Major Brad Whitfield heads the Operations
Division of the Summit County Sheriff's Office.
The Operations Division encompasses the Investigative Bureau, Communications, Training, Community Policing, Special Operations
and the Summit County Drug Unit, a multi-jurisdictional drug task force.
The focus of the Operations
Division is to get back in touch with the citizens in providing policing
services. As a result community policing has been the impetus
behind such programs as our A.M.H.A. Initiative, Senior Visitation
Initiative, Domestic Violence Response Team and numerous other projects.
We feel the philosophy behind these initiatives helps to improve the
quality of life for everyone in our county.
Grants
have been a focus in past years to help pay for equipment and special
programs without creating an added tax burden to Summit County
residents. This helps the Sheriff's Office provide quality service
at a reasonable cost to contracting law enforcement areas. In
1998, in addition to the Akron Canton Airport, the City of Green, and
Coventry and Northfield Center Townships the Sheriff's Office contracted
with Twinsburg Township to provide policing protection.
The Sheriff's Office is striving to meet the needs of our
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