The Sagamore Hills Township Police Department's Community Commitment is to serve and protect its more than 12,000 residents. Currently the community is patrolled twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week. There are always two (2) to four (4) officers or Detectives working in the Township per shift. Under the leadership of Chief David Hayes, eighteen (18) police officers (two of which are
Detectives) provide a wide variety of police services. Assisting the Chief of Police with supervisory duties are an Assistant Chief, Administrative Lieutenant and a Patrol Sergeant. The Administrative Lieutenant is in charge of the Investigations Bureau and the Patrol Sergeant has command over the Patrol Division. The Assistant Chief is the daily Operations Commander. The Administrative Lieutenant works in "plain clothes" and dedicates all time to case work in the Investigations unit and attends Investigator meetings within the county. The patrol Sergeant is also a member of the Metro SWAT team. Aside from patrol and investigative services, the police department provides assistance in a number of other areas such as resident vacation checks, child safety seat installation/inspection (with two certified officers), a Police Explorer program, juvenile diversionary program, community policing and free fingerprinting for residents. Officers on all shifts distribute Patrolled your Area Cards (PAC) which is a highly successful program ensuring residents that officers are patrolling their neighborhoods. For assistance with child seat installation or inspection, call to set up an appointment with either Officer Tim Ellis or Officer Dan DeCrane. Both are certified installers/inspectors of child restraint systems and will be happy to help you. They attend yearly training updates for this certification. Most car seat installation/inspections last about an hour. For more information about the Police Department, call dispatch at 330-468-0900 or our station at 330-468-3515.