Gates Mills Police Department                  

Proud to Serve…Sworn to Protect

From Your Police Department:

On behalf of the men and women of the Police Department, I would like to thank all those who contributed to the Village Employee Christmas Fund.  I would also like to thank everyone who kept the Town Hall supplied with delicious holiday food items. Your thoughtful expressions of support for the Police Department are greatly appreciated.  Below are some highlights from 2019:

Some interesting facts I thought I would share with you about the department:

This past year we handled 6,604 calls for service, 55 % of the calls for service on day shift and 45 % of the calls on night shift. We had 130 investigatory police reports filed and 83 motor vehicle accidents, which were down by 8% from last year. I am very happy to report that we had no major crimes and no traffic fatalities! We also conducted nearly 40,000 security checks of homes, businesses and schools.

We have a minimum staffing level of at least 2 police officers on shift 24/7/365. In 2019, we covered approximately 9 square miles of village roadways including 65 streets. Collectively, we patrolled a total of 106,480 miles using 8006 gallons of fuel.

I am proud to say we completed our first year of partnership with the Mayfield City School District to provide a school resource officer split between the Gates Mills Elementary School and the Gates Mills Environmental Education Center.  SRO Arch Kimbrew has been assigned to the schools for security, school programs, and most importantly, building a positive relationship with the students, their families, and the staff.  Needless to say, this partnership has been very well received.

We had another successful partnership with the Fire Department and Gilmour Academy to hold our 6th Safety Town program for preschoolers.  Approximately 50, four and five-year-old children attended the week-long session and were instructed in all areas of safety.  Our seventh Safety Town is scheduled for this June.

Michael Day was promoted to detective sergeant to assist us in covering supervisory gaps in the patrol division, in addition to his current duty of running the detective bureau.  I am proud to say that due to the commitment of all our full and part time officers we were able to maintain the exceptional service that our residents expect.

In December Ptl. Dylan Hustosky was recognized by the entire department as our Police Employee of the Year for his outstanding contributions to the Village.

Until next month – Proud to serve…Sworn to Protect

Yours in Service,

Gregg Minichello
Chief of Police
(440) 423-4405 ext. 112
gminichello@gatesmillsvillage.com