Akron Police Department

It was manufactured by the Collins Buggy Company and designed by city mechanical engineer Frank Loomis.The personnel serving in the services subdivision perform a variety of administrative and technical tasks related to the maintenance and functioning of the department.The Bureau's other specialized function include Hit Skip, Commercial Vehicle Weight Enforcement, and Traffic Crash Reconstruction.It is further divided into the units Training, Planning and Research, Civil Liabilities, and Equipment Control.The Planning and Research branch handles federal and state grants allotted to the department as well as other Special Revenue Funds which total in excess of $5,700,000.