Lordstown Fire Department
Strength:
Lordstown has one fire station for 4, 200 people. They have a IOS five star rating and have grown significantly over the past years. They continue to serve their community well and provide as a great service to the community. The police department keeps the community safe and continues to care about the people of Lordstown's concerns. They have well- developed programs and violent crime rates have continueed to decrease.
Weakness:
Lordstown only has one tanker available to the community making them have to rely on communities arund them if needed. The property crime continues to increase over the pst years regardless of efforts. There is no K-9 unit located in the village. Because the community is so small, there is only eight full time officers which may create a problem in times of a crisis.
Sources:
http://www.lordstownpd.com/community.html
https://www.lordstownfire.com/
http://www.dare.org/mission-vision/
- Contact us at:
- 1595 Salt Springs Road
- Lordstown, Ohio 44481
- 330.824.3795 - Fax: 330.824.2498
- E-mail: [email protected]
- The Lordstown Fire Department, established in April of 1946 and now celebrating 60 years of protecting life and property, started with a 1947 International Pumper with a 600-gallon tank. This truck was restored between May of 2003 and September 2004 at an approximate cost of $21,000, and utilizes a 500 GPM Hale Pump and a Maxim engine, pictured above with the 2001 Pierce Ladder Tower.
- In the year 2006, Lordstown Fire operates out of 1 station and proudly serves a population of approximately 4,200 people with 1 Engine, 1 Tanker, 1 Ladder, 1 Heavy Rescue and 2 Jeeps for brush fire and 1 Suburban for transporting personnel and/or equipment. They also took delivery in January 2006 of an Osage EMS Squad. Hydrants protect the entire village and in combination with the apparatus, the Village of Lordstown carries an ISO 5 rating.
- Police Captain Terry Campbell
Office: (330) 824-2545
Fax: (330) 824-2135
1583 Salt Springs Road
Lordstown, Ohio 44481
D.A.R.E Program
The D.A.R.E. Mission
“Teaching students good decision-making skills to help them lead safe and healthy lives” - This year millions of school children around the world will benefit from D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education), the highly acclaimed program that gives kids the skills they need to avoid involvement in drugs, gangs, and violence.
- Chief Brent Milhoan is Lordstown Police Department's D.A.R.E Office
- In early 1977 the newly formed Lordstown Village Council passed an ordinance to start a village police department. Prior to this, Lordstown was patrolled under contract between the Trumbull County Sheriff and the Lordstown township trustees. This patrol included 1 permanent car stationed in the township.
- Lordstown council members then met on March 7, 1977 to pass ordinances creating police positions. Council created six full-time deputy positions in addition to the chief's position; they also established an auxiliary unit, creating ten auxiliary positions.
- From March of 1977 until September of 1986 the Lordstown Police Department operated in what are now the offices of the village road department. In October of 1985 ground was broke for the new police station, which was completed in July of 1986 and officially opened on September 5, 1986.
- Police Chiefs
- On February 9, 1977 the Lordstown council named Malcom Kibler, a lifelong resident of Lordstown and former Trumbull County Deputy Sheriff, police chief.
- In June of 1986 Chief Malcolm Kibler retired from the force, William Penny replaced him as interim chief. Penny served as chief until June of 1986, at which time council hired William Catlin as the permanent replacement for the chief's position. Catlin, previously a 16 year veteran of the Niles Police Department took over the head position on June 26, 1986.
- William Catlin retired on March 2nd, 2003, after serving as Chief of Police for the village of Lordstown for almost seventeen years.
- On March 2nd, 2003, Brent Milhoan was named interim chief until a permanent replacement could be named. On June 16, 2003 after an assessment test was given by the Ohio Chief's Association Brent Milhoan was named Chief of Police.
- The Lordstown Village Police Department currently operates with 8 full time and 12 part time officer positions. The department also has 4 full time and 6 part time dispatching positions. The dispatching unit provides 911 dispatching as a secondary PSAP (public safety answering point) for village residents, in addition to their normal dispatching duties.
- The Lordstown Police Department is in the transition process to a community based philosophy of proactive policing that encourages more citizen participation in crime reduction activities; relies upon greater coordination of services with other government agencies; forms partnerships with neighborhood associations and community groups to address crime-related problems; a strong community commitment by the leadership; and stresses problem-solving when reacting to problems.
- In 1998 after finalizing the design of the instrument, so that many crime and quality of life dimensions could be measured, 1,212 surveys were delivered to residents of the Village. These surveys were designed so that they were totally anonymous and to eliminate any bias results. The residents were asked to complete the survey and return it to the police department. Out of the 1,212 surveys delivered 545 were returned, for a 45 % return rate. This is a very good sample of the Village residents.
- Some of the most notable results of the attached survey showed that the citizen's perception of crime in their neighborhood was that crime had stayed the same or had decreased in their neighborhoods. Unlike some areas in the Mahoning Valley, our residents have not limited their activities due to fear of becoming a victim of crime.
- The most pressing crime issue among 70.6% of the respondents was the fear of having their homes broken into.
- Residents were also asked a series of questions regarding the quality of life within the Village The results showed that the residents most important concern was with speeding vehicles with 34.1% of the respondents listing vehicles speeding as their number one problem. Citizens were also concerned about unsupervised children with 12.7% of the respondents citing this as a number two problem, within the Village.
- Lordstown crime statistics report an overall upward trend in crime based on data from 8 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime increasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Lordstown for 2016 is expected to be higher than in 2012.
- The city violent crime rate for Lordstown in 2012 was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 92.4% and the city property crime rate in Lordstown was higher than the national property crime rate average by 6.98%.
- In 2012 the city violent crime rate in Lordstown was lower than the violent crime rate in Ohio by 90.19% and the city property crime rate in Lordstown was lower than the property crime rate in Ohio by 1.88%.
Strength:
Lordstown has one fire station for 4, 200 people. They have a IOS five star rating and have grown significantly over the past years. They continue to serve their community well and provide as a great service to the community. The police department keeps the community safe and continues to care about the people of Lordstown's concerns. They have well- developed programs and violent crime rates have continueed to decrease.
Weakness:
Lordstown only has one tanker available to the community making them have to rely on communities arund them if needed. The property crime continues to increase over the pst years regardless of efforts. There is no K-9 unit located in the village. Because the community is so small, there is only eight full time officers which may create a problem in times of a crisis.
Sources:
http://www.lordstownpd.com/community.html
https://www.lordstownfire.com/
http://www.dare.org/mission-vision/