Summit Metro Crash Response Team

"Piecing the puzzle together"
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A Multi-Jurisdictional Investigative Team
 
 
SMcRT investigators are assembled from eleven police agencies throughout Summit County and include officers from  Bath, Boston Heights, Fairlawn, Hudson, Norton, Macedonia, Richfield, Summit County Metro Parks, Silver Lake, Stow, Tallmadge and Twinsburg, with more agencies planning on joining in the near future.
 
SMcRT also works closely with the Summit County Engineer's Office, the Summit County Medical Examiner and municipal and county prosecutor's offices.

The Unit is divided into three response teams that rotate on-call each week. Unit Commanders and Team Leaders are all Level III Crash Reconstructionists who have training in Vehicle Dynamics, Crush Deformation, Low Speed Impact, Commercial Vehicles, Motorcycles, Occupant Kinematics, Lamp and Tire Analysis, Evidence Collection and Court Room Testimony.

The Unit is investigative only and will not initiate any enforcement action. Investigators support and advise the requesting agency as to the causes and factors involved in the crash and may recommend what charges may be appropriate, but the home agency never loses control over a crash in their jurisdiction.

SMcRT investigators can provide an agency with a professional and scientific analysis and reconstruction of a serious crash that will stand up in court. We can advise and help prepare your officers for testimony and cross-examination and arm them with the facts and show them how to properly present them. In some cases, we can even testify in court to support your department.

Your benefits to using SMcRT
 

  • Preserve your investment in training for agency personnel.

  • Pools available resources and equipment countywide.
  • Provides ongoing experience and advanced training for members.
  • Enhanced access to state and federal grants as well as private funds.
  • Promotes the professional image of your agency in the community.
  • A network of cooperation for the benefit of all.

 

SUMMIT-METRO
CRASH RESPONSE TEAM
“Piecing the puzzle together”

What to do if you need us
 
Calling for a response team for a crash in your jurisdiction is fast and simple. We are dispatched out of the Stow Police Department.
 
Call for a team to help by calling 330-689-5700
 
Let the dispatcher know who you are and that you are requesting the crash team. We need the following information:
  • Where is the crash?
  • Who do we contact at your agency for more information?
  • A phone number for contact

 

A team leader will be in touch within minutes and we'll be on our way to help.