Jordan Reynolds presents Lt. Shar Daub with a shadow box that featured all the badges and the two patches she wore during her Lisbon career after her retirement was approved by village council Tuesday. (Photo by Stephanie Elverd)
Retiring Lt. Shar Daub, a nearly 30-year veteran of the force, was honored at the start of the village council meeting on Tuesday.
“I would like to thank the village for the last 28 years,” Daub said. “Its been a pleasure working here with the best police department ever. I enjoyed my time and I am sorry to go, but it’s time.”
Daub was hired by the village in 1997. She made detective in 2013, becoming a member of the violent task force. In 2015, she was made sergeant and in 2018 she was promoted to lieutenant. She also taught D.A.R.E for 20 years.
“Lieutenant Daub is the first female to be hired here by Lisbon PD and the first female to retire here from Lisbon PD,” Police Chief Mike Abraham said. “As a female, she’s done a lot of firsts in Lisbon, and we are really proud of her for that. I thank her for all her years.”
Lt. Shar Daub receives a standing ovation after Lisbon village council accepted her retirement on Tuesday. (Photo by Stephanie Elverd)
Aside from breaking down barriers, Daub built relationships in Lisbon, serving the community in every possible way.
“She has sat on several boards in the community including the mental health board and has done numerous community service things around town,” Abraham said. “I have literally seen Shar give money to people. I have seen her give clothes. Her dedication to the citizens of this town is unbelievable.”
Abraham also sent Lesa Grey into retirement with the warmest of wishes and highest of gratitude. Like Daub, Gray too, was a trailblazer when she became a member of the fire department in 1986.
“I can’t even imagine what Lesa went through in the fire department back then being the only female. She had to be accepted by a bunch of old timers,” Abraham said. “I can only imagine because now I am an old timer and I get it. So hats off to Lesa.”
Eventually, Grey would move to the police department and take over parking meter duties.
“I remembered a time when Lesa was running across the square to the old police department while she was being chased by a guy she had just given a ticket to. So yes, her job was just as dangerous as mine,” Abraham joked. “After that she decided to take a job inside at dispatch.”
Grey was made a full-time dispatcher in 2005 before going back to the reading parking meters in 2019. She next moved to the street department in 2023 and finally transferred to the Parks Department in 2024.
“Lesa has been all over the place here,” Abraham said. “She knows a lot about this village. It was great working for her and I appreciate everything she has done for this village.”
With Daub closing the book on her career, Abraham asked Sgt. Jordan Reynolds be promoted to lieutenant and Neil Clarke be made sergeant in the police department.
“Jordan comes to us with 17 years of experience. He has about three or four as sergeant,” Abraham said. “He’s got eight as team leader on the Columbiana County SRT Team which he heads up a lot of special response teams, a lot of planning and all the entries and stuff on these violent crimes are done by Jordan. We got a good guy and he deserves a promotion.”
Clarke, Abraham said, was equally as deserving.
“Detective Neil Clark has been with us for five years and taken on a lot of duties as a sergeant already,” Abraham said. “He does all of our body camera footage and our public record requests. I put a lot on his shoulders and appreciate everything that he does.”
Council agreed with Abraham, approving both of his requests and unanimously passing a motion promoting both officers, as well as a motion to bump part-time officer Matthew DeNiro up to full-time.