Edward Patalon. Patalon has been with the Akron Police Department for 23 years. Officials confirmed Patalon would take and send sexually-explicit photographs while in uniform at APD headquarters.

When he acquired a 19th century cabinet photo of an Akron officer, he inspected it with a magnifying glass and discovered the cop wore Badge 9. The uniform was one that the police department ...

Among the announcements on Thursday was the requirement for Akron police officers to once again wear name tags on their uniforms. Former Police Chief Steve Mylett had officers remove the name tags ...

found that Patalon had consensual sex with his now ex-fiancé at his Akron house while on the job. He also photographed and texted images of his penis while in uniform at police headquarters or on ...

During the search, Akron police report that detectives with the Street Narcotics Uniform Division seized the following ...

They should not be working at the Akron Police Department, whether that’s responding to calls in uniform or on administrative duty — we continue to demand for these officers to be fired and ...