The Tallmadge Police Department proudly serves this community of 17,000, just east of the City of Akron in Summit County. Historically, TPD has been a community and service oriented agency. Our current challenge is to maintain those small community relationships, while training and preparing to handle more complex issues, as crime spreads to the suburbs in these tough economic times. Doing more with less has become the way of the world and law enforcement is no exception. TPD has gotten leaner, reducing staff by attrition, reducing ancillary services, and contracting with other organizations for some critical functions, such as: the Stow Police for dispatch services and the Summit County Sheriff for SWAT operations. Currently we are working with the Akron Police Department to increase our effectiveness in the Thomas and Brittain Rd. area.