Administration

The Administrative Division is comprised of the Records Bureau and the Communications Center.  The Communications Center operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week and serves as a constant contact point between the citizens of White Lake and the Township's Emergency Services.  The Communications Center is staffed by five full-time Communications Officers and one full-time Communications Coordinator.

The Records Bureau is the central clearing house for all department records.  The Records Bureau is staffed Monday through Friday from 7:00am until 5:30pm (excluding government holidays).  The Records Bureau is staffed by three full-time Records Secretaries who handle the day-to-day paperwork of the Police Department.  Each one is also assigned to one of the three department divisions (Patrol, Investigations, and Administration).  The Records Bureau handles FOIA requests, gun permits, clearance letters, notary public services, and general records requests.

The Administrative Division is currently under the command of Lieutenant Thomas Sarasin.

Lt. Sarasin attended and graduated from Northern Michigan University in 2011 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice. He worked as a police officer for the Northern Michigan University Police Department and Chocolay Township Police department from 2012 to 2013. He began working for the White Lake Township Police Department as an officer in 2013. Since beginning his career with the White Lake Township Police Department, he has worked as an Officer, School Resource Officer, Detective, and Sergeant.

Lt. Sarasin has been a member of the Oakland County Mobile Field Force, Crisis Intervention Team Coordinator, Forensic Evidence Specialist, Union Vice President, Field Training Officer and Supervisor, Taser Instructor, Chemical Weapons Instructor, Defensive Tactics Instructor, De-Escalation Instructor, Mental Health Instructor, Recruiting Team Supervisor, Peer Support and Critical Incident Stress Supervisor. Lt. Sarasin has also assisted other agencies as a MLEAC Team Leader for Accreditation Assessments. Lt. Sarasin has been teaching as an instructor with the LERTA Police Academy since 2014 and the Oakland Police Academy since 2020.

Lt. Sarasin graduated from the 295th session of the FBI National Academy. Lt. Sarasin was selected and attended this prestigious 10-week program, receiving advanced training by FBI instructors in all aspects of law enforcement leadership, wellness, and management. This program has a rigorous selection process, with only 1% of law enforcement leaders being accepted to attend.