ROAD PATROL

Bike Patrol Unit

There has been an increase in deploying the Bike Patrol Unit in the Liberty Township area due to having an increase in population and a new Liberty Center Mall.  The Bike Patrol, besides their daily routine of patrol, is also involved in riot situations, parades, school functions, and are concentrated in high-theft areas of neighborhoods, the Butler County Fair and different bike runs that require the presence of the Sheriff’s office.  Bike Patrol Personnel, throughout the year, bring their bikes with them mounted on their patrol units so they can utilize the bikes at any giving time during their daily patrol. 

Equipment and Training

The Bike Patrol Unit has been in the process of updating all their equipment. At the end of 2016 and beginning of 2017, seven (7) new bikes were purchased for the Bike Unit to replace the older bicycles in the fleet. Newer up-to-date uniforms that consist of specialized rainproof jackets and pants that are flexible yet keep the bike patrol personnel warm and dry. As the weather breaks, the Bike Patrol Unit is utilized more often.

COLD Case Unit

The Cold Case Unit continues to focus on past crimes that were left unsolved within Butler County. Its primary goal is to uncover any new leads or items of evidentiary value that may lead to bringing a perpetrator to justice. The unit also uses current DNA technology which may have been unavailable at the time of the offense to strengthen its cases. It is still actively investigating the following cases:

• 1953 Ronald Tammen – missing from Miami University
• 1953 Carl George Groh-DOB 2/1/22-shot in back on 4/25/1953 on Groh Lane, Fairfield, OH
• 1970 Georg Ann Reiter – shot to death on SR 128
• 1974 Clayton Adams – shot to death on Morris Rd. over a drug deal
• 1974 Beverly Krause – beaten to death by Outlaw gang at husband’s direction on SR 128
• 1976 Victoria Hincher – kidnapped from Cincinnati, strangled, found on New London Rd
• 1977 Eugene Sauer – (former Special Deputy) – shot to death on SR 128
• 1977 Nancy Theobald – kidnapped from U.C., strangled, found on Beckett Rd
• 1982 Tammy King – picked up in Cincinnati, strangled, found on Dunwoody Rd
• 1985 Kermet Vencil – shot to death on Cincinnati-Day Rd
• 1987 Theodore Malcom Franks-last seen in Middletown, Ohio.
• 1997 Unknown Male – found in Great Miami River.. DNA into database
• 1997 Alana Gwinner – kidnapped from Fairfield, found in the Ohio River
• 2011 William Disilvestro-last seen February 11, 2011 in Hamilton, Ohio

SWAT Team

The Butler County Regional SWAT Team responds to various situations, including barricade situations, hostage situations, search warrants for criminal investigations, drug investigations, fugitive apprehension, and search warrants for other agencies outside of Butler County.  Annual training includes vehicle/bus assaults, dynamic entries, stealth tactics, hostage rescue, barricaded subjects, school crisis/active shooter response, and man-down rescue. Members of the team also have to pass a bi-annual physical agility test to remain an active member on the Butler County Regional SWAT Team. 

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