ACCOMPLISHMENTS

SAFETY

Improved relationships and collaboration with local police departments.
Put more deputies in our schools to keep our kids safe.
Provided funds to a dozen local police departments to buy new cruisers.
Created a Gun Violence Unit to assist the Akron Police Department.
Rebuilt the K-9 Unit and established a Drone Unit and Dive & Water Rescue Team.
Developed the first Fugitive Safe Surrender event in a decade.
Re-established a full-time Warrant Unit for the first time in two decades.
Collaborated with multiple agencies to develop a new state-of-the-art dispatch center

PROFESSIONALISM

Significantly increased annual training hours, putting our deputies far ahead of state standards.
Overhauled our promotions process to be more fair, transparent, and merit-based.
Partnered with the Safety Forces Support Center to offer care and counseling to deputies if needed.
Developed a safer, faster, more cost-effective livestream video method for inmate court hearings.
Adding bulletproof glass to patrol cruisers to keep deputies safe.

INNOVATION

Launched the Sheriff’s Office mobile app, and a web-based CCW application system.
Developed new recruitment techniques to reach more women, minorities, and new citizens.
Pioneered a new approach of adopting rescue dogs and training them to become K-9s.
Provided tablets to inmates to earn training and education and halt the flow of mail-in contraband.
Invited labor unions into the jail to train inmates, and introduced a culinary training program.
Introduced caseworkers to the jail to help inmates with mental health and addiction issues.
Opened a facility for newly released homeless inmates to continue psych and addiction treatment.
Brought in more diverse religious ministries to the jail.

COMMUNITY

Greatly expanded community policing and outreach efforts.
Hired the most diverse pool of new employees of any Sheriff in history.
Provided the lead investigator in the First Energy bribery scandal, resulting in several arrests.
Developed the CCW Workshop program to educate residents on changes to concealed carry laws.
Eliminated financial barriers to the Sheriff’s Office Academy by paying cadets a living wage.
Brought the Faith & Blue initiative to our county to bring police and the community closer together.