1. Richard M. Deem
21877 Cromwell Avenue, Fairview Park, Ohio 44126 rmdeem54@gmail.com (440) 667-0098
PROFESSIONAL
HISTORY
Fairview Park Police Department (1981 – 2011)
Lieutenant (2006 – 2011)
• Executive Officer of the police department, responsibilities the same as captain
• Directly supervise the detective bureau
Captain (1997 – 2006)
• Executive Officer of the police department, returned to rank of lieutenant in
2006 after elimination of captain’s rank
• Supervise 23 sworn officers, 20 auxiliary officers and 10 school guards
• Annually update the policies/procedures and rules/regulations manuals
• Responsible for the purchase and maintenance of the vehicle police fleet
• Emergency Management Coordinator for the city
• Jail Administrator
• Maintain and update the manual on jail rules
• Fiscal Officer in charge of purchasing, payroll, accounts payable, budget
management and inventory control
• Work with finance department and clerk of council to insure proper legislation is
prepared when required for purchasing
• Prepare ordinances for mayor and council pertaining to the police department
• Public Information Officer
• Manage all public records requests and maintain a current records retention list
• Work with local media
• Maintain all personnel records, training records and attendance records
• Coordinate officer court appearances with respective courts and prosecutors
Lieutenant (1995 – 1997)
• Shift Commander - supervised seven to ten officers on rotating shifts
• Directly supervised shift sergeant
Sergeant (1990 – 1995)
• Assistant to the shift commander
• Directly supervised shift patrol officers
• General patrol, crime prevention, public service and traffic enforcement
• Scheduled duty assignments
• Checked and corrected shift reports
• Scheduled proper shift strength
• Appointed jail administrator
Patrol Officer (1981 – 1990)
• Patrol, traffic law enforcement, criminal law enforcement and public service
Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Department (1975 – 1981)
Corporal (1978 – 1981)
• Supervised county jail booking desk
• Supervised approximately 20 correction’s officers
• Supervised approximately 20,000 inmate bookings and releases annually
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2. Richard M. Deem
21877 Cromwell Avenue, Fairview Park, Ohio 44126 rmdeem54@gmail.com (440) 667-0098
Corrections Officer (1975 – 1981)
• Booking officer
• Floor/Pod officer
CREDENTIALS
• Adult Sexual Assault Training, St. Vincent Charity Hospital
• Anti-Defamation League, Hate Crimes Conference
• Bureau of Workman’s Compensation Drug Free Workplace (Train the Trainer)
• Hazmat/WMD First Responder Awareness OFA (Train the Trainer)
• LEADS Certificate
• Member, 9-1-1 Committee for Cuyahoga County
• Member, North Coast Jail Administrator’s Association
• NCPI, Professional Media Relations
• OPOTA, Jailer Training (Train the Trainer)
• OPOTA, Basic Peace Officer Certificate
• Ohio State Highway Patrol Basic Police Training Certificate
• OPOTA, Police Response to WMD
• Red Cross CPR/First Aid/AED Certificates
• State of Ohio Dept. of Public Safety, G290 Basic PIO Course
• Taser X26 Certificate
• Qualified in Glock.40 caliber handgun and Remington 870P shotgun
• WMD: Incident Management/Unified Command, NERRTC
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• MADD award winner
• Coordinated the purchase and installation of mobile-data-terminals in all first-
line police cars
• Instituted and monitored the installation of a closed-circuit television system
throughout city hall, city hall grounds and the major city park
• Oversaw the installation of computer-aided dispatch
• Instituted the addition of a digital telephone voice recording system
• Oversaw the purchase, issue and training of the department handgun upgrade
• Facilitated the intake of over 1,500 inmates into the Cuyahoga County
Corrections Center from the old county jail in a one-day move
• Transitioned the County Corrections Center booking desk from typewriters to
computers
• Created the police department Twitter account
EDUCATION
• Bachelor of Arts, Criminal Justice, Baldwin-Wallace College, 1981
• Associate of Arts, Criminal Justice, Cuyahoga Community College, 1977
• Cleveland State University, Business Administration, 1974
COMPUTER SKILLS
• Fully versed in Microsoft Office, PC or Mac
RECENTLY
• Ran a campaign for mayor in the City of Fairview Park, 2011
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3. Richard M. Deem
21877 Cromwell Avenue, Fairview Park, Ohio 44126 rmdeem54@gmail.com (440) 667-0098
• Competed in a Half-Ironman held in St. George, Utah on May 4, 2013
• Competed in a Half-Ironman held in Benton Harbor, MI August 10, 2014
• Notary Public, 2014
• Licensed private investigator, 2014
• Owner – Thin Blue Line Investigations, LLC, 2014
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