summit County
Sheriff’s
Office
Honor Guard was
established during
the year of 1979 by a
group of Summit
County
Deputy
Sheriff’s that wanted
to give something
back to their fellow comrades in a time of need. The Honor
Guard consists of 15 full time Deputy Sheriff’s under the
command of Lieutenant John Peake. The Honor Guard
attended numerous special events during the 2015 year
including honoring the passing of Deputy Sheriff’s
throughout Ohio, the Ohio State Police Memorial in
Columbus, as well as performing Color-Guard
presentations at the Summit County Prosecutors Office
Child Calendar Event, Summit County Sheriff’s Office
Flag Day and Summa Health Law Enforcement Officer
Graduation just to name a few of the events.
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Communications Bureau
The Dispatch and Communication
Bureau is under the direction of
Sharon McMurray, employs a total of
twenty-one (21) dispatchers, fifteen
(15) full-time and six (6) part-time.
Assistance with the supervision of
staff, training, and support is provided
by Supervisor Leigh Ann Slaughter
who
oversees
operations
of
afternoon and midnight shifts.
The Communications Division processes incoming 911
calls for dispatch out to the Patrol Units in the field. They
also answer eight (8) additional administrative lines to
provide service to the citizens of Summit County. In
addition to the communities patrolled by the Sheriff’s
Office, the Summit County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch
Center provides dispatch services to the Springfield
Township Police Department, Metro Parks Serving
Summit County, and Northfield Center Township Fire
Department. Radio communication and support is also
provided to the Humane Society, Juvenile Court
Probation employees and Children’s Services Bureau to
provide assistance in the event of an emergency.
The Summit County Sheriff’s Dispatch Center is the point
of contact for activation for the Summit County Special
Operations Response Teams.
These teams are
comprised of firefighters throughout the county who
possess specialized training in the fields of hazardous
material response, trench rescue, water rescue, rope
rescue, confined space rescue and structural collapse
rescue.
The Dispatch Center is also the point of contact for the
Summit County Crime Stoppers Program. Dispatchers
gather the information from alert and conscientious
citizens and relay it to the proper jurisdictional authority
and to the Crime Stoppers Coordinator.
The Dispatch Center serves as the point of contact for
other communities in the activation of the Emergency
Alert Radio Notification used to issue Amber alerts and
warn citizens of other emergencies.
The dispatchers manage the Reverse Alert Telephone
Notification System used to alert citizens to emergencies
in specific neighborhoods.
The Dispatch Center is
equipped with up-to-date, industry standard telephone
and radio communication equipment.
In addition to radio and telephone communications, the
dispatchers process warrants, protection orders, articles,
missing persons, and stolen vehicles through the Law
Enforcement Automated Data System and the National
Crime Information Center.
2015 DISPATCH ACTIVITY
DISPATCH INCIDENTS RECORDED
56,921
PROTECTION ORDERS ENTERED
1,264
WARRANT ENTRIES
3,899
STOLEN VEHICLE ENTRIES
129
MISSING PERSONS ENTRIES
52
STOLEN ARTICLE ENTRIES
59
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Investigations Bureau
INSPECTOR CHRISTOPHER E. RHOADES
In 2013 upon election of Sheriff Barry, Inspector
Christopher Rhoades was appointed to oversee all
operations of the Investigative Bureau which includes the
Detective Bureau, Internal Affairs Unit and the Summit
County Drug Unit. As part of his current job
responsibilities, Inspector Rhoades assists with preemployment selections. He serves not only on the
Sheriff’s Office Disciplinary Review Committee and Use
of Force Review Committee but also the Child Fatality
Review Board of Summit County and newly formed
Opiate Task Force.
Inspector Rhoades has over thirty-nine (39) years of law
enforcement service comprised of a vast array of
experience in several specialized areas of investigation.
He began his career with the Sheriff’s Office in 1976.
Throughout the years he has worked in almost all bureaus
of the Sheriff’s Office including Corrections, Patrol,
Organized Crime and Vice Unit, Detective Bureau, as well
as serving on the SWAT Team. In 1999, he was promoted
to Sergeant. During his time as a supervisor, he directed
operations in several different areas including the Patrol
Bureau, Special Services Unit which included the
Domestic Violence Unit, School Resource Unit, D.A.R.E.
program, Marine Patrol Unit, and A.M.H.A. Unit as well as
SWAT Commander. Also during his time as sergeant, he
managed operations of the Summit County Drug Unit, a
multi-jurisdictional task force comprised of state, local and
federal law enforcement agencies.
During 2015, the Internal Affairs Investigation Unit
consisted of Lieutenant Joseph Rusov and Lieutenant
Rick Armsey. Their responsibilities include conducting
pre-employment background investigations, investigation
and record keeping of all citizen complaints, internal
investigations, and special investigations as assigned by
Sheriff Barry.
DETECTIVE BUREAU
Lieutenant John Peake oversees
operations within the Detective
Bureau. Secretary Julie Mason
assists with record keeping and
administrative responsibilities. The
Investigative Bureau consist of twelve
(11) Detectives, one (1) part time
Direct Indictment Officer, one (1) part
time Computer Specialist, and one (1) property/evidence
specialist. The detectives are assigned as follows: two (2)
detectives that work on Adult Protective Services cases,
one (1) detective that works on Welfare cases, two (2)
detectives that work on Summit Board Developmental
Disabled cases, one (1) detective that works on Sexual
Predator cases and one (1) detective that works on cases
that occur in the City of Green.
ACTIVITY
2015
BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS
INTERNAL AFFAIRS UNIT
SWORN
CIVILIAN
40
12
INTERNAL INVESTIGATIONS
8
CITIZEN COMPLAINT INVESTIGATIONS
LT. JOSEPH RUSOV
LT. RICK ARMSEY
UNFOUNDED
EXONERATED
SUSTAINED
NOT SUSTAINED
PENDING
WITHDRAWN COMPLAINT
TOTAL CITIZEN COMPLAINTS
12
26
11
2
0
1
52
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The remaining four (4) detectives work on felony
assignment cases from assault, burglary, rape, murder,
child abuse, shootings, kidnapping or whatever occurs
within our jurisdictions. Detectives also assist other
agencies when requested. The detectives also assist
Internal Affairs by conducting background investigations
on applicants.
During 2015, the Detective Bureau investigated a total of
463 cases which resulted in the arrest of 353 suspects.
CASE CLEARANCES
ARREST
EXCEPTION
UNFOUNDED
WARRANT
OPEN
2014
228
109
3
78
77
2015
283
84
0
49
68
DETECTIVE BUREAU BREAKDOWN OF INVESTIGATIONS BY DISTRICT
CASE TYPE
ASSAULT
ASSIST
BURGLARY/B&E
BAD CHECKS
CIVIL PROTECTION ORDER
DEATH
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE/DISPUTE
WARRANT/ARREST
FIRE/ARSON
AMBULANCE/SQUAD ASSIST
HOMICIDE
LARCENY/THEFT
MISSING PERSON
FIREARM RELATED CHARGE
CRIMINAL TRESPASS
RAPE
SEX OFFENDER VIOLATION
ROBBERY
SHOOTING
STOLEN VEHICLE
SUICIDE
SUSPICION PERSON/ACTIVITY
VANDALISM/CRIMINAL DAMAGE
MISCELLANEOUS
CHILD ABUSE/ENDANGERING
KIDNAPPING/HOSTAGE
WELFARE FRAUD
NARCOTICS
SENSITIVE CASE
TOTAL
COVENTRY
2014
2015
5
8
0
0
7
8
3
5
0
2
3
1
7
11
5
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
7
11
5
1
1
4
0
0
7
5
0
0
5
1
0
0
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
4
7
0
0
0
0
1
29
0
1
49
102
GREEN
2014 2015
0
7
0
1
18
15
6
5
0
1
4
2
1
10
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
20
29
4
0
1
8
0
0
18
20
0
0
1
5
1
0
4
17
4
1
1
1
4
0
1
4
7
3
0
1
0
0
0
36
1
1
99
173
NORTHFIELD
2014
2015
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
4
23
TWINSBURG
2014
2015
0
2
0
0
0
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
5
3
0
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
14
14
OTHER
2014 2015
10
24
1
0
0
0
5
4
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
63
38
0
0
2
1
0
0
7
4
43
23
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
4
4
3
0
0
7
6
1
28
3
0
151
150
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Investigations Bureau
ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES
Since July of 2012, the Adult Protective Services (APS)
has contracted with the Sheriff’s Office for a detective. In
January 2014, APS began contracting for a second
detective. The APS Unit consists of investigators, nurses,
sanitarian representative (zoning and hoarders), mental
health/social workers, and law enforcement. The
detectives work directly with the APS investigators on
investigations of crimes committed against the elderly in
Summit County. APS addresses four major concerns with
the elderly; neglect, self-neglect, abuse, and financial
exploitation. Complaints are received through a 24/7
hotline. The APS detective coordinates with the APS Unit
on those cases screened and determined to have a need
to be addressed with law enforcement. The detective
works with neighboring police agencies when a referral is
already being addressed by that local law enforcement to
assist as necessary, in the investigation. When a new
case develops through the referral process, the detective
is responsible to file all reports and investigate the case,
ultimately holding individuals responsible for crimes
committed against the elderly.
APS CASE STATISTICS
APS TOTAL HOTLINE REFERRALS
CASES INVESTIGATED BY DETECTIVE
FELONY ARRESTS
MISDEMEANOR ARRESTS
2014
969
265
13
1
2015
1,227
433
5
0
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
As of July 2013, the County of Summit Board of
Developmental Disabilities (CSBDD) contracted with the
Summit County Sheriff’s Office to investigate criminal
cases that involve developmentally disabled persons
served by the County of Summit Board of DD.
In August of 2014, the Summit Board of DD began
contracting for a second detective.
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABLED INVESTIGATIONS
2014
2015
TOTAL CASES**
CRIMINAL CASES OPENED
594
154
587
108
CRIMINAL CASES CLOSED
149
121
MISDEMEANOR ARRESTS
21
12
FELONY ARRESTS
17
17
OUTSTANDING WARRANTS
0
0
GRAND JURY
17
14
INDICTED
17
13
TOTAL ARRESTS
38
29
** THIS NUMBER REFLECTS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES THAT WERE
INVESTIGATED BOTH ADMINSTRATIVELY AND CRIMINALLY
DIRECT INDICTMENT
The Direct Indictment Officer is responsible for the review
of all felony arrests by the Sheriff’s Office and to expedite
those cases through the Municipal Courts.
DIRECT INDICTMENTS
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
TOTAL
2014
27
43
35
34
31
37
39
34
37
32
27
23
399
2015
33
24
49
47
29
26
38
43
25
37
28
29
408
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Investigations Bureau
WELFARE FRAUD
The Welfare Unit currently has one detective assigned to
investigate persons that are receiving fraudulently
obtained benefits. The detective is paid for by the Summit
County Department of Job & Family Services (SCDJFS).
This Detective completes all of Summit County Job &
Family Services field investigations along with preparing
cases for prosecution as well as assist the Attorney
General’s Office and the Ohio Investigative Unit to close
down stores in Summit County who are allowing misuse
of the Ohio Direction Card. The detective and SCJFS
investigators work jointly to conduct investigations into
fraudulent activity.
WELFARE INVESTIGATIONS
CASES RECEIVED
CASES OPENED
RESTITUTION
GRAND JURY
INDICTMENTS
ARRESTS
2014
247
245
13
4
4
4
2015
214
214
24
5
5
5
PROPERTY AND EVIDENCE
Deputy Russ Geltz has been the Property and Evidence
Specialist since 2002 and is certified by the International
Association for Property and Evidence.
The
Property/Evidence Specialist is responsible for receiving
all property/evidence found, recovered, seized and
abandoned, as well as ensuring that all documents are
completed correctly for chain-of-custody purposes. The
property deputy conducts annual inventories on all money
and jewelry received and responsible for coordinating
annual auctions. The Sheriff’s Office has approximately
41,000 pieces of property and/evidence held in five (5)
property rooms and four (4) vaults, dedicated to hold
weapons and narcotics. All property received since
October of 2005 is managed through an Access database
and bar coding system. Old written records dating back
to 1981 (contained in four ledger books consisting of
1,000 pages each) have been scanned into a Computer
database in order to manage the records electronically.
PROPERTY ROOM ACTIVITY
2014
2015
RECEIVED
1,465
1,569
RETURNED TO OWNER
256
207
DESTROYED
262
335
DONATED
AUCTIONED
0
67
0
145
COMPUTER FORENSICS
The Computer Crimes Unit has one part-time computer
forensic investigator whose primary responsibility is to
analyze computers for evidence of a criminal nature as
well as process the evidence and advice the lead
detective if any criminal activity is found on the
computer/device.
CASE
HARDWARE CELL PHONES
DRUGS
DRUGS THEFT
UNKNOWN OWNERS
CHILD PORN
ID THEFT
HOMICIDE
LOST EVIDENCE
COMPUTER VIRUS
RAPE
SUICIDE
FOUND PROPERTY
DEATH
GROSS SEXUAL IMPOSITION
0
2
4
10
1
0
1
3
2
0
4
0
2
1
3
0
12
2
1
0
0
2
1
0
1
1
THEFT
1
1
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Investigations Bureau
DRUG UNIT
The Summit County Drug Unit was created in January
2001 under the authority of the Sheriff of Summit County.
It is governed by a Board of Directors chaired by Sheriff
Steve Barry. The Board includes the Chiefs of Police from
each participating police departments; the supervising
head of each participating state and federal agencies, and
the Summit County Prosecutor.
The Drug Unit is overseen by Inspector Rhoades. Captain
Paolino commands the Drug Unit and is a member of the
Ohio Task Force Commander’s Association. Sergeant
Hunt supervises field operations of the multi-jurisdictional
Drug Unit. Furthermore, the Summit County Drug Unit is
manned by four (4) full-time Summit County Deputies,
one (1) full-time officer from Akron, the University of
Akron, Barberton, Copley, Cuyahoga Falls, New Franklin,
Ohio State Patrol, Reminderville, Springfield Township,
Stow, and Tallmadge Police Departments, one (1) parttime officer from Barberton (1) HIDTA Analyst, two (2)
DEA Agents.
During 2015, members of the Summit County Drug Unit
initiated and completed multiple undercover or controlled
purchases of narcotics and/or dangerous ordinance. Illicit
drugs with a potential street value of $7,021,710.00 were
removed from the communities of Summit County this
year.
HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS
(HIDTA)
To further the effectiveness of the Unit, and provide the
best possible service to the citizens of Summit County,
the Summit County Drug Unit and the Akron Police
Narcotics Unit are co-located to form the Akron/Summit
HIDTA (High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas) Initiative.
The two units work closely in an effort to identify and
strategically investigate large-scale violators, and sources
of illicit drugs into Summit County. HIDTA assists with
funding of overtime, equipment, training, intelligence
analysis, and event de-confliction. HIDTA supplies the
Summit County Drug Unit with one full time analyst.
GRANT FUNDING
The Summit County Drug Unit is partially funded by the
Ohio Governor’s Office of Criminal Justice Services. The
Byrne Memorial / JAG Grant award for 2014 was
$45,000.00; the grant application for 2015 in the amount
of $60,000.00 has been approved. The Summit County
Drug Unit has also been awarded funding in the amount
of $250,000.00 through the Ohio Drug Law Enforcement
Fund.
INTERDICTION
The Summit County Drug Unit and the Akron Police
Narcotics Unit have appropriated manpower to form a
countywide interdiction team utilizing three K-9 handlers,
one (1) from the Akron Police Department, one (1) from
the Summit County Sheriff’s Office and one (1) from the
University of Akron police department.
K-9 DRUG INTERDICTIONS REMOVALS
MARIJUANA
54 LBS
METHAMPHETAMINE
3,061 GRAMS
COCAINE
5,003 GRAMS
HEROIN
95 GRAMS
METHAMPHETAMINE LABORATORY RESPONSE TEAM
Members of the Summit County Drug Unit, Akron Police
Narcotics Unit, Akron Police Department, University of
Akron Police Department, Barberton Police, Copley
Police Department, New Franklin Police Department,
Cuyahoga Falls Police Department, Springfield Township
Police Department, Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification
and Investigation and the Drug Enforcement
Administration, make up the Summit County Clandestine
Laboratory Response Team. This team of highly trained
officers and agents is one of the largest in the State of
Ohio. During 2015, members of the team investigated,
identified and dismantled over three hundred (300) of
these volatile and toxic dangerous sites.
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METHAMPHETAMINE
As a result of the implementation of laws dealing with
methamphetamine manufacture targeting precursor
chemicals has shown a decrease in the seizure of red
phosphorous methamphetamine sites in Summit County.
A new trend is showing and increase in the “One Pot” or
“Shake and Bake” method of methamphetamine
production. During 2009, two (2) “One Pot” clandestine
methamphetamine laboratory sites were discovered. In
2013, “One Pot” labs accounted for 86% of the labs dismantled and in 2015, “One Pot Labs” accounted for 99%
of the labs dismantled by the Summit County Drug Unit.
From
a
task
force
perspective,
clandestine
methamphetamine laboratory cases are extremely
expensive, manpower intensive and pose a serious health
risk to investigators and those officers charged with the
dismantling of these sites. In 2014, Captain Paolino, in
accordance with Summit County Codified Ordinance
521.11, implemented a process for billing home-owners
and non-member police agencies for methamphetamine
lab clean-up costs. As of December 2015, the Drug Unit
has billed thirty-three (33) homeowners or non-member
agencies for a total of $32,835.00.
The Summit County Community Partnership Inc. is an
organization of more than 180 businesses, municipalities,
organizations and community activists working together
to reduce the costly impacts of substance abuse in our
community. Board members include representatives
from businesses, law, health care (Children’s Hospital of
Akron, Summa Health Systems), Akron Host Lions,
Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine and
Pharmacy, Community Health Center and community
activists.
The Drug Unit and the Summit County
Community Partnership has engaged in additional efforts
to combat the methamphetamine epidemic in Summit
County through a series of presentations including a
Methamphetamine Awareness Program, as well as a
program dealing with the overall effects of drug trafficking.
The program titled “Beyond the Possession” includes
area trends, violence, money laundering, terrorist links,
drug endangered children, gangs, environmental issues,
and negative aspects of legalization.
The Drug Unit also works closely with county D.A.R.E.
and School Resource Officers (SRO) to assist in
preparing programs relating to substance abuse and
methamphetamine awareness. A program has been
created for methamphetamine awareness targeting
eighth grade level students.
HEROIN
Across the State of Ohio,
including Summit County,
YEAR HEROIN FENTANYL
heroin
trafficking
is
2013
54
8
increasing. Since 2007,
Mexican brown heroin has
2014
48
56
become the primary type of
2015
32
113
heroin available in Summit
County. In Summit County, the principal transporters and
wholesale distributors of heroin are Mexican Drug
Trafficking Organizations (DTO’s) eclipsing more
traditional Jamaican, Puerto Rican and Dominican
organizations. The Mexican organizations have been able
to expand their distribution activities throughout Ohio and
into Summit County by exploiting Ohio’s extensive
interstate highway system. The State of Ohio, maintains
the fourth largest interstate system and carries the third
largest volume of truck traffic in the nation. The
geographical location of Summit County, within Ohio,
places it at a midway point between Chicago and the East
Coast. It is a natural corridor connecting traffic through
source cities including Detroit, New York, Youngstown
and Columbus. Additionally, these routes are easily
accessible to traffickers operating in Canada.
DEATHS
Throughout 2015, the DEA Cleveland RO, the Akron
Summit County HIDTA Initiative, in conjunction with other
federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies
continued targeting two drug trafficking organizations
actively operating in the Akron, Ohio area.
PHARMACEUTICALS
In 2010, unintentional drug poisoning became the
leading cause of injury and death by surpassing motor
vehicle crashes and suicide. Studies by the Department
of Health and the Substance Abuse & Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMSHA) indicate that the
pharmaceuticals most associated with overdoses are
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opioid analgesics (narcotic pain medications) including
Methadone, Fentanyl, Oxycodone (OxyContin,
Percocet), Hydrocodone (Vicodin), Hydromorphone
(Dilaudid), Morphine and Codeine as well as sedatives
including Diazepam (Valium), Alprazolam (Xanax) and
sleeping medications. Unintentional fatal drug
poisonings cost Ohioans $1.9 billion on average each
year in medical and work loss costs; while non-fatal,
hospital-admitted drug poisonings cost an additional $40
million. The total cost equals an average of $5.4 million
each day in medical and work loss costs. The Summit
County Drug Unit along with other local agencies,
participated in pharmaceutical removal programs across
the county allowing residents to safely and securely
dispose of unused pharmaceuticals. The Summit
County Drug Unit has
PHARMACEUTICALS
collected and disposed of
DESTROYED VIA DUMP
17,570 pounds of unused
medications through the
YEAR
POUNDS
D.U.M.P. program.
2012
3,321
2015 CRIMINAL ASSETS SEIZED
ITEM
AMOUNT
VALUE
VEHICLES
12
$145,500.00
CURRENCY
55
$836,099.82
REAL ESTATE
1
$300,000.00
ELECTRONICS
21
$12,799.00
OTHER
25
$14,360.00
2015 CRIMINAL FORFEITURES
ITEM
AMOUNT
VALUE
VEHICLES
17
$140,944.71
CURRENCY
48
$1,344,496.00
REAL ESTATE
1
$100,000.00
OPERATIONAL
2013
5,401
ELECTRONICS
10
$7,775.00
HIGHLIGHTS
2014
7,605
OTHER
36
$25,375.00
During 2015, the Summit
2015
8,569
County Drug Unit made 141
arrests of persons for drug related offenses. The unit
executed 200 searches. Substantial quantities of
marijuana, cocaine, heroin,
2015 SEARCH
methamphetamine, steroids
WARRANTS EXECUTED
and other illicit substances,
BY DRUG UNIT
as well as fifty-one (51)
firearms were removed
RESIDENCES
61
through purchase, seizure,
VEHICLES
9
and interdiction efforts from
the communities of Summit
SCHOOLS,
County. The evidence
PACKAGES,
127
technician of the Summit
AIRPORT,
JAILS
County Drug Unit received
2122 items of narcotics and
CELL PHONES
2
narcotics related evidence.
OUT BUILDINGS 1
2015 ARRESTS
DUMPSITES
17
FELONY 1
49
2015 DRUG REMOVAL FROM STREETS
FELONY 2
33
FELONY 3
21
FELONY 4
14
DRUG
COCAINE POWDER
CRACK COCAINE
HEROIN
MARIJUANA
MARIJUANA PLANTS
METHAMPHETAMINE
ECSTASY
PSILOCYBIN MUSHROOMS
LSD
ALPRAZOLAM (XANAX)
AMPHETAMINE MIXTURE
HYDROCODONE
OXYCODONE
OXYCODONE ER
SUBOXONE
MORPHINE
LORAZEPAM (ATIVAN)
STEROIDS
TRAMADOL
METHADONE
OXYMETHALON & VIAGRA
HYDROMORPHONE
AMOUNT
362 grams
2 grams
3,489 grams
253 pounds
270 plants
5,323 grams
1 dose unit
447 grams
1500 dose units
885 dosage units
2 dosage units
109 does units
849 dose units
1 dose unit
1 dose unit
12 dose units
00 dose units
41,459 grams
60 dose units
4 dose units
140 dose units
2 dose units
FELONY 5
24
TOTAL VALUE OF DRUGS SEIZED
STREET VALUE
$50,680.00
$280.00
$488,795.00
$759,000.00
$621,000.00
$745,220.00
$20.00
$44,700.00
$150,000.00
$4,425.00
$20.00
$1,090.00
$8,490.00
$10.00
$20.00
$240.00
$000.00
$4,145,900.00
$300.00
$80.00
$1,400.00
$40.00
$7,021,710.00
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SUMMIT COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
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Court Services Bureau
Captain Frank Kalapodis assumed
the position of Commander over the
Court Services Bureau in February of
2014. His responsibilities include
overseeing all court security and
transport operation as well as
operations of the Civil Bureau.
COURTSECURITY
SECURITY&&TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT
COURT
Sgt. Kyle Cummings and Sgt. Don Joseph assist in the
supervision of over fifty (50) sworn deputies assigned to
court security and transport operations. Deputies provide
security, via metal detectors and constant observation for
any potential security issues, for the Common Pleas
Courthouse which consists of the General, Probate, and
Domestic Divisions as well as satellite facilities. The
satellite facilities include the Summit County Juvenile
Court, the Safety Building, three (3) Job and Family
Services locations, and the Summit County MRDD
building. There are five (5) deputies assigned to the Child
Support Enforcement Agency.
In 2015, the Common Pleas Court adjudicated five (5)
Capital Murder cases and seven (7) Aggravated Murder
Cases.
TRANSPORTS
2014
2015
CONVEY TO AND FROM PRISONS
1,999
2,118
OTHER COUNTY JAILS
22
29
CCTV
1,872
1,838
JUVENILE FACILITIES
252
228
NEW INMATES FROM COURT
840
619
LOCAL TRANPORTS
286
232
COMMON PLEAS COURT
9,329
9,302
BUILDING ATTENDANCE 2015
SAFETY BUILDING
144,632
MAIN COURTHOUSE
253,701
DOMESTIC COURT
153,876
JUVENILE COURT
114,280
The Court Services Bureau provides service and support
for fourteen (14) Common Pleas Judges, and the
Magistrates for their respective court rooms.
Court Services Deputies are responsible for transporting
prisoners to and from the Summit County Jail for all types
of court appearances. Their transport responsibilities also
include conveyance of inmates to and from all
penitentiaries. A Civil Clerk is responsible for the
processing and scheduling of all inmates being
transported for court hearings, trials, call days, and
Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) appearances.
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CIVIL BUREAU
Lieutenant
Kandy
Fatheree
supervises
three Civil Process
Deputies and nine civilian staff who
handle the processes of the Warrant
Unit, Civil Service Unit, Court
Services & Convey Unit, and the
Foreclosure Unit. The Civilian Staff
includes: Judith Houston-Sexton,
Faye Robinson, Michelle Mikulin, Anton Green, Jeannine
Jones, Elizabeth Brundege, Kristy Zakrajsek, Brittany
Marshall, and Danielle Cramer. The Civil Deputy Staff
includes: Deputy Daniel Horba, Deputy Michael
Hawsman, and Deputy Jess Danner.
documents that are received from various Summit County
offices such as Common Pleas Court: General Division,
Probate Court, Domestic Relations Court, Juvenile Court,
Municipal Courts: Barberton Court, Cuyahoga Falls
Court, Akron Municipal Court, as well as the Support
Enforcement Division of the Prosecutors Office. The
chart below also indicates the Extraditions processed for
the ‘fugitives’ who are arrested in other counties or states
that are wanted by the Summit County Sheriff’s Office.
WARRANTS/INDICTMENTS RECEIVED
AND PROCESSED
DOCUMENT
INDICTMENTS
2014
4,090
2015
4,206
WARRANT TO ARREST/CAPIAS
3,974
4,403
EXTRADITIONS
49
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CIVIL SERVICE UNIT
SHERIFF SALES AND FORCLOSURES
The Civil Process Service & Return Unit is comprised of
three deputies for foreclosure and eviction services and
all other services that make attempts and serve all
documents received by the Civil Bureau. Documents are
process and returned to the Summit County Clerk of
Courts and other Ohio Courts by one Civil Clerk.
The Summit County Sheriff’s Office processes the
Foreclosure documents that are received from Summit
County, other Ohio Clerks of Court and the Summit
County Prosecutor’s Office that order the Sheriff’s Office
to advertise and sell properties for mortgage and
delinquent tax foreclosures. The court also prepares and
executes the “Writ of Possession” that orders the eviction
process after the foreclosure sale has concluded.
DOCUMENT TYPE
DOMESTIC COURT PAPERS
JUVENILE COURT PAPERS
CIVIL COURT PAPERS
CRIMINAL COURT PAPERS
PROBATE COURT PAPERS
MUNICIPAL COURT
OUT OF COUNTY SUBPEONA
OUT OF COUNTY OTHER PAPERS
OUT OF STATE SUMMONS
OUT OF STATE OTHER PAPERS
DOMESTIC EXPARTE/PROTECTION/STALKING
ORDERS
TOTAL DOCUMENTS SERVED
2014
2015
2,569
1,980
7,340
19,952
51
1,231
1,356
391
103
61
3, 532
1,077
9,321
17,591
66
1,082
1,741
423
72
58
2,256
2,965
37,290
37,928
WARRANT UNIT
The Warrant Unit is comprised of one Secretary-3 and
one Civil Clerk-2 that receives and processes multiple
 Mortgage Sale—the owner defaults on their loan and
the mortgage company/bank begins the foreclosure
process.
 Delinquent Tax Sale—real estate taxes are delinquent
and the prosecutor begins foreclosure action.
 Prosecutor Sale—an order from the County Prosecutor
to the Sheriff to sell a property that has been seized
or confiscated which is then sold for restitution.
SHERIFF SALE STATS
SCHEDULED SALES
SOLD
EVICTIONS
CANCELLED OR NO
BID/SALE
2014
4,367
2,592
241
2015
2,766
1,629
267
2,775
1,137
TOTAL COLLECTED
$152,460,864.67 $82,464,809.44
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SUMMIT COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
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Training Bureau
Captain Richard Paolucci oversees
the operations of the Summit County
Sheriff's Office Training Bureau. Our
Training Bureau is dedicated to
providing progressive, innovative,
state of the art training and
educational information to all
personnel of the Summit County
Sheriff's Office, other law enforcement and safety forces
as well as additional training that benefits the citizens of
Summit County. The Training Bureau facilitates the
highest level of professionalism and enhanced field
performance by utilizing the latest research and
instructional methods to develop and present outstanding
training programs and professional practices.
The Summit County Sheriff’s Office Training Bureau
opened on November 11, 2001 and is located on an eight
(8) acre leased tract of land in the City of Green on AkronCanton Airport Property. On April 29, 2008, the Summit
County Sheriff’s Training Facility was renamed the Robert
D. Campbell Training Center. Robert D. Campbell held
the position of Summit County Sheriff from 1961-1975
and started the first Summit County Sheriff’s Training
Academy.
This state of the art
training
facility
operates
year
round, offering a
variety of basic,
intermediate
and
advanced
law
enforcement
programs which includes but not limited to in-service
training to Sheriff’s Office personnel, advanced training
skill classes, precision firearms skills enhancement
training, K-9 training, tactical & SWAT training, defensive
driving courses, and specialized courses for local, state
and federal agencies. The Sheriff’s Training Center has
opened its doors to assist with supporting the training
needs of other entities within the community including but
not limited to: City Of Akron’s Police Department, Metro
Parks, University of Akron, Sterling Jewelers, Ohio Peace
Officer’s Commission, Ohio Department of Correction,
Ohio Department of Natural Resources, State Parole and
Probation, Federal Probation, Federal Air Marshal’s,
DEA, IRS, Homeland Security as well as many other
federal, county and local law enforcement agencies. The
Training Bureau frequently offers and or hosts
Specialized and Advanced Training.
Every full time sworn employee of
the Summit County Sheriff's Office
must complete forty (40) hours of
in-service training each year.
Subjects that are being taught
include: twenty-four (24) hours of
mandated training pertaining to
Corrections, and sixteen (16)
hours of training that includes but
is
not
limited
to,
Taser
Certification, Use of Force updates, Sexual Harassment
and Discrimination, and Firearms qualifications.
The Training Bureau maintains two firearms ranges. An
indoor range and an outdoor range. Both ranges are used
for training and qualifications by not only the Sheriff's
Office but Federal, State and local police agencies.
The training center property also includes a special bomb
detonation area as well as the impound lot that serves the
Summit County Sheriff’s Office.
Each year the Sheriff hosts
Flag Day at the Training
Facility.
The Summit
County Sheriff’s Office
Color Guard, Mounted Unit
and K-9, along with the
Group III Civil Air Patrol
Squadron, various military groups, and other Color
Guards host a ceremonial retirement of American flags
which are no longer suitable for service. According to
Federal Law, when a flag is no longer fit for display, it
should be destroyed in a dignified manner. Anyone
wishing to retire an American flag may bring that flag to
any Summit County Sheriff’s Office facility prior to Flag
Day. Flags will be inspected and prepared in accordance
with the tradition of solemn dignity and military manner.
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Training Bureau
SHERIFF’S OFFICE PERSONNEL TRAINING COURSES:
In Service Training
8,904 hours
Crime Scene Investigation In-service
440 hours
Marine Patrol
66 hours
Taser Instructor Course
56 hours
Taser Recertification Course hours
208 hours
SWAT
1,256 hours
Mounted Patrol
386 hours
K-9 Training
528 hours
Bomb Squad Training
120 hours
Tactical Shotgun Course
104 hours
Respond to Active Shooter Training
112 hours
Patrol Rifle Course
24 hours
Indoor/Outdoor Firearms Range:
TSA/Federal Air Marshals
904 hours
AKAL Federal Marshals
120 hours
Akron Police Department
92 hours
Akron Police Department SWAT
96 hours
APD Retiree Requals
152 hours
FBI
144 hours
Marine Patrol
12 hours
Sterling Jewelers
824 hours
Internal Revenue Service
264 hours
Metro Parks
576 hours
DEA Quals
112 hours
Narcotics/Drug Unit
304 hours
NOVFTF
368 hours
Special Deputy Quals
118 hours
OPOTA Instructor Course
2,041
OPOTA Impact Weapons Instructor Course
256 hours
OPOTA Officer Survival Course
384 hours
Ohio State Highway Patrol
36 hours
Tactical Rifle Operators Course
120 hours
Uniontown Police Department
288 hours
Grenadier Course
104 hours
TOTAL TRAINING HOURS IN 2015:
PROGRAM - COURSE:
Girl Scouts Tour
26 hours
Annual Flag Day Ceremony
96 hours
Special Deputy Training
508 hours
OVI Task Force Meeting
93 hours
Basic Citizens Academy
684
Homeland Security Meeting
84 hours
State Crisis Intervention Training
240 hours
Patrol FTO Training
840 hours
Officer Survival Course
336 hours
Appraisers Meeting
80
Advanced Training Mobile Field Force
112 hours
University of Akron Basic Academy
10,664 hours
Terrorism Liaison Officers Meeting
92 hours
Smith & Wesson Armorer’s Course
192 hours
Adult Probation Defensive Tactics Training
320 hours
City of Green Meeting
240 hours
48,529
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SUMMIT COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
2015 ANNUAL REPORT
Corrections Division
Major Dale Soltis serves as the Interim Chief of
Corrections at the Summit County Jail. He is a graduate
of the University of Akron with a Bachelor Degree in
Education. Major Soltis is a dedicated, accomplished, and
very resourceful law enforce-ment professional with over
thirty years of experience with the Summit County
Sheriff’s Office. In the beginning of his law enforcement
career he served two (2) years as an adult Probation
officer for the Common Pleas Courts before being hired
by the Sheriff’s Office on April 1, 1985. In 1990, Dale was
assigned to Operational Development and was
instrumental in designing and coordinating the
construction of the current Summit County Jail including
the training of Jail staff. From 1992 through 2000, Dale
was assigned to Patrol where his main duties were that of
the DARE Officer and School Resource Officer.
In 2000, Dale was reassigned to Operational Development to assist and coordinate the building of the Sheriff’s
Office Training Facility which opened in October 2001.
In January of 2003, Dale was promoted from Deputy to
Sergeant, where he was assigned Jail duties and
subsequently to that, Community Policing.
In 2006, Dale was promoted to Lieutenant at which time
he was reassigned to jail operations and subsequently
became Commander at the Training Bureau. He was
promoted to Captain in 2009 and remained at the Training
Bureau as Commander.
On January 11, 2013, Dale was assigned as the Jail
Commander and became responsible for the day to day
operations of the Jail.
On January 1, 2015 Dale assumed the Chief of
Corrections duties, where he is responsible for the
staffing, programs, and inmates at the Summit County Jail
as well as the Glenwood Jail.
Major Soltis currently sits on numerous State and County
committees dealing with mental health issues, drug
issues, correctional issues, and training issues. He is
currently a certified OPOTA Commander and Instructor in
both law enforcement and corrections.
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The Summit County Jail
Captain Brian Westover has over
twenty-one years with the Sheriff’s
Office, and is assigned to oversee the
day-to-day operations of the jail. This
includes working directly with the
lieutenants who are assigned to each
shift serving as shift commanders.
The sergeants assigned to each shift
are responsible for the direct supervision of deputies
assigned throughout the facility. Civilian staff provides
state mandated services to inmates that include
programming, mental health treatment, food services,
and medical treatment. The jail utilizes many volunteers
and numerous social service agencies within the county
to assist in the provision of services.
Since being promoted to the rank of
Captain in January of 2011, Shane
Barker has been assigned to the
Corrections Division. He also
assists in the day-to-day operations
which includes supervising the nonsworn and contracted staff assigned
to the Summit County Jail. His
responsibilities encompass the supervision of Support
Services which includes Inmate Accounts, Jail Population
Control, and Kitchen Services. Captain Barker has
served with the Sheriff’s Office for twenty-two years.
2015 SHIFT COMMANDERS
LT. SCOTT COTTLE
LT. ANTONIO WILLIAMSON
LT. MIKE SANCHEZ
LT. AARON PIEKARSKI
LT. DOUG SCHWALBACH
The Summit County Jail opened in August of 1990 with a
capacity of 402 inmates. All housing units are designed to
provide optimum visibility by deputies in order to monitor
inmate behavior and protect staff and inmates from
assault. The podular design of the facility not only allows
maximum staff/inmate contact in accordance with the
“Direct Supervision” concept but provides the ability to
maximize the classification of the inmates according to
State Minimum Standards.
LT. STEVE GLENNON
LT. JOHN GROGAN
In January 2015, as a result of insufficient staff, one Unit
containing 120 beds was closed down, decreasing jail
capacity to 551. In an effort to meet housing needs, in
October of 2015, approval was sought and approved once
again through the Bureau of Adult Detention to add 72
additional double bunked cells (48 male and 24
female),as well as permission to co-mingle classification
based on behavior. This double bunking increased total
capacity to 743 inmates without increasing staff. We
currently still have parts of Unit 4 closed down. We have
also added ten beds on Unit 6, and two on Unit 5-D.
In March 2015 the jail began utilizing other jails to house
inmates and have averaged 25 inmates housed offsite.
The jail has also revised the method in which required
training is conducted, saving additional full-time employee
hours.
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Summit County Jail
The Jail has embarked on a very progressive disciplinary
plan of action that has attributed to the additional increase
in available employee hours. With the reduction of
inmates, increase in available staffing, attendance
reviews, housing inmates at outside jails, use of common
pleas court orders, and use of actual overtime,
supervision is able to operate the jail in a much safer and
secured fashion.
However, as a result of staff shortages, jail staff has been
unable to run the warrant program for visitors, maintain a
solid classification system on all shifts on all days, provide
adequate supervision to allow direct supervision at all
times, have compressed all operations to the dayshift,
have failed to update policies and procedures as needed,
have added stress on the court pull for CCTV, and many
other activities that are required to operate a full service
jail. Staff is unable to respond to outside crisis such as
the Ebola scare of 2014, the Berelo verdict of 2015, May
Day celebrations at the University of Akron, or any other
incident with the community without risking operations at
the jail.
Despite the aforementioned measures, the jail continues
to strive to maintain pace with current technology through
web-based training to meet mandated training
requirements, a new electronic Biometric key control
system, electronic record keeping, Inmate Kiosks located
on the pods, introduction of new re-entry programs, and
expansion of mental and medical health services at
Glenwood Jail. Other improvements to Glenwood Jail
include a new sally port expansion, plans to add an
inmate money kiosk at intake, and debit cards issuance
to inmates when they leave the facility.
Assisting with the day to day
administrative operation of the
Summit County Jail is Ms. Sue
Plance. Ms. Plance is a Secretary
III and has been with the Summit
County Sheriff’s Office for over
twenty-eight (28) years. During her
tenure, she has worked in several
areas of the Corrections Division and was promoted to her
current position in 1995. Ms. Plance has worked for over
ten different Jail Commanders. She has been recognized
with the “High Point Award” (recognizing county
employees who have excelled in their duties) as well as
the “Goodwill Industries, Employee of Distinction Award”.
JAIL INCIDENTS 2015
ASSAULT
ASSAULT ON STAFF
CONTRABAND
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
FIGHT AND DISORDER
FIRE
ILLEGAL CONVEYANCE
MEDICAL INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH
MISREP
NARCOTICS
PROPERTY COMPLAINT
REFUSAL OF INMATE
SEX OFFENSES
SUICIDE ATTEMPT
TELEPHONE HARASSMENT
THEFT
USE OF RESTRAINT
VANDALISM
USE OF FORCE
25
7
5
185
7
1
18
185
3
39
28
54
0
4
1
15
292
5
87
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SUMMIT COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
2015 ANNUAL REPORT
Summit County Jail
JAIL POPULATION CONTROL
Christopher Csonka is a U.S. Navy
veteran of nearly ten years, and
currently serves as the Jail
Population Control Coordinator for
the Summit County Sheriff’s Office.
The Jail Registrars are responsible to retain the records
for all inmates booked into Summit County Jail from the
time of booking through release. Part of their daily
assignment is to calculate the release dates of inmates
which includes calculating inmate workers “good time”
and sending the requests to judges for approval. They
continuously update the inmates computer records with
new court information that is received such as court dates,
bond info, case numbers, judges, etc.
His responsibilities include the
developing and implementing of
new policies and procedures in
order to achieve maximum efficiency in the processing of
inmates in and out of both the Summit County Jail and the
Glenwood Jail Facility.
This is accomplished through constant analysis of current
and historical inmate population data, forging and maintaining various intra and inter-agency relationships and
collaborations while serving as a liaison between the
Sheriff’s Office and numerous Municipal, State, and
Federal agencies. By monitoring and tracking all inmates
at every stage of the judicial system, Mr. Csonka is able
to identify potential systemic causes of delays as well as
assisting when individual cases need action.
Jail Registrars are also responsible for generating
morning jail counts and other miscellaneous
reports. They work with the Prosecutor's Office, Common
Pleas Criminal Assignment Division, Summit County
Adult Probation and Municipal Courts in notification of
new arrests in their courts. They also prepare and
process all Minimum Security Transfers (transfers to local
alternative sentencing facilities). They continuously work
to coordinate with the alternative programs including
Oriana House, RAMAR, IBH and other outside facilities to
move those prisoners waiting for beds.
Mr. Csonka’s responsibilities also include the supervision
of seven (7) Jail Registrars, and all grant research,
coordination, and administration which pertains to the
Corrections Division.
AVERAGE DAILY JAIL POPULATION 2015
MONTH
MALES
FEMALES TOTAL
JAN
460
65
526
FEB
448
71
519
MAR
463
82
545
APR
478
88
566
MAY
470
90
560
JUN
454
86
539
JUL
480
64
543
AUG
490
94
584
SEP
473
89
562
OCT
498
88
586
NOV
469
106
575
DEC
448
73
526
TOTAL AVG.
469
83
553
FOR YEAR
2015 BOOKINGS
2015 RELEASES
MONTH
MALE
FEMALE TOTAL
MONTH
MALE
FEMALE
TOTAL
JAN
FEB
687
588
145
157
832
745
MAR
APR
765
768
228
215
993
983
JAN
FEB
MAR
737
634
669
164
148
213
901
782
882
MAY
JUN
734
706
214
202
948
908
JUL
AUG
809
815
220
220
1,029
1,035
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
777
729
740
777
231
210
206
215
1,008
939
946
992
AUG
803
217
1,020
SEP
729
190
919
SEP
723
191
914
OCT
678
176
854
OCT
674
180
854
NOV
720
242
962
NOV
648
217
865
DEC
797
212
1,009
DEC
831
221
1,052
TOTAL
8,796
2,241
11,217
TOTALS
8,742
2,413
11,155
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Summit County Jail
INMATE SERVICES
Inmate Services provides a link
between the inmate and the
community outside the facility. The
unit is under the supervision of
Rebecca McCutcheon.
In August of 2009, due to budget
constraints the staffing level for
Inmate Services was cut from
seventeen (17) employees. Current staffing includes five
(5) full-time and three (3) part–time employees. The
purpose of these employees is to ensure the appropriate
delivery of services and programs to inmates in the jail.
This includes a multitude of tasks including but not limited
to:
* Schedule and overseeing inmate visitation in order to
allow inmates to visit family members and friends, as well
as attorney and clergy.
* Packing and distributing commissary (snacks, hygiene
articles, clothing, and writing materials) to the inmates. If
the inmates are unable to order commissary because they
do not have the financial resources to do so, an indigent
system is in place to provide basic hygiene items and
writing supplies.
Inmate Services staff coordinates the jail mail system
including pick up and delivery of staff and inmate mail.
Inmate Service Staff must thoroughly inspect all incoming
US mail for the inmates.
Inmate Services staff also coordinates Inmate Requests
for Assistance Forms (KITES) either by answering the
KITE or delivering the KITE to the proper person. Upon
inmate request, Inmate Service staff notarizes legal
documents for inmates.
At Christmas time Inmate Services in conjunction with
chaplains from the Way Out Prison Ministry distributed
over 600 Christmas Bags to inmates. The bags include
such items as writing material, hygiene items, socks, and
snacks.
The laundry facility is open fourteen (14) hours a day
utilizing female inmate workers under the direction of two
Laundry Supervisors.
Workers are responsible for
performing uniform exchange twice a week, linens once a
week, and blankets once a month as well as continually
stocking the intake area with adequate uniforms, shoes,
and bed rolls.
* Overseeing the administration of all inmate programs.
Programs may be conducted in unit classrooms which
allows for a more secured environment and less inmate
movement. Due to the staffing cutbacks many of the
inmate programs have been eliminated including but not
limited to gym, library, chapel, Alcoholics Anonymous,
and Narcotics Anonymous. Although during 2014, Inmate
Services staff did begin distributing library books to the
housing pods.
Video visitation began in February 2015. Inmates friends
and family schedule visitation over the internet or in the
kiosk located in the jail lobby. With the exception of
attorney visits, all inmate visitation is done over the video
visitation system. Family members can also video chat
with an inmate from a home computer, but there is a fee
associated with that service.
INMATE SERVICES
ACTIVITES
2014
2015
ANSWERED KITES
16,888
14,383
PROFESSIONAL VISITS
6,276
3,871
REGULAR VISITS
10,696
5,618
PROPERTY RELEASES
944
990
NOTARIES
502
488
NUMBER OF INMATES
ATTENDING BIBLE STUDIES
2,160
2,271
LIBRARY BOOKS DISTRIBUTED
2,196
1,934
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Summit County Jail
SUPPORT SERVICES
KITCHEN SERVICES
Support Services consists of Inmate Accounts and all
contracted services which include kitchen services, dental
services, medical services, and behavioral health
services. Captain Shane Barker oversees Support
Services and the operations of all these areas. This
includes the monthly balancing of all inmate accounts.
INMATE ACCOUNTS
Inmate Accounts is supported by two (2) account clerks
whom handle all the money that goes in and out of an
inmate’s account. This includes money collected upon
admission, at the inmate accounts window and through
the lobby kiosk. They coordinate the return of funds to the
inmate upon their release. The department also handles
the processing of commissary orders, medical billing (copay), indigent billing, and Fresh Favorite sales. The
commission for i-Care, Fresh Favorites and Commissary
goes into the Inmate Welfare Fund.
2014
2015
COMMISSARY ORDERED
$585,684.61
$487,940.96
COMMISSARY COMMISSION
$195,954.26
$121,985.24
FRESH FAVORITES ORDERED
FRESH FAVORITE COMMISSION
$98,688.25
$24,432.10
$113,045.33
$28,709.31
I-CARE ORDERED
$25,066.06
$15,554.37
I-CARE COMMISSION
$6,266.47
$3,388.59
TOTAL COMMISSION
$936,091.75
$771,123.80
Aramark staff oversees the preparation and delivery of
Fresh Favorite and i-Care programs. The Fresh Favorites
program provides family and friends the opportunity to
offer a loved one a taste of home with high quality entrees
delivered on a scheduled basis including such items as
pizza, buffalo wings, cheeseburgers, nachos, and sodapop. Each inmate may receive one Fresh Favorites meal
per scheduled Fresh Favorites delivery. An inmate is able
to submit an order based on the balance of his/her
account. i-Care allows family and friends to send Fresh
Favorite gifts online for any occasion using their credit or
debit card.
INMATE POPULATION
COST PER MEAL 2015
500-600
601-650
651-700
701-750
751-ABOVE
$
$
$
$
$
1.021
0.947
0.915
0.894
0.873
Inmate meals are prepared through a contract service
provided by Aramark. Menus are approved by a dietician
and required to meet nutritional standards established by
the State of Ohio. With approval, inmates may be
provided special diets for medical and religious needs.
The cost of each individual meal depends on the daily
inmate population.
Aramark staff not only provides meals for the Summit
County Jail but the Glenwood Jail as well. In 2015 there
was a total of 707,996 meals provided for inmates.
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Summit County Jail
MEDICAL SERVICES
The medical staff is responsible for the disbursement of
all medications within the facility. A medical "co-pay"
system is employed at the jail whereby inmates are
charged nominal fees for medical treatment provided.
There are two specially designed medical cells located in
the dispensary for inmates that require 24-hour
observation by medical personnel. These cells are also
equipped with negative air flow for inmates with airborne
illnesses.
The Medical Unit is a contract service provided by
Advanced Correctional Healthcare. There are nineteen
(19) nurses and four (4) medical assistants to provide
care 24-hours a day, seven (7) days a week. There is one
(1) medical director, one (1) nurse practitioner, two (2)
dentists and two (2) dental assistants.
A nurse practitioner is on site two (2) times per month. If
an inmate is incarcerated for more than fourteen (14)
days, the inmate will have the opportunity to receive a
complete physical.
MEDICAL ACTIVITY
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
TOTAL
PRACTITIONER SICK CALLS
19
17
20
12
12
20
7
8
6
7
7
13
148
CHRONIC CLINIC VISITS
1
1
0
5
9
1
9
12
2
7
3
2
52
NURSE SICK CALL
918
887
1129
1011
0
868
954
1002
1046
979
934
1183
10,911
NURSING FOLLOW UPS
1644
1750
2238
2583
2599
2316
2407
2560
2513
2515
2455
2546
28,126
14 DAY PHYSICAL EXAMS
NURSE EMERGENCY RESPONSE
(INMATE DOWN)
DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES
804
764
979
918
956
1005
963
975
902
821
822
859
10,768
8
11
11
8
8
7
5
6
5
21
11
13
114
5
6
8
13
9
9
12
5
10
11
6
13
107
TB TESTS PERFORMED
267
231
270
254
317
252
318
317
280
323
330
330
3489
POSITIVE TB TEST RESULTS
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
ACTIVE TB CASES
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
ASTHMA TREATED
4
2
2
2
1
2
1
4
5
4
7
2
36
DIABETICS TREATED
10
9
10
5
8
10
12
5
7
5
4
9
94
HIV/AIDS TREATED
1
3
2
3
0
3
0
1
2
2
3
1
20
HEPATITIS C
1
1
1
1
6
4
1
0
1
0
0
2
18
HYPERTENSION TREATED
37
16
27
27
48
28
32
21
34
26
23
26
345
SEIZURE DISORDER TREATED
3
1
4
7
3
6
9
5
5
3
3
8
57
PREGNANT TESTS GIVEN
10
3
30
25
29
15
23
16
16
13
13
17
210
TOTAL PREGNANT INMATES
8
3
4
4
5
3
6
3
3
2
2
3
46
9
9
18
11
15
15
21
15
10
12
11
12
158
3
6
10
9
5
8
7
11
13
16
12
9
109
0
0
3
0
6
8
3
1
2
8
4
5
40
OFF SITE REFERRALS TO
SPECIALIST
INMATES SENT TO EMERGENCY
ROOM
TOTAL DAYS INMATES SPENT IN
HOSPITAL
SPECIAL DIETS ORDERED
% OF INMATES ON MEDS
TOTAL CHARGES ASSESSED TO
INMATES
DEATHS
28
27
32
29
25
28
26
25
28
30
31
38
347
65.00% 49.00% 34.00% 75.00% 65.00% 36.00% 40.00% 39.00% 49.00% 41.00% 43.00% 47.00% 44%
$1,267
$963
$1,228
$1,429
$1,326
$1,350
$1,817
$1,291
$1,532
$1,529
$1,618 $1,555
$16,905
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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2015 ANNUAL REPORT
Summit County Jail
DENTAL SERVICES
A dentist is contracted through the Medical Unit and is
available for emergency dental care and preventative
care for all inmates that stay at least 90 days. Dental Care
is provided twice a week staffed with two (2) dentists and
two (2) dental assistants.
A licensed social worker, counselor, or nurse is on duty
within the jail Monday through Sunday and on-call at other
times, along with the Jail Clinical Supervisor.
A
psychiatrist is on-duty within the facility for seventeen (17)
hours per week and on-call all other times to evaluate and
prescribe psychotropic medications. Additionally, the
ADM Board is funding a Re-entry Coordinator to assist
with linkage of mentally ill and drug addicted inmates to
services once they leave the jail. As a part of the grant
for this position, the ADM Board is providing funding for
injectable medications (Vivitrol) to treat cravings for
opiates and alcohol.
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 2015
DENTAL ACTIVITY
DENTAL KITES ANSWERED
INMATES SEEN ON SITE
2014
367
373
2015
423
222
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES
The Summit County Jail Mental Health Unit is provided by
Summit Psychological Associates, Inc., funded by the
ADM (Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health
Services) Board of Summit County. Summit
Psychological Associates, Inc. is a private agency
founded in 1984. The Mental Health Team, under the
supervision of James A. Orlando, Ph.D., consists of seven
(7) full-time staff, two (2) contracted psychiatrists and one
(1) contracted psychiatric nurse. There are also two (2)
psychology interns who work part time at the jail.
PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATIONS
848
INMATES ON MENTAL HEALTH MEDS.
1,527
AVG. PERCENTAGE OF INMATES ON MENTAL
HEALTH MEDS.
49%
MONTHLY AVG. INMATES MEDS
342
INMATES EVALUATED
6,692
KITES ANSWERED
2,010
INMATE IN GROUPS
1,360
CARE COORDINATION
12,055
REPORTABLE SUICIDE ATTEMPTS
10
Staff provides mental health and substance abuse
addiction assessment and treatment to the inmates in the
jail through a wide variety of programming. Programs
include; mental health assessment, substance abuse
assessment, individual and group crisis counseling,
referral and linkage, symptom monitoring, and specialized
housing for the mentally ill, suicidal, and intellectual
development disabilities.
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Glenwood Jail
The Sheriff’s Office provides security
services for the Glenwood Jail, a
satellite minimum-security facility
operated in conjunction with Oriana
House.
In 2015, Captain Gary
Bowen was appointed as the
Glenwood Jail Commander. During
2015, there were fifteen deputies
assigned to carry out the security operations of the
Glenwood Jail.
The Glenwood Jail was established as a five-day facility
to treat persons charged with Driving Under the Influence.
Since that time, Glenwood has made changes to allow
sentencing of offenders for not only DIP (Driver
Intervention Programs) but also MOP (Multiple Offender
Program), Glenwood Jail direct sentences, and overflow
from the Summit County Jail.
The Glenwood Jail is classified as a minimum security jail
by the State of Ohio. The total bed space available at the
Glenwood facility is 131. There are thirty (30) female
beds, 83 male beds, with 18 optional beds which can be
assigned as male or female beds dependent upon
population requirements.
During 2015, there were only two (2) inmate escapes from
the Glenwood Jail when the inmates did not return back
after a furlough.
2015 GLENWOOD JAIL INCIDENTS
TYPE OF INCIDENT
NARCOTICS
ASSAULT
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
VANDALISM
MEDICAL
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE
TOTAL INCIDENTS
AVERAGE GLENWOOD DAILY POPULATION
MONTH
MALE
FEMALE
TOTAL
JAN.
51
25
86
FEB.
63
26
89
MAR.
51
14
65
APR.
45
14
59
MAY
41
16
57
JUNE
57
22
79
JULY
58
25
83
AUG.
69
26
95
SEPT.
75
37
112
OCT.
75
26
101
NOV.
70
25
95
DEC.
70
25
95
AVG. TOTAL
61
23
85
GLENWOOD JAIL BOOKINGS 2015
SCJ
GWJ
SENTENCED DIRECT
OVERFLOW SENTENCE
MALE
315
645
FEMALE 105
374
TOTAL
420
1,019
MOP
DIP
TOTAL
179
50
229
116
54
170
1255
583
1,838
NUMBER
4
2
1
2
8
2
19
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Records and Identification Bureau
The Records and Identification
Bureau,
supervised
by
Kelly
Pongracz, consists of five (5) civilian
support staff. The Records and
Identification Bureau is responsible
for maintaining all departmental
reports and records, as well as
managing the Records Retention
Schedule for the entire department.
With the large volume of records that the office generates,
it is necessary to use microfilm so that they are available
for current investigations and more efficiently retrieved.
Records
and
Identification
Bureau
evaluates
management of these records to ensure effective purging,
retention, and permanent storage of the records.
The Records and Identification Bureau processes all
traffic crash and incident reports for the Sheriff’s Office.
Staff oversees management of the Sheriff’s Office
electronic records management system OHLEG-RMS
(OHio Law Enforcement Gateway). This is where the
Sheriff’s Office official incident reports are electronically
stored, validated, and disseminated. Once these reports
are entered, they are forwarded to OIBRS (Ohio Incident
Based Reporting System) and the State of Ohio Office of
Criminal Justice Services for state statistics and grant
eligibility.
Staff also provides quality control for inmates’ permanent
booking records to ensure all information is correct as well
as compile statistical information for all inmates booked
into the jail.
The bureau is responsible for completing all public record
requests, handling criminal background checks, and
overseeing expungements and sealings of criminal
records. The Bureau offers National Web-check Services
to meet the needs of both public and private agencies that
require background checks as a condition of employment.
Web check provides an electronic criminal history
background search on individuals and sends the results
through the State BCI & I and/or the FBI’s Integrated
Automated Fingerprint Identification System.
AMOUNT
FUNDS
ADULT SEALING/EXPUNGEMENTS
800
N/A
JUVENILE SEALING/EXPUNGEMENTS
127
N/A
INCIDENT REPORTS PROCESSED
5,939
N/A
ACCIDENT REPORTS PROCESSED
1,858
N/A
RECORDS BUREAU ACTIVITY 2015 COMPLETED GENERATED
DNA SWABS PROCESSED FOR INMATES
1,194
BOOKED INTO JAIL
ACCIDENT/INCIDENT REPORTS
REPRODUCED FOR P/U IN PERSON @ 2, 319
$1.00
ACCIDENT/INCIDENT REPORTS
709
REPRODUCED AND MAILED @ $1.50
N/A
$2,319.00
$1,063.50
FBI/BCI BACKGROUND CHECKS @ $60
113
$6,780.00
FBI BACKGROUND CHECK @ $30.00
13
$390.00
BCI BACKGROUND CHECK @ $30.00
75
$2,250.00
110
$1,100.00
15
$30.00
234
$2,340.00
GENERAL PUBLIC RECORD CHECKS @
$10.00
GOVERNMENT RECORD CHECKS @ $2
INKED FINGERPRINT CARDS @ $10.00
OPOTA STUDENT FINGERPRINTS @ $15 34
$510.00
PAGES REPRODUCED @.10
8,068
$806.80
DVD’S REPRODUCED @ $4.00
38
$152.00
POSTAGE FOR MAILING @ .50
21
$10.50
CERTIFIED DOCUMENTS @ $1.00
47
$47.00
BCI/FBI BACKGROUND CHECKS @ $46
1
$46.00
TOTAL COLLECTED
$17,844.80
CONCEALED CARRY
ACTIVITY 2015
APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED
LICENSES ISSUED
LICENSE RENEWALS
LICENSES DENIED
LICENSES REVOKED
LICENSES SUSPENDED
3,243
1,520
1,505
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4
1
Under Ohio Revised Code 2923.125, the Sheriff is
responsible to distribute and process applications for
those Ohio residents who wish to obtain a license to carry
a concealed weapon. Deputy Nancy Mundy coordinates
this process for the Sheriff’s Office and completes the
required background checks. Through submission of
fingerprints a federal, state, and local criminal record
check is completed.
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Special Events
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SUMMIT COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
2015 ANNUAL REPORT
Sheriff’s Awards
Certificates of Appreciation
SGT. EDWARD
AHWAJEE
DEPUTY ROBERT
ALDERMAN SR.
DEPUTY
JEFF BENNETT
DEPUTY
BRANDON BLAIR
DEPUTY BRIAN
BREEDEN
DEPUTY
STEPHANIE BREEDEN
DEPUTY THOMAS
BUMGARDNER
SGT.
ADAM BURKE
DEPUTY MIKE
CONLEY
DEPUTY ROCKY
CROFT
DEPUTY ROBERT
DISABATO
DEPUTY
WES DOBBINS
DEPUTY
RAY EDDY
SGT. LEONARD
FANELLY
LIEUTENANT
STEPHEN GLENNON
DEPUTY
DAVID HARRIS
DEPUTY SHAWNTELL
KENNEDY
DEPUTY OWEN
KILBANE
DEPUTY MARK
ADAMS
DEPUTY
STEPHANIE BOWENS
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2015 ANNUAL REPORT
Sheriff’s Awards
Certificates of Appreciation
DEPUTY
DONALD KIRBY
DETECTIVE
JASON KLINE
SERGEANT
CHRIS LAPPIN
DEPUTY
ELISHA MENEFEE
DEPUTY ROBERT
MCCUTCHEON
DEPUTY WILLIAM
MCKINNEY
DETECTIVE
SCOTT PLYMIRE
LIEUTENANT
DOUG SMITH
DEPUTY
GREG TAYLOR
DEPUTY ALEX
MACCARELLI
DEPUTY
DANIEL NAPIER
DEPUTY
BRON THOMAS
DEPUTY
ROBERT MEALEY
DEPUTY
RACHEL PIKE
DEPUTY
WILLIAM WANDLING
DEPUTY
DEBRA WEILAND
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Sheriff’s Awards
Commendations
DEPUTY
JEFF BENNETT
DEPUTY
JOE BLACK
DEPUTY
BRANDON BLAIR
DEPUTY
NATHANIEL BUCKOHR
DEPUTY THOMAS
BUMGARDNER
DETECTIVE
MARK CARROLL
DEPUTY
STACY CLARK
DEPUTY
DANIEL NAPIER
DEPUTY
CATHERINE PHILLIPS
DEPUTY
MIKE HAWSMAN
DEPUTY
ROGER MORGAN
SERGEANT
MIKE WALSH
DEPUTY
DEPUTY
BRIAN BREEDEN STEPHANIE BREEDEN
DEPUTY
JAY GRAHAM
SERGEANT
GLEN STOTT
DEPUTY
WILLIAM WANDLING
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Sheriff’s Awards
Life Saving Award
SERGEANT WILLIAM STOKES
2 AWARDS
DEPUTY
ROCKY CROFT
Merit
Award
DEPUTY
MARK ADAMS
DEPUTY
JIMMY FIELDS
DEPUTY
ZACHARY HUSSEIN
Deputy of the Year
Corrections
DEPUTY
SHANE SMITH
DEPUTY
TIM KENSINGER
Deputy of the Year
Operations
DEPUTY
MARK CARROLL
DEPUTY ROBERT
SCHNECKENBURGER
Valor
Award
DEPUTY
DANIEL PAPPAS
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2015 ANNUAL REPORT
Sheriff’s Awards
Supervisor of the Year
Award
Unit of the Year
COMMUNICATIONS BUREAU
SERGEANT CHRIS LAPPIN
Highpoint Award Winners
KELLY PONGRACZ
BRITTANY MARSHALL
JACQUELINE WHITFIELD
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR AWARD WINNERS
Retirees
DEPUTY
KELLY COTTLE
DEPUTY
GERALD HALL
DEPUTY
PEGGY STARR
MARY
STERLING-GIVENS
- HAPPY RETIREMENT TO OUR LOYAL STAFF 57
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In Memoriam
To those who served with us,
and shared with us,
the memory of those days
shall stay with us - forever.
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