The Lakeside Association Police Department is a special security police formed at the beginning of the twentieth century to patrol and provide security for the private association and Chautauqua community of Lakeside, Ohio, United States.
The two patrolman employed were invested with full police powers under the Ohio Revised Code 311.29(c)(d), 505.43.2, and were given authority to enforce Chautauqua rules and regulations.
The non-sworn personnel or Lakeside Security Guards performed most of the community building checks, patrols, and other non-law enforcement duties for the Association.
The Ottawa County Sheriff's Office continued to patrol the community but it was under contract by providing one deputy through 1995.
Some of the officers at the time were also cross trained as emergency medical technicians (EMT's) and/or firefighters, given greater safety coverage for the residents and visitors.