Administration

The Thomas Township Police Department, along with the Fire Department administration, is located in the Public Safety Administration Office at 8215 Shields Drive.  It is located west of the intersection of N. Miller and Shields Drive. The Police Department provides twenty-four hour a day, seven day a week police service. The Department currently consists of the Chief, Sergeant, six Police Officers, which one of our officers serves as a fulltime School Resource Officer and an Administrative Secretary.

The Police Department is a full service department that provides twenty-four hour police coverage.  All officers of the department are certified as police officers through the Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and are trained to handle almost any situation that may arise, from the simplest calls for police service to major felony investigations in progress.

To speak to somebody from the Thomas Township Police Department, you may call (989) 781-1300.

IF YOU HAVE AN EMERGENCY, CALL 9-1-1.

If you have a non-emergency, but would like an officer to respond to your location call (989) 797-4580.

The following are members of the Thomas Township Police Department:

CHIEF
Eric Cowles

SERGEANT

Randy Kumm

PATROL OFFICERS

Devon Barron

Bailey Gosen

Rafe Maxwell

Derek Smith

Chad Sutkowi

Brennan Ward

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT                                                                                                     
Sherri Simerson

The administrative office for both police and fire is open to the public Monday through Friday, 8 am – 5 pm excluding holidays.

Thomas Township Police
8215 Shields Drive
Saginaw, Michigan  48609

Phone:  (989) 781-1300
Fax:       (989) 781-6059

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