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Police Units
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Animal Control
Community Service Officer, Ed Young handles many of the tasks performed by the prior Animal Control Officer’s position as well as expanded responsibilities within the department.
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Communications / Dispatch
The members of the Communications Center must function effectively in some of the most chaotic circumstances in an emergency and are the first link between the citizens and the safety forces of the City of Stow.
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D.A.R.E
The Stow Police Department provides D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) to the sixth-grade class at Stow-Munroe Falls Schools. D.A.R.E. consists of police officer-led lessons that teach students how to resist negative peer pressure and to become leaders by being sources of encouragement (positive peer pressure).
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Detective Bureau
The Detective Bureau is comprised of four detectives and investigates many types of offenses such as financial crimes including identity theft and fraud, burglary and robbery, sex crimes and child abuse, drug-related offenses and other serious crimes.
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K-9 Unit
Stow’s K-9 Unit was established in 1994 as a means to augment traditional police services to the community.
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Patrol Division
The Patrol Division is still divided into three eight hour duty shifts.
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Records Division
The Records Division is staffed with four full-time employees and one part-time employee.
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Special Units
Metro SWAT is a mobile team of police officers from 22 participating political subdivisions which will respond to member communities when special weapons and tactics are needed.
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Reserve Unit
View and fill out the Stow reserve officer request form.
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Target Enforcement
Target Enforcement Areas are streets or intersections within the city where problems have been identified either by citizen complaints or by statistical analysis from report data.
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Training
The Training Division is under the command of Lt. Heather Prusha who coordinate in-service training, outside agency training, and individual officer career track training.