Chief Kenneth Baca has served the Medina County Sheriff's Office since 1974.  He has worked nineteen years as a detective and five of those years as a supervisor.  In 1997, he was moved to the corrections division where he became the Jail Administrator.  It was under his tutelage that the Medina County Jail became accredited through the Ohio Bureau of Adult Detention.

Lieutenant David Baker has served the Sheriff’s Office since 1997. He helped create the Sheriff’s Office Personnel Section and was the Personnel Director from 1997 until 2001. Since 2001 he has been the agency’s Administrative Lieutenant, in charge of the Administrative Services Section, and the Jail Administrator. In addition to his other duties, he is also the Budget Officer for the Sheriff’s Office.

Lieutenant Baker served as a Military Police Officer assigned to Ft. Sill, Oklahoma and has a total of twenty-three years in the law enforcement field. He graduated from Medina Senior High School and currently holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice, and a Masters Degree in Public Administration (MPA) from the University of Akron. He is also a graduate of Ohio’s Police Executive Leadership College (PELC).

Lieutenant Baker has been a Medina County resident for 27 years and resides in Montville Township with his wife and two children.

Lieutenant Detchon is a thirty-five year law enforcement veteran. He has served the citizens of Medina County since 1977. During that time, he has held the positions of Deputy, Sergeant and Lieutenant. John has been responsible at various times for the Patrol Unit, Jail Unit, Detective Bureau and 911 Communications Center (he was instrumental in the installation of the first "Enhanced 911 System" installed in Medina County in the 1980's).  While in the Detective Bureau, Lieutenant Detchon was assigned by Sheriff Hassinger as the Lead Investigator of the 2001 Steam Tractor explosion at the Medina County Fairgrounds. John is currently serving as the Uniform Operations Commander.

Prior to joining the Medina County Sheriff's Office, John was employed as a Deputy by the Lorain County Sheriff's Office and prior to that as a Trooper with the Ohio State Highway Patrol. While with the Patrol, he was awarded the prestigious, "Superintendent's Citation of Merit" for the capture of two escaped, armed criminals in the village of Norton, Ohio.(1965)

Lt. Detchon attended Kent State University, is a graduate of the Ohio State Patrol Academy, Ohio Peace Officer's Academy and numerous other law enforcement courses and seminars. John holds instructor certifications from the State of Ohio in Basic Police Instruction, Corrections Instruction, and Court Bailiff Instruction. He is also an instructor for Van Meter and Associates, a national law enforcement training company based in Columbus, Ohio and is certified to instruct law enforcement officers in the states of Washington, Oregon, Arizona and Michigan, to name a few.

Lt. Detchon is an avid runner and has participated in State and International Police Olympics for many years. John has won a total of 22 gold medals in state competition and a bronze medal in international competition.

John and Kim Detchon reside in Montville Township with three of their five children.