SYLVANIA TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT
Department Information
Administration Offices
4420 King Road
Sylvania, Ohio 43560-9724
Phone Numbers:
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-Emergency: (419) 882-2055
Administration: (419) 885-4962
Detective Bureau: (419) 882-1250
Community Affairs: (419) 882-7878
Records: (419) 885-3721
Fax: (419) 885-1116
Chief's Welcome
Robert W. Metzger
Email: rmetzger@sylvaniatownshippolice.com
On behalf of the men and women of the Sylvania Township Police Department, I welcome you to our web site. The Police Department is extremely proud of its history of positive interaction with the Community we serve and are honored to be able to show you what we do here on our web site. We continue to be committed to working together with the community to provide a safe and enjoyable environment for those who live, work, or visit the Township of Sylvania.
Our police department currently has 48 sworn officers and 16 support staff that are all committed to providing the highest level of police services. We accomplish this through a variety of partnerships with the community and other service providers in the greater Sylvania area. Our department values emphasize the importance of being leaders in the community and building relationships based upon trust.
As a department committed to community quality, all of our members are trained and dedicated to helping citizens and families improve the neighborhood environment as a means to a safer, more enjoyable community. Being proactive in preventing crime is our first operational priority as we work from a community-based philosophy of policing. Working together we are most likely to make lasting improvements in our quality of life.
Our community policing philosophy is an organizational strategy that promotes a partnership between our residents and their police department. It is based on the premise that both police and the citizens must work together to identify, prioritize, and solve community concerns. We must be creative and innovative as we work with neighborhoods to reduce and prevent crime, disorder and fear. We will be relentless in our efforts to identify and arrest criminals, and we will also be actively involved in helping our citizens develop long-term solutions to their community problems. We understand that building, cultivating and maintaining the community's trust is the key element in crime reduction in our community. We are committed to reducing crime in our neighborhoods by targeting all areas of crime and community concerns. Our ultimate goal at the Sylvania Township Police Department is to improve the quality of life for all our citizens. By maintaining close partnerships in our public and private sectors, we will attain this goal.
The Sylvania Township Police Department continuously reviews the way we deploy our staffing resources in an effort to increase our ability to respond to community needs and maximize our resources. The department is continuously advancing the use of technology in order to provide the most up-to-date information to our staff to enable us to be efficient and effective. Technology, however, can never replace the value of you, the citizens, sharing information with your local law enforcement officers.
We encourage and enjoy interactions with the community through volunteer programs, Citizens Police Academy, D.A.R.E. Program, Neighborhood Watch and other community outreach programs. We encourage you to determine which program is best suited for your particular need and join us as we strive to make our township one of the safest in Ohio. If interested in becoming a volunteer or interested in our programs, please contact our Community Affairs officers at 419-882-7878.
It is our goal to maintain a proactive approach to resolve all public safety concerns and quality of life issues that may arise in order to maintain our ranking as one of the safest communities in the country. This proud distinction was attained by the hard work and dedication of all our men and women who commit themselves daily to the mission of excellence, a constant trait found throughout our history.
I encourage you to browse our site and learn about the many programs we have developed with our community. Through these programs we learn more about the needs of those we serve and they in turn better understand the challenges we face in policing. Thank you for visiting and if I can be of any service to you please either call me at 419-885-4962 or email me at rmetzger@sylvaniatownshippolice.com.
Respectfully,
Robert W. Metzger
Chief of Police