 As part of the city government , Kent also has departments of community development , health , human services , law , parks and recreation , public safety , and public service . The Public Service Department oversees a variety of construction and maintenance works as well as the city 's water treatment and water reclamation systems while the Public Safety Department includes both the police and fire departments . The Kent Police Department is housed in the city 's Safety Administration Building and includes 911 dispatch for Kent and Franklin Township . Kent State University also operates its own police department , which mainly patrols the KSU campus and KSU property in and out of the Kent city limits . The two departments frequently communicate and for several years were headed by identical twin brothers : James Peach in the city and John Peach at the university . The fire department operates two stations , the main station adjacent to the Safety Administration Building and the West Side Fire Station along North Mantua Street on the western side of the Cuyahoga River . Kent Fire also provides fire and emergency medical service coverage for Franklin Township and the village of Sugar Bush Knolls . 
