Strathmoor Police Department 2nd flr Republic Bank      

3 officers: Chief Renzi, Sgt. Barrow, Officer Petra on patrol over 100 hrs/wk,

more than 5,200 hrs/yr in the 3 cities of

Strathmoor Village, Strathmoor Manor & Kingsley

Anytime you need the SPD,  432-8900 connects to the cell phone for officer on duty then goes to Sheriff's dispatch if SPD doesn't answer quickly.  Dispatch contacts SPD or sends LMPD.  

     The reason we can afford our own community police department is because the cost of  police services is shared.  It would translate into $20.68 per patrol hour.  If we didn't have our own PD, we would pay LMPD to patrol (LMPD does not patrol now); their rate is $45.00/hr. (fewer hours for us, no random patrols as SPD does, no house checks, no ordinance enforcement).   

     Another comparison is tax rates: Metro residents pay for police patrol services along with fire protection and garbage pickup with a higher tax rate than we have.  The additional rate for Metro services this year would be .3666 cents if added to our County tax bill versus paying SV .33 cents.

     Mayor Bell is retired Metro FD, not a supporter of our police but many residents are.   You'll quickly learn how glad the other cities are to have the Chief Renzi and SPD if you attend their monthly meetings. We are not the same department we were in previous years or even in early 2007 thanks to former Chief Jeff Carter & now our current Chief Joe Renzi (28-year veteran police chief who came to us from the Graymoor-Devondale Police Dept.)

                                      Other city meetings

                     Kingsley 1st Thursday 7:00 p.m. First Capital Bank

 Reminder :  PLEASE COMPLETE & RETURN YOUR STRATHMOOR POLICE DEPARTMENT SURVEYS