(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today that 43 law enforcement officers and several task forces were recognized with awards at the 2011 Ohio Attorney General’s Law Enforcement Conference. The awards recognize officers and groups that exhibited exceptional service and valor during the past year.
“While we honor all the sacrifices law enforcement makes every single day to help protect Ohio families, these awards recognize individual officers and task forces who bravely serve the citizens of Ohio and have provided distinguished service to their communities and departments,” said Attorney General DeWine.
2011 award recipients included:
- Distinguished Law Enforcement Valor Award: Clark County Sheriff Gene Kelly, Major Russell Garman, Lieutenant Dustin White, Sergeant Christopher Clark, Detective Richard Brumfield, Detective Ethan Cox, Detective Perry Roeser, Deputy Chad Eubanks, and Deputy Robert Wagner; and Officer Jeremy Blum, German Township Police Division.
- Distinguished Law Enforcement Valor Award: Central Vice Control Section, Cincinnati Police Department.
- Distinguished Law Enforcement Valor Award: Trooper Jason Bonar, Ohio State Highway Patrol.
- Distinguished Law Enforcement Valor Award: Deputy Matt Henry, Union County Sheriff’s Office.
- Distinguished Law Enforcement Valor Award: Detective Brandon J. Moore, Morrow County Sheriff’s Office.
- Distinguished Law Enforcement Meritorious Service Award: Sergeant Robert Chalfant, Morrow County Sheriff’s Office.
- Distinguished Law Enforcement Meritorious Service Award: Deputies Richard Crabtree and Shawn Waller, Union County Sheriff’s Office; Officers Robert Bartholomew, Amy Findley, and Joseph Petzinger, Marysville Division of Police; and Sergeant Mike Hasson and Trooper James Bryner, Ohio State Highway Patrol.
- Distinguished Law Enforcement Group Achievement Award: Operation Traverse Task Force. Honorees included Senior Special Agent Gabriel Hagan, U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement; Sergeant Don Sylvis, Cleveland Metroparks Ranger Department; Postal Inspector Paul Suboyu, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and U.S. Attorneys Michael Sullivan and Carol Skutnik, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Ohio.
- Distinguished Law Enforcement Group Achievement Award: Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) and Knox County Sheriff’s Office. Honorees included BCI Special Agents Ed Carlini, Joe Dietz, Mark Kollar, Ed Lulla, George Staley, Gary Wilgus, and Dan Winterich; and Knox County Sheriff David Barber, Captain David Shaffer, Detective Lieutenant Gary Rohler, Detective Sergeant Roger Brown, Detective David Light, and Detective Doug Turpen.
- Mark Losey Distinguished Law Enforcement Service Award: Chief Robert Taylor, Genoa Township Police Department.
- Mark Losey Distinguished Law Enforcement Service Award: Chief Albert P. Schaefer, Mount Healthy Police Department.
- Mark Losey Distinguished Law Enforcement Service Award: Lieutenant Nick DiMarco, Garfield Heights Police Department.
- Distinguished Law Enforcement Training Award: Officer Charles D. “Dave” King, Westerville Division of Police.
More information on each of these recipients is available online at www.OhioAttorneyGeneral.gov/NewsReleases.
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