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Orrville police chief touts record calls and expanded youth-diversion work in 2025 annual report
Summary
Police Chief Corey Seier told the Orrville City Council on Feb. 16 that the department handled a record 12,845 calls for service in 2025, expanded its youth engagement referrals and added equipment including drones and a new SRT vehicle.
Police Chief Corey Seier presented the Orrville Police Department's 2025 annual report to the Orrville City Council on Feb. 16, saying the year "was marked by meaningful progress, strengthened partnerships, and continued dedication to the safety and well-being of our community." Seier told the council the department handled a record 12,845 calls for service in 2025 and conducted 2,924 security checks, 762 traffic stops and 1,233 vacation checks.
Seier highlighted several operational and community-focused efforts that officials said contributed to a decline in juvenile arrests: "Our youth engagement specialist program has been a huge success," he said, noting 47 referrals to the program in 2025 and 271 referrals since the program began in 2020. The program, run in partnership with Catholic Charities coordinator Hannah Gee, connects juveniles and families to counseling and community resources as alternatives to formal involvement in the criminal justice system.
The chief discussed enforcement statistics: the department made 80 adult arrests in 2025 (down from 94 in 2024), and recorded 17 OVI arrests in 2025 — a figure consistent with recent years. Seier described the top arrest categories as warrant arrests, domestic violence and OVIs. He also reported 232 criminal reports in 2025 and 114 traffic crashes (up from 98 in 2024), with the single heaviest crash period identified as 3 p.m. on Fridays.
On equipment and training, Seier said the department upgraded its special response vehicle to a 2017 Ram ProMaster, received two drones through a Wayne County Community Foundation grant and logged 1,132 hours of officer training in 2025. He said drone operators completed state remote-pilot licensing and that Master Sergeant McGrill oversees the drone program. Seier described the Recata public-safety camera system as "absolutely instrumental for us in solving crimes," saying it assisted in more than 100 investigations in 2025 and more than 316 total since implementation in 2021.
Seier recognized officers for individual accomplishments and introduced the department's officers of the year, naming Officers Dan Sotosani and Mike Smucker as peer-selected honorees. He also noted other outside recognitions: Officer Dan Sotosani was named the 2025 Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) officer of the year by NAMI of Wayne and Holmes counties; Detective Ryan Mace received a nomination from Wayne County Children's Services for work on child-abuse investigations.
Council members and the mayor thanked Seier for the presentation and for the department's community engagement work. The council noted that the utilities director's report will follow at the next meeting on March 2, 2026. No formal action was taken on the police report.
Sources: Chief Corey Seier's presentation to the Orrville City Council on Feb. 16, 2026.
