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Dean Tondiglia has been named Kent State’s new chief of police. He also will continue to serve as the university’s associate director of public safety.

New KSU police chief wants to better officer-community relations

Katie Chilson March 4, 2015

Dean Tondiglia has wanted to work in law enforcement ever since he can remember. Starting out, he looked forward to becoming a patrol officer, but he always hoped that one day he would be chief of police.“My...

Kent State University's new police dog Dexter held by his accompanying K9 officer Miguel Witt in the Student Center on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015.

Kent State gets two new furry officers

Katie Chilson February 26, 2015

Kent State police officers Anne Spahr and Miguel Witt attended a Student Quality Advisory Committee meeting Thursday with their canine partners, CoCo and Dexter, to talk about Kent’s new K-9 unit member.Those...

Officer Miguel H. Witt praises bomb dog Dexter in the parking lot of the Kent State University Police Department on E. Summit Street on Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. Dexter will partner with Officer Witt and Coco, a 3-year-old German Shepherd that became Kent State’s first police dog last fall.

All work is ‘play’ for newly recruited bomb dog

Mark Opera November 24, 2014

At a recent press conference at Kent State on Wednesday, Nov. 19, a 6-month-old Belgian Malinois puppy named Dexter was the center of attention. Officer Miguel Witt, the dog’s new handler, showed off...

Confiscating East College Avenue properties

City takes properties near campus to build new police station

The Kent Stater Staff Report October 5, 2014

Kent City Council is poised to take the last four of 12 houses on East College Avenue, which the city needs to build the new police station, scheduled to be completed by spring 2017. Kent Mayor Jerry...

Pictured from left to right are Mental Health and Recovery Board of Portage County Chairman William Nome; Kent State Police Officer Will Scritchfield, who is a 2013 Crisis Intervention Team Officer of the Year; Kent State Assistant Police Chief Dean Tondiglia; Major Dennis Missimi of the Portage County Sheriff’s Office; and Portage County Sheriff David Doak.

Campus police receives crisis intervention award

Nathan J. Havenner March 3, 2014

The Kent State Crisis Intervention Team — a team of law enforcement officers trained specifically to handle situations involving mental health issues on campus — recently was awarded the 2014 Crisis...

Kent City Council approves party-registration system

Alexis Gillies February 6, 2014

Kent City Council approved a new party registration program at its meeting Wednesday night that could lead to fewer citations.In the next few weeks, the Kent Police Department will be working out the final...