HISTORY OF AKRON POLICE CREDIT UNION The Akron Police Department Credit Union is a non-profit financial cooperative chartered by the Ohio Department of Commerce. Our credit union is not a bank, savings & loan or a house of finance; it is a special group of people who have joined together to manage their own money by saving together and lending to each other. Founded on February 14, 1938 by seven police officers who had donated $10.00 each for the approval of the Articles of Incorporation, our credit union began providing financial services to Akron Police Officers and their families. Due to the recently expansion of our service facilities and loan products, our credit union is now able to invite our neighboring departments and law enforcement agencies to join us in this common bond. It shall remain our intent to continue a tradition of more than 70 years of providing financial services to our select group of members and their families.