Chief Tim Livengood joined the Pioneer Police Department in 2004 as a part time officer. He returned to Pioneer in March of 2008 and was named as Pioneer’s Chief of Police in March 2009.

Chief Livengood is a long time resident of Williams County. He graduated from Bryan High School in 1987 and joined the United States Army. He was assigned to the Military Police Corps and served as a Corrections Specialist, Military Police Investigator and a certified traffic crash investigator through Northwestern University Traffic Institute. As of 2022, Chief Livengood is CIT Certified.

Chief Livengood served in the United States Army and Army Reserve for over 16 years and was honorably discharged. Chief Tim Livengood has worked for Montpelier Police Department, Stryker Police Department and Edon Police Departments over the course of his career.

Chief Livengood has an Associate Degree in Criminal Justice from Owens Community College, where he graduated with Honors and has been a certified police officer since 1997. Chief Livengood obtained his Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Toledo in December of 2017.

Sergeant Randy Mills joined the Pioneer Police Department in April of 2022. Randy joined the United States Army in 2002. He was assigned to the Military Police Corps. While in the military he has served in numerous roles within the Military Police Corps. Randy has multiple deployments in both combat and non-combat areas. Officer Mills is a combat Purple Heart Recipient.

Randy served 15 years on Active duty with the United States Army. Randy is currently in the Army Reserves. Randy has worked for Hobbs, New Mexico Police Department and the Montpelier Police Department over the course of his career.

Randy has an Associate Degree in Criminal Justice from Hocking College. As of 2023, Officer Mills is our new K9 handler with his K9 partner Vader and he will be instrumental in creating this new division within our agency. Officer Mills is also CIT Certified. On June 18th, 2024, Ofc. Mills was promoted to the rank of Sergeant.

K9 Vader is probably our most famous, and certainly our most handsome officer, and he recently joined the force this year. K9 Officer Vader is the first K9 the Pioneer Police Department has ever had on the force. 

K9 Vader is now officially certified both Nationally and with the State of Ohio as a dual purpose use dog in a multitude of areas. We're told by Officer Mills, Vader's handler, that Vader excels in tracking and searches. He has extensive training (over 500 hours) and that training continues weekly to maintain his readiness if and when needed. He is available 24/7 as needed.

We are super excited to have K9 Officer Vader as a member of our agency and we look forward to his years of service for the Village of Pioneer and the surrounding community.

Officer Stephanie Mills joined the Pioneer Police Department in January 2025 and was selected to become the School Resource Officer at North Central Schools for the 2025-2026 school year. Stephanie has been a certified school resource officer since 2019 and has previously served as SRO for 5 school years at Montpelier Schools.

 

Stephanie started her law enforcement career when she joined the US Army as a Military Policeman in 2003. She served on active duty for 3 years, completing a year tour in Afghanistan during Operating Enduring Freedom. Stephanie then served in the US Army Reserves for another 5 years, rising to the rank of Staff Sergeant. She has also previously served with the Montpelier Police Department as SRO and Patrol Sergeant.

 

Stephanie holds a bachelors degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Arizona. She is also a hostage / crisis negotiator, and is a certified remote pilot (drone) through the FAA. Stephanie is also our Evidence Room Tech as well as being School Resource Officer (SRO) certified.

 

Fun facts: Stephanie can juggle, is a brown belt in taekwondo, a certified kickboxing instructor, once held her realtor license, 

Sergeant Scott Pollick joined the Pioneer Police Department as an Auxillary Officer in September of 2009, and was promoted to a part-time officer in January 2010.  Sergeant Pollick was promoted to the rank of Sergeant in July of 2016. 

A veteran of the United States Air Force, he earned his police certification in 1995 and has proudly served with the Williams County Sheriff's Office, the Stryker Police Department, the Montpelier Police Department, the West Unity Police Department, and for The Supreme Court of Ohio. He currently serves full-time with the Ohio Lottery Commission in Columbus, Ohio.

He is also trainined and certified in CPI Training (Non-violent Crisis Intervention) for persons with disabilities and autism. He was a certified APCO 911 Telecommunications Officer and a 911 Telecommunications Certified Trainer for 7 years. Sgt. Pollick currently serves as our Public Information Officer (PIO) and handles all public relations/ social media information for our agency.

Sergeant Wilhite joined the Pioneer Police Department in 2008 as an Auxillary Officer.  In November of 2010 he was promoted to a Part-time Officer. Sergeant Whilhite was promoted to the rank of Sergeant in July of 2016.

Sergeant Wilhite brings with him over 30 years of Law Enforcement Experience.

He became a certified Police Officer in 1991 after graduating from North Central Technical College. 

Officer Jason Randall joined the Pioneer Police Department as a part time Officer in May of 2023.  Prior to joining the department, Officer Randall served for 16 years with the Williams County Sheriff’’s Office as a K9 handler, Crash Investigator, and a Fire Investigator.  In January of 2023, Officer Randall joined the Bryan Police Department as a School Resource Officer.

Officer Randall graduated from Bryan High School in 2000 and received his Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice from Defiance College in 2004.  After college, Officer Randall attended the Ohio Basic Police Academy at Owens Community College and completed that in 2005.

We are excited to have Officer Randall join our agency.