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Police Department

Chief of Police
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After faithfully serving the City of Southfield for over 20 years, Dr. Joseph E. Thomas has retired as the Chief of Police and has accepted a position with the United States Department of State as a Senior Law Enforcement Advisor with the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement. We thank Dr. Thomas for his dedicated service to the citizens of Southfield and wish him well in his new position.

With Dr. Thomas’ retirement, the police department will take a team approach to handling the responsibilities of Acting Chief of Police until a new Chief of Police is selected. We anticipate that a new Chief will be selected sometime in September 2011.

The following personnel will serve as Acting Chief of Police:

Deputy Chief of Police Bryan A. Jarrell  - Investigations Division
Deputy Chief of Police Jeffrey B. Tinsman  - Patrol Division
Lieutenant Eric D. Hawkins  - Special Operations Division
 

Did You Know?


  • SPD has 75 sworn officers with college degrees, 23 of which are Associates Degrees, 42 of which are Bachelors Degrees, nine of which are Masters Degrees, and one of which is a Doctorate Degree.

  • Four Command Officers are graduates of the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia.

  • SPD has Officers that can speak seven different languages.

  • SPD provides 5,900 hours of training for its officers annually.

  • SPD has 15 evidence technicians known as “specialists” (CSI Southfield) that document, preserve and collect evidence at crime scenes.