Training and Certifications
Lake County Sheriff’s
Office Patrol Division, maintains one of the
highest levels training and certification for personnel inside Lake County Law Enforcement . The
summary below will highlight some of the training and certification of Deputies under
Sheriff Daniel Dunlap.
Chief William E. Crosier Chief
Deputy
Ø Law
Enforcement career spanning over 49 years: including Chief Deputy Lake County
Sheriff's Office, Chief of Police Willoughby 1979-1992, Fire Chief Willoughby,
Instructor Lakeland Police Academy, Past President Ohio Chiefs of Police, Past
President Lake County Chiefs of Police, Past President FBI National Academy Ohio
Chapter, Past Vice-President of the Lake County Fire Chiefs Association, Member of the International Association of Fire Chiefs, Past Chairman
of the Lake County Narcotics Agency
Ø Federal
Bureau of Investigation National Academy Graduate
Ø Ohio
Chiefs of Police Association Executive Committee
Ø Member of the Metropolitan Crime Clinic
Ø Liberty
Bell award winner
Ø Paul
Harris Fellow award winner
Ø City
of Willoughby Distinguished Citizen award winner
Ø 2003
Ohio Chiefs of Police Distinguished Service award winner
Ø Willoughby-Eastlake
Schools Hall of fame
Major Charles Caldwell Central
Communications Administrator
Ø Bachelor
of Arts Degree in Political Science / Psychology
Garfield Senior College
Ø Master
of Arts work at the University of Virginia
Ø Associate
Degree in Law Enforcement Lakeland Community College
Ø Federal
Bureau of Investigation National Academy Graduate 98th Session
Ø Lake
County Blue Coats Award winner 1986
Ø Adjunct
Professor at Lakeland Community College since 1975
Ø OPOTA
Instructor for the
Police Academy for the State of Ohio since 1971
Ø Law
Enforcement career spanning over 40 years: including time spent at the
Painesville City Police
Department, Chief Deputy at the
Lake County Sheriff's
Office, Chief of Police for Hunting Valley
Ø Started the Lake County Sheriff's Office SWAT Team in 1974
Ø Assessor for the Ohio Chief's of Police Association since 1992
Capt. Frank Leonbruno Jail
Administrator
Ø Bachelor
of Arts Degree from Borromeo College of Ohio
... Masters
Degree work at the University of Virginia and at WTU
Ø FBINA
Federal
Bureau of Investigation National Academy Graduate 237th Session
Ø CJM
(American Jail Association Certified Jail Manager) since 1997
Ø CLEE
Certified
Law Enforcement Executive Academy Graduate 2004
Ø PELC
Police
Executive Leadership College Graduate 2003
Ø Adjunct
Professor at Lakeland Community College in Criminal Justice
since 1996
Ø OPOTA
120
Hour Corrections Academy Graduate
Ø Lakeland
Police Academy Graduate - Certified Law Enforcement Officer
Ø Lake County SWAT / Lead Hostage Negotiator
since 1992
Ø FBI
Crisis Negotiations Certification / OPOTA Crisis Negotiations
Certification
Ø OPOTA
136 Hour and 40 Hour
Corrections Academy School Commander since 1994
Ø OPOTA
Police Academy Instructor since 1994
Ø OPOTA
136
Corrections Academy Instructor since 1994
Ø
Trained at the National Institute of
Corrections
Ø
Certified
in the Reid Technique Criminal Interviews and Interrogation
Captain Lonnie Sparkman Road Patrol Commander
Ø Federal
Bureau of Investigation National Academy Graduate
Ø Attended
Lakeland Community College, Ohio University, University of Virginia
Ø University
of Louisville (Chief of Police Small Agency Executive Training)
Ø 20
years with the Lake County Sheriff's Office SWAT team, 10 years as team leader
Ø 8
years Lake County Sheriff's Office Detective Bureau Commander
Ø 2
Years Multi-Agency task force commander on Statewide Gambling
Lieutenant Ronald Walters ( Detective Bureau Commander )
Ø Northwestern
Staff and Command School Graduate
Ø Certified
Law Enforcement Executive Graduate
Ø Police
Executive Leadership College Graduate
Ø 19
years Lake County SWAT / 5 Years Team Commander / 10 Years Team Leader
Ø 7
years Lake County Detective Bureau Commander
Ø Member
of the Ohio Department of Public Safety - Tactical Technical Advisory Board for
Homeland Security
Ø Member
of the Ohio Advisory Committee on Methamphetamine
Ø Member
of the Lake County Child Fatality Review Board
Lieutenant Carl Dondorfer ( Shift Commander )
Ø Bachelor
of Arts Degree from Bowling Green State University
Ø Federal
Bureau of Investigation National Academy Graduate
Ø Certified
Law Enforcement Executive Academy Graduate
Ø Police
Executive Leadership College Graduate
Ø National
Tactical Officers Association SWAT graduate
Ø Certified
in Kinesic Interview and Interrogation
Ø Certified
In Drug Interdiction
Ø Certified
In Bomb Threat Response
Ø Certified
as Chemical Munitions and Specialty Impact Munitions Instructor
Lieutenant Todd Menmuir ( Shift Commander )
Ø Police
Executive Leadership College Graduate
Ø Certified
SWAT Supervision and Command through NTOA
Ø Certified
in Interview and Interrogation techniques (Case Western)
Ø Certified
Marine Patrol Law Enforcement through ODNR
Ø Certified
First Line Supervision
Ø Certified
Traffic Investigation Level 1
Ø Certified
in Crime Scene Evidence Recovery
Ø Certified
Field Training Officer
Ø Certified
in Homicide/Death Investigation
Lieutenant Michael Reed ( Shift Commander )
Ø Associate
of Arts Degree from Lakeland Community College
Ø Police
Executive Leadership College Graduate
Ø Basic
Supervision and Management O.P.O.T.A
Ø Certified
in Traffic Investigation
Ø Certified
in Radiological Monitoring
Ø Certified
in Crisis Intervention Team training
Ø Certified
ASP Tactical Baton Instructor
Ø Certified
in DWI Detection and Standardized Field Sobriety Testing
Lieutenant Jeffrey Sherwood ( Court Services Commander )
Ø Police
Executive Leadership College Graduate
Ø Graduate
of the WMD Incident Command Course (COBRA)--United States Department of
Justice--Office of Justice--Center for Domestic Preparedness
Ø Incident
Command for Industrial Responders
Ø Fire
Fatality Investigation
Ø Advanced
Criminal Investigations
Ø Certified
Field Training Officer
Ø Graduate
of the Basic Tactical Swat School (Euclid PD)
Ø Street
and Pharmacuetical Drug Investigations
Ø Clandestine
Laboratories Awareness Recognition and Safety
Ø Computer
Crime Investigations
Ø Certified
Voice Stress Analyst
Ø Traffic
Crash Investigation
Sergeant Kevin Coleman ( Shift Supervisor )
Ø Bachelor
of Arts Degree from Hiram College / MBA work in Business Administration
Ø Certified
in Kinesic Interview and Interrogation techniques
Ø Certified
in Field Training Officer OPOTA
Ø Certified
in Crash Investigation Level I and II
Ø Certified
in Evidence Analysis
Ø Certified
in Mental Preparedness for Armed Confrontation
Ø Certified
in BAC
Sergeant Donald Durst ( Shift Supervisor )
Ø Bachelor
of Arts Degree from Bowling Green State University
Ø Police
Executive Leadership College Graduate
Ø First
Line Supervision O.P.O.T.A and the Northcoast Polytechnique Institute
Ø Certified
in Interview and Interrogation techniques
Ø Certified
in Instructor in Handgun, Shotgun through OPOTA
Ø Certified
in Traffic Investigation
Ø Certified
in Child Abuse investigation
Sergeant Larry Harpster ( Shift Supervisor )
Ø Certified
MEDICO Legal Investigation of Death , Wayne State University
Ø Certified
Hazmet Technician, Cleveland State
Ø Certified
in Interview and Interrogation techniques
Ø Certified
in Tactical Precision Rifle
Ø Certified
in Protective Operations, Secret Service
Ø Certified
in Criminal Investigations and Forensic Anthropology, Columbus State Comm
College
Ø Certified
in Clandestine Laboratory Awareness
Ø Certified
in Domestic Preparedness For Weapons of mass Destruction
Ø Certified
in Amber Alert
Ø Certified
in ADAPT
Ø Certified
in Child Abuse Recognition and Investigation
Ø Sniper
Instructor School ( Centermass, Inc.)
Ø Advanced
Urban Sniper Tactical School ( Centermass, Inc.)
Sergeant Anthony Iliano ( Shift Supervisor )
Ø National
Tactical Officers Association SWAT graduate
Ø First
Line Supervision O.P.O.T.A
Ø Certified
in Highway Drug Interdiction D.E.A.
Ø Certified
in Reid technique Criminal Interviews and Interrogation
Ø Certified
in Homicide/Death Investigation Techniques
Ø Certified
in Multi-Subject Tactics Air Force Combat Readiness School
Ø Certified
in Distractionary Devices and Explosive Recognition
Ø Certified
in Missing and Abducted Children.
Ø Certified
Field Training Officer
Ø Certified
in Traffic Accident Investigations Level 1
Ø Crash
Investigations Level ll
Ø Vehicle Dynamics
Ø 10
years with Lake County Sheriff's Office Swat Team
Sergeant Patrick Patterson ( Shift Supervisor )
Ø Certified
Field Training Officer
Ø Certified
C.V.S.A. Examiner
Ø Certified
O.P.O.T.A. Tactical Precision Rifle
Ø Police
Executive Leadership College Graduate
Ø Practical
Homicide Investigation (NYPD)
Ø Incident
Command For Industrial Responders Workshop
Ø A.D.A.P.
/ OVI (Ohio State Highway Patrol)
Ø Advanced
Urban Sniper Tactical School ( Centermass, Inc.)
Ø Property
Evidence and Management in Law Enforcement ( Int. Assoc. for Property & Evidence
I.A.P.E.)
Sheriff Daniel Dunlap has an additional 29 Deputies patrolling the
Townships, all are State
Certified Police Officers in State of Ohio. Sheriff Dunlap also encourages
higher education to date 17 Deputies have obtained a College degree, 13
have a (4) year degree, and 4 have a (2) year degree. Deputies on top
of State Certification have attended many in service schools to help better
serve Lake County residents. Below is a summary of schools that have been
attended by the majority of Deputies currently patrolling Townships.
Ø Traffic
Investigation
Ø Burglary
Investigation
Ø Sex
Crimes Investigation
Ø Internet
Crimes Investigation
Ø Forensic
Evidence gathering, fingerprints, DNA
Ø Domestic
Violence Investigation
Ø Child
Abuse Investigations
Ø Drug
Abuse Investigations
Ø Interviews
& Interrogations
Ø Crime
Prevention
Ø Community
Policing
Ø Crimes
Scene Investigations
Ø Special
Weapons and Tactics
Ø Natural
Death Investigations
Ø Homicide
Investigations
Ø Trace
Evidence Collection
Ø School
Violence Investigations
Ø Use
of Force Applications
Ø Photography
Ø O.V.I.
Preventions & Apprehension (D.U.I)
The above list is just a
summary of training that Lake County Deputies must complete to serve in Road
Patrol Division for Sheriff Daniel Dunlap. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office
maintains a current training file on every Road Patrol Deputy. The file contains
State of Ohio Basic Police certification and all in service training completed
by each Deputy. The list above by no means is all the in service training
completed by Deputies. Deputies have well over 700 hours of training just to be
in Patrol Division and complete well over 40 hours of in service training per
year. This level of training is why the Lake County Sheriff’s Office is
considered one of the most professional police agencies in the State of Ohio.
The training obtained assists the Lake County Sheriff’s Office maintaining a
very high level of service to the Townships and with criminal convictions,
within those Townships.