Staff
Police Chief Jeffrey Musser
Chief Musser has service time with other Law Enforcement agencies from 1996 through 1998.
Chief Musser has served PPD in the following assignments:
1998 – 2002 Full Time Officer
2002 – Promoted to Sergeant
2002 – Promoted as a Sergeant in the Patrol Division 2022 – Promoted to Interim Police Chief 2023 – Promoted to Police Chief
Chief Musser also maintains all Blood Alcohol Testing Equipment in the patrol division
Email: jmusser@perkinstownship.com
419-627-0824
Captain Curran has service time with other law enforcement agencies from 1999 through 2004
Captain Curran has served PPD in the following assignments:
2004 – 2005 Part Time Officer
2005 – 2016 Full Time Officer
2011 – 2016 K9 Officer
2016 – Promoted to Sergeant
2016 – Shift Sergeant in the Patrol Division 2016 2023 – Promoted to Captain
Captain Curran started and supervises the PPD K9 division
Email: mcurran@perkinstownship.com
LT. Adams has spent his entire career with Perkins Township in the following assignments:
2005 – Police Dispatcher
2005 – 2015 Full Time Patrol Officer
2015 – Promoted to Sergeant
2015 – Served as a shift Sergeant in the Patrol Division 2023 – Promoted to Lieutenant
LT. Adams also serves as a department trainer, defensive tactics instructor, and Taser certified instructor.
Email: badams@perkinstownship.com
Sergeant Joshua Lanyi
Sergeant Lanyi has service time with other law enforcement agencies from 2014 through 2016.
Sergeant Lanyi has served PPD in the following assignments:
2015 – 2016 Part Time Officer
2016 – Full-Time Patrol Officer 2023 – Promoted to Sergeant in the Patrol Division
Sergeant Joseph Bauman
Sergeant Bauman has service time with other Law Enforcement agencies in 2008.
Sergeant Bauman has served PPD in the following assignments:
2008 – 2011 Part time Patrol Officer
2011 – 2016 Full Time Patrol Officer
2016 – Served as a K9 Officer in the Patrol Division. 2023 – Promoted to Sergeant in the Patrol Division
Detective Timothy Alexander Sr.
Detective Alexander has service time with other law enforcement agencies from 1991 through 1998.
Detective Alexander has served PPD in the following assignments:
1997 – 1998 Part Time Patrol Officer
1998 – 2003 Full Time Patrol Officer
2003 – 2005 assigned to the DEA task force
2005 – 2008 assigned to the U.S. Marshal’s Violent Fugitive Task Force
2008 – 2017 assigned to the PPD patrol division
2017 – Currently serves as a Detective in the Investigations Division
Detective Joseph Rotuno
Detective Rotuno has spent his entire career with Perkins Township in the following assignments:
2003 – 2011 Full Time Patrol Division
2011 – Currently serves as a Detective in the Investigations Division
Officer Tonya Corbin
Officer Corbin has service time with other Law Enforcement agencies.
Officer Corbin has served PPD in the following assignments:
2005 – Full Time Patrol Officer
Officer Jacob Marsinick
Officer Marsinick has service time with other Law Enforcement agencies in 2013.
Officer Marsinick has served PPD in the following assignments:
2013 – 2014 Part time Patrol Officer
2014 – 2021 Full Time Patrol Officer
2021 – Currently serving as School Resource Officer
Officer Marsinick also serves as a member of the Erie County Special Response Team.
Officer Jeff Briggs
Officer Briggs has service time with other law enforcement agencies from 1986 through 2016
Officer Briggs is serving PPD in the following assignment:
2016 – Currently serves full-time in the Patrol Division
Officer Betsy Thayer
Officer Thayer has service time with other law enforcement agencies from 2014 through 2016
Officer Thayer is serving PPD in the following assignment:
2016 – 2021 Full Time Officer
2021- Currently serving as a K9 Officer in the Patrol Division
Officer Stephanie Chapman
Officer Chapman has served her entire career with Perkins Township in the following assignments:
2016 – Currently serves full-time in the Patrol Division
Officer Sean Collins
Officer Collins has service time with other law enforcement agencies from 2016.
Officer Collins is serving PPD in the following assignment:
2019 – Currently serves full-time in the Patrol Division
Officer Michael Jarrett Jr.
Officer Jarrett has service time with other law enforcement agencies from 2018
Officer Jarrett is serving PPD in the following assignment:
2019 – Currently serves full-time in the Patrol Division
Officer Ryan McDermott
Officer McDermott has service time with other law enforcement agencies.
Officer McDermott is serving PPD in the following assignment:
2019 – 2020 Part Time Officer
2020 – Currently serves full-time in the Patrol Division
Officer Luis Rodriguez
Officer Rodriguez has service time with other law enforcement agencies.
Officer Rodriguez is serving PPD in the following assignment:
2021 – Currently serves full-time in the Patrol Division
Officer Robert Paytosh
Officer Paytosh has service time with other law enforcement agencies.
Officer Paytosh is serving PPD in the following assignment:
2021 – Currently serves full-time in the Patrol Division
Officer Dylan Smith
Officer Smith has served his entire career with Perkins Township in the following assignments:
2021 – Currently serves full-time in the Patrol Division
Officer Josh Powlesland
Officer Powlesland has served his entire career with Perkins Township in the following assignments:
2021 – Currently serves full-time in the Patrol Division
Officer Jordan Speer
Officer Speer has service time with other law enforcement agencies.
Officer Speer is serving PPD in the following assignment:
2022 – Currently serves full-time in the Patrol Division
Officer Collin Lloyd
Officer Lloyd has spent his entire career with Perkins Township in the following assignments:
2022 – Currently serves full-time in the Patrol Division
Officer Michael Todhunter
Officer Todhunter has spent his entire career with Perkins Township in the following assignments:
2023 – Currently serves full-time in the Patrol Division
Officer Ryan Waechter
Officer Waechter has spent his entire career with Perkins Township in the following assignments:
2023 – Currently serves full-time in the Patrol Division
Evidence Custodian
Don Kreidler
Evidence Custodian Kreider has served PPD in the following assignments:
2020 – Currently serves as a part-time Evidence Staff Member
K9 Sport
K9 Sport started his career with PPD in 2017.
K9 Thor – RETIRED
K9 Thor started his career with PPD in 2016. He retired in May 2023.
EOW – September 23, 2022
Vincent G. Donald
Chief Donald unexpectedly passed away on September 23, 2022. He will be remembered by his brothers and sisters in blue, his family, friends, and co-workers, and the community he loved and served.
He spent his entire career with Perkins Township in the following assignments:
1994 – 1996 Auxiliary Officer
1996 – 1996 Part Time Patrol Officer
1996 – 1998 Full Time Patrol Officer
1998 – 2004 Assigned to the Erie County Drug Task Force
2002 – Promoted to Sergeant
2004 – 2008 Assigned to the Toledo Division of the DEA
2008 – 2011 Assigned as a Sergeant in the Patrol Division
2011 – Promoted to Lieutenant in the Patrol Division
2017 – Promoted to Assistant Chief
2020 – Promoted to Interim Police Chief
2020 – Promoted to Police Chief
EOW -September 23, 2022
