$ 2,000 REWARD - Mario Whitfield Homicide Please call Detective Chris Kovach at (440) 204-2168 for information on this homicide.

$ 2000 REWARD - Darmis Crawford Homicide Please call Detective Steve Curry at 204-2166 with any information regarding this homicide.

Commend/Complaint If you would like to commend an officer/employee, or if you have a complaint, please call our Office of Professional Standards at 440-204-2116.

Drug Tip Line Drug Tip Line: 440-204-2108

Information on Recent Homicides To provide information on recent homicides or shootings, call Detectives at 440-204-2105.

Report an Emergency Report an emergency or crime in progress, dial 9-1-1.

Report Non-Emergency To report non-emergency situations or crimes that are not in progress, dial 440-204-2100, or if calling within the City of Lorain on a landline phone, dial 3-1-1

Unsolved Homicide Reward being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the shooting deaths of two Lorain teenagers, as well as the city's other unsolved homicides.

Programs & Services

Safety Town

In conjunction with the Lorain Department and the Lorain City Schools, Safety Town will be open for all children living in the City of Lorain entering kindergarten in the fall of 2012.

Our Safety Town program is a four-day course that is designed to teach your child safe practices both at school and at home. The children are instructed on when, where, and how to cross the street, school bus safety, seat belt safety, fire safety, poison control and how to handle strangers.

Safety Town is conducted Monday thru Friday from 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM, at the old Southview High School location. Classes will run the weeks of July 9th, July 16th, July 23rd, and July 30th.

The registration form should be completed and returned to Mrs. Robin Smith as soon as possible. The classes are filled on a first-come, first-serve basis beginning with the Lorain City Schools registration. Please fill out the attached form and mail to Mrs. Robin Smith at 505 Allison Ave., Lorain, Ohio 44052.

You will be contacted by telephone or email by Robin prior to the start of Safety Town as to the date your child is to attend. On your registration form, please select what week that you would prefer your child to attend and please select a second choice so that if your first choice is filled we can place the child in the second/next available opening. Robin will only contact those parents who submit a registration form with a valid and working telephone number or valid email address. If you do not have a telephone number, we will need a telephone number of a person who we can make contact with so that this information can be given to you.

Classes will be limited to 60 children per week. Again, this will be on a first-come, first-serve basis.

The Lorain Police Safety Town program is free of charge to all who attend. Only instructors and children will be allowed on the Safety Town course during the instruction periods.

For safety reasons, no open-toed shoes, (flip-flops), allowed. Please have your child wear a closed-toe shoe.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at 440-204-2115.

Your cooperation is greatly appreciated.

Officer Rick Soto
Safety Town Instructor

A Special Thanks to the Girl Scouts
Each year, Girl Scouts assist our department at Safety Town. We would like to take this opportunity to thank the below students for their time and participation in helping us with the coordination and success of our Safety Town Program for the Summer of 2003, with special thanks to leader Robin Smith, helper Alison Pafford and girl scout volunteers Ariana Christo, Cheyenne Grooms, Jessica Kubishke, Michelle Kubishke, Rebecca Kubishke, Andrea Laurcia, Elsie Luck, Alyssa Pafford, Christine Parker, Danielle Reddinger, Shelley Smith, Susan Smith, Taylor Soto, Terra Soto, Megan Tenorio, Alyssa Vrbancic, and Hayley Vrbancic.