Lake Township Police Department

Lake Township, in Wood County in northwest Ohio near Toledo, keeps its own full-time police department, and its police chief also serves as township administrator. Along with road patrol officers, the department includes a captain, a detective, road patrol sergeants, a school resource officer and a police K9 unit. Wood County Sheriff's Office dispatchers send calls for service to the department. Officers patrol a township crossed by the Ohio Turnpike, Interstate 280 and several state routes, with CSX and Norfolk Southern rail lines and Metcalf Airport also located there. The school resource officer is the contact for Lake Township Safety Town, a program for children entering kindergarten and first grade; the 2026 session ran August 3 through 7 at Lake Elementary School, with registration fees paid to the Lake Township Police Patrolman's Association. Home and business owners can submit a residential or business keyholder form to the department. The department's office is in the Lake Township Administration Building, where a memorial honors the seven people killed in the township by the tornado of June 5, 2010.

Public contact information is available for Lake Township Police Department, including 1 listed contact that officers can use for training coordination or general inquiries when provided by the department.