Akron Police Chief Brian Harding is a candidate for police chief of the Copley Township Police Department. Copley Township Police Chief Michael Mier retired in June after serving as chief since 1999. After nearly three years at the helm of the APD and more than three decades in the only police department he’s worked for, rumors of Harding looking elsewhere had been spreading for weeks inside the APD’s headquarters and in Akron City Hall.
Author Archives: Doug Brown
Government Reporter (he/him)
Doug Brown covers all things connected to the government in the city. He strives to hold elected officials and other powerful figures accountable to the community through easily digestible stories about complex issues. Prior to joining Signal Akron, Doug was a communications staffer at the ACLU of Oregon, news reporter for the Portland Mercury, staff writer for Cleveland Scene, and writer for Deadspin.com, among other roles. He has a bachelor’s degree in political science from Hiram College and a master’s degree in journalism from Kent State University.
For routine messages, feel free to contact Doug Brown at doug@signalakron.org. If you have privacy concerns and/or want to share sensitive information, you can reach him on the end-to-end encrypted messaging app Signal (no connection to Signal Akron) under username @dbrown.2010 and encrypted email account db159@proton.me
