POLICE PATCH DISPLAY
The University of Akron’s Law Enforcement Training Center – Police Academy recently
unveiled a labor of love dedicated to fraternity. Nearly 1,000 police patches from around the world
were individually glued and mounted to display boards and are currently on display within the Police
Academy in the Polsky Building.
The patches were donated by retired Silver Lake Police Chief Gary Demoss who had collected
them over the years, and had been on display at the Silver Lake Police Department. Recent changes at
the department saw the patch collection taken down and relegated to storage boxes. Randy Rivers,
who was the academy’s Police Commander at the time, expressed an interest in displaying them and the
patches were subsequently donated to the Police Academy by the Silver Lake Police Association.
Commander Rivers commented that “[E]ach patch represents not only an organization, but a
culture that makes up a global fraternity in the realm of public safety and it is truly inspiring.”
The Law Enforcement Training Center here in Summit College at The University of Akron has
been heralded as being one of the best training facilities in the region; training young men and women
seeking a career in Law Enforcement. Anyone wishing to pursue such a career is welcome to call the
training center’s Office Assistant, Lisa Breiding at 330-972-8856 or email at [email protected] for
further information or visit our website at http://www.uakron.edu/summitcollege/policeacademy/index.dot.