Aurora Police Department

• EOW
• SAYRO 2007-2012 Handler: Bill Byers EOW - 2015
• Current
• NERO 2016-Present Handler: Dale Riley

Brimfield Township Police

Brimfield was the first in Portage County to start a canine patrol in 1987.

• EOW
• ACE 2005-? Handler: David Knarr EOW – 12/08/2008
• BEAR 1988-1993 Handler: Rick Stem / Paul Delisle EOW - 02/27/1993
• CHARON 1997-? Handler: Robert Scherer
• **SPONSORED JOKER 2007-2013 Handler: Christopher Adkins EOW - 07/29/2019
• **SPONSORED KING 2006-? Handler: Amber Wheeler EOW – 05/23/2016
• ROMEO 1988-1990 Handler: Rick Stem
• Retired
• DROGEN 2009-2016 Handler: Lee Allen
• **SPONSORED HAVOC 2010-2018 Handler: David Knarr
• Current
• NITRO 2012-Present Handler: Robert Putnam
• RECON 2017 In Training Handler: David Knarr

Garrettsville Police

• EOW
• **SPONSORED QUANDO 1999-2007 Handler: Timothy Christopher EOW - 08/05/2009
• Retired
• **SPONSORED TAZ 2007-2014 Handler: Timothy Christopher
• Current
• **SPONSORED JACK 2015-Present Handler: Keith Whan

Hiram Police

• Current
• GUAPO 2019-Present Handler: Devin Brown

Kent Police Department

The Kent Police K9 Unit was started in 1987 by Ptl. Don Miller. Ptl. Miller started the program from scratch, without funding from the Police Department, with his own dog, Duchess.

• EOW
• **SPONSORED AIKO 2009-2018 Handler: Jim Ennemoser EOW - 07/09/2019
• ARID 1995-2001 Handler: Marty Gilliland
• **SPONSORED BAK 2004-2006 Handler: Marty Gilliland EOW – 2006
• **SPONSORED CODI 1999-2008 Handler: Norm Jacobs EOW – 2010
• **SPONSORED DAMON 1999-2004 Handler: Marty Gilliland EOW – 02/2004
• **SPONSORED DUCHESS 1987-1991 Handler: Don Miller
• FELO 2007-2013 Marty Gilliland EOW – 10/14/2015
• GANDUR 1997-1999 Handler: Dewayne Brand
• GONZO 1990-1995 Handler: Karen Travis
• JESSY 2001-2009 Handler: Jim Ennemoser EOW - 2009
• ROY 1992-1997 Handler: Rick Haury
• Retired
• IRON 2014-2019 Handler: Dominic Poe
• Current
• JANIK 2018-Present Handler: Micheal Smith

Kent State University Police

• EOW
• **SPONSORED COCO ?-2023 Handler: Ann Spahr EOW - 01/12/2024
• **SPONSORED DEXTER ?-2023 Handler: Miguel H. Witt EOW - 04/29/2023
• Current
• FREDY 2023-Present Handler: Miguel H. Witt
• SALEM 2023-Present Handler: Ann Spahr

Mantua Village Police Department

• EOW
• **SPONSORED DIABLO 2014-2017 Handler: Joe Urso EOW - 03/20/2017
• DOOBIE Handler: Bob Reitz
• THURINGA Handler: Bob Reitz
• CHERRIE Handler: Bob Reitz
• SAMPSON Handler: Chris Culp
• **SPONSORED VADER 2012-Present Handler: Ken Justus EOW - 07/22/2019
• VASCO Handler: Shawn Gahagan
• Current
• CIKO 2019-? Handler: Joe Urso

Portage County Sheriff's Office

• EOW
• BEN 1990s Handler: Larry Cook
• CHARLIE Handler: Ed Hayes EOW – 07/12/2016
• ERA 1990-? Handler: Ken Howe
• ERD 1990s Handler: Jim Carrozzi
• Retired
• COOPER Handler: Eric Noel
• FELON 2015-2022 Handler: Robert Clouden
• GLOCK 2015-? Handler: Ed Hayes
• RICKY 2015-? Handler: Derek McCoy
• Current
• BRYAN ?-Present Handler: Marcia Zwick
• CAVO ?-Present Handler: Kelly Moore
• DURAN ?-Present Handler: Dustin Diemert
• HECTOR 2022-Present Handler: Dale Murray
• HULK 2022-Present Handler: Robert Clouden
• KARO 2023-Present Portage Aggressive Crime Enforcement Handler: Sean Bradley
• LIBERTY 2023-Present Therapy Handler: Jarvis
• SAINT 2023-Present Handler: Hedline

Ravenna Police Department

• EOW
• **SPONSORED MARKO 2018-2022 Handler: Joshua Erb EOW - 04/09/2022
• MIA 1990s Handler: Mark Cooper
• **SPONSORED ZEKE 2000s Handler: Kevin Lafferty EOW - 07/02/2008

Streetsboro Police Department

• EOW
• AXEL 1995-1999 Handler: Troy Beaver
• **SPONSORED BO 2008-2018 Handler: Aaron Coates EOW-06/24/2023
• Current
• KAYA 2016-Present Handler: Jason Hall
• **SPONSORED RENO 2018-Present Handler: Aaron Coates

Windham Police Department

• EOW
• GUNNER
• **SPONSORED KAYLA (also Portage County Drug Force) 2007-2013 Handler: Jamie Price EOW - 05/29/2020