Sardinia POLICE DEPARTMENT

He was a MP in the Army for 3 years 1977-1980.

He was a member of the Georgetown Police Department for 28 years 1981-2009.

He was a member of the Georgetown Fire Department for 29 years 1982-2011.

Has been the Police Chief in Sardinia since July 2010.

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Dennis is an active member in good standing of the Ohio Bar. Retired his law license 22 October 2018. He has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (BSME) degree from the University of Cincinnati.  Dennis is a Vietnam Veteran with a cumulative total of one year and seven months in combat zone from 1969-73. VFW and American Legion member.  He served on board the USS Truxtun DLG(N)-35 as a nuclear-trained 1st Class machinist mate in #1 engine room, reactor plant, and supervisor of 20-30 engine room personnel. Honorably discharged.  As a co-op nuclear engineering student for two years, Dennis worked for Science Applications, Inc. Palo Alto, CA., and as a co-op mechanical engineering student, he worked at Caterpillar Tractor, Co., Aurora, IL. He holds an honorable withdrawal card from the United Auto Workers (UAW). After obtaining his BSME, Dennis worked as a Staff Engineer at the Zimmer Nuclear Power Plant in Moscow Ohio; as plant manufacturing engineer at Imperial Electric Co., Middleport, OH; and as a material review board (MRB) qualified production engineer at General Electric Aircraft Engine Group, Evendale, OH.  In 1982, he entered federal government civil service as the  sole manufacturing technology intelligence analyst for the Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB where he provided information analysis support to the National Security Council, Central Intelligence Agency, Defense Intelligence Agency,  Defense Intelligence Agency, Defense Department and select members of Congress.  Dennis obtained his law agree from Capital University Law School and worked as corporate counsel for PROHOLD Workholding Inc. (www.prohold.com), a family-owned manufacturer of workholding fixtures for the commercial metal manufacturing sector.  From January 2004 to September 2007, he worked as an investigator/attorney for the Brown County Prosecutor. He obtained his OPOTA police certificate after graduating from the Southern Hills JVS police academy in September 2005, working as an auxiliary patrolman for Sardinia Police Department, 

Dennis is married to Judith A. Varnau, D.O., FACOG, of Georgetown, Ohio - with no children. 

Ken was hired on in the fall of 2019. He graduated from Glen Este High School and is an Eagle Scout. He served six (6) years in the Army National Guard as an infantry soldier and was deployed overseas. He attended the University of Cincinnati where he has obtained an Associates and Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice and an unfinished Masters. he graduated Valedictorian of his UC Police Academy. He completed a federal Police Academy in Hawaii.  He previously worked for several local and federal Police Departments in Ohio, Hawaii and Alaska.

Outside of the department he helps manages a cattle farm in Eastgate and flips houses. He moved to Williamsburg in summer of 2019. He is a member of the American Legion, fosters kittens for the county shelter and his interests include anything outdoors and traveling.