TONYA RIDER
Tonya Rider has over 26 years of experience as a detective working for the Toledo Police Department
( TPD, most recently in the Crimes against Persons/Homicide unit.
During her career, she received a Meritorious Service Medal for her work on a high profile cold case homicide investigation. In addition to
her work as a homicide detective, Tonya's passion to help others took her to TPD's Sexual Assault Unit where she successfully
obtained
hundreds of sexual assault convictions, including
more than
three Federal Internet Crimes Against Children’s (ICAC) convictions while working
in conjunction with the United States Secret Service.
Since 2009, she has served as a Consultant to the State of Ohio Attorney General on Sexual Assault Investigations. She retired from the Toledo Police Department in
2016,
and is currently a full-time Instructor at Bowling Green State University in the Forensic Investigations Program.