Police Department

The Village of Gratis Police Department is committed to making a positive difference in the lives of our citizens through professionally supported and trained police offers. Officers strive to provide an environment that will allow citizens to live and work in a safe and secure community.

 If you are witnessing a crime in progress or are experiencing an emergency, please dial 911.

As a new graduate of the 14-month Certified Law Enforcement Executive (CLEE) program, Chief Tonina Lamanna of Gratis PD, recently reached a high level of professional accomplishment.

 Chief Lamanna was one of 23 CLEEs who was honored at their graduation ceremony at the Ohio State Highway Patrol Training Academy in Columbus on January 30, 2026.

 The ceremonies celebrated the completion of study in a unique course co-sponsored by the Law Enforcement Foundation, Inc., and the Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police.  A special thanks and recognition to the Ohio Department of Public Safety for their generous grant which supported CLEE XXX.  The instructors include noted faculty members at universities across the Midwest and consultants to business and industry.

 Participants were selected for the program by meeting set standards in experience, formal and continuing education, as well as professional-related experience.  For more than a year, they received instruction in modules concerned with change management; vision, mission, and guiding principles; ethics; interpersonal skills; human resources and team facilitation; police legitimacy and community relations; practical leadership models for law enforcement executive; strategic planning; organizational risk management, and Law Enforcement Staffing Analysis: Creating a Nexus Between Workload and Costs.  Graduates of CLEE have demonstrated their mastery of these modules through written examinations and papers.

Chief Lamanna Graduation 2026