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.



Lieutenant Jonathan Roberts joined the Pioneer Police Department as an Auxiliary Officer in June of 2009, was promoted to a part-time officer in January 2010, full-time on March 19th, 2012, and promoted to Sergeant on January 13th, 2014. 

He has previously served with the Cedar Point Police Department, the McComb Police Department, the Milan Police Department, and the Stryker Police Department. Lieutenant Roberts has an Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice from Owens Community College and obtained his police certification from the Sandusky Police Academy in 2002. 

On May 8th, 2017, Jonathan was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. Lieutenant Roberts is currently the Evidence and Property Room Manager, Field Training Officer, Terrorism Liason Officer, Taser Instructor, and is a certified School Resource Officer. He was also awarded the Master Criminal Investigator Cerfication through OPOTA, in November of 2021.

Officer James "Jim" Snivley joined the Pioneer Police Department on April 12th, 2021, as the School Resource Officer. 

Prior to joining the Pioneer Police Department, Officer Snivley proudly served with the Bryan Police Department retiring as a sergeant after 26 1/2 years. Jim was the first K9 handler for the City of Bryan, served as FTO and also worked on the MAN-Unit while at Bryan PD and was the Reserve Police Officer Coordinator.

Jim was selected by Sheriff Kevin Beck to be Chief Deputy of the Williams County Sheriff's Office for two terms. Jim directed all day to day road patrol and administrative operations of the entire office under the direction of the sheriff. 

Jim served with the Northwest State Community College Police Department as patrolman for almost 4 years after his second retirement from the Williams County Sheriff's Office.

Officer Snivley brings with him over 45 years of Law Enforcment experience, training and knowledge to the Pioneer Police Department. Officer Snivley is a certified School Resource Officer (SRO) in Ohio through OPOTA's SRO program. 

Officer Snivley became a certified Police Officer in 1976 after graduating from Fulton County Basic Police School. On August 14th, 2023, Officer Snivley was promoted to the rank of Sergeant.

Officer 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. 

Jacob graduated from Bryan High School in 2018. In 2020, Jacob obtained his Associate Degree in Criminal Justice from Owens Community College, Toledo. After getting his degree, Jacob went to the basic police academy at Northwest State Community College and graduated in the Spring of 2022. While at the police academy, Jacob was one of three cadets to have perfect attendance.

Jacob began his law enforcement career at the West Unity Police Department before joining the Pioneer Police Department, in January of 2023.

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.

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.