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(COLUMBUS, Ohio)-- Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today honored several law enforcement professionals with Distinguished Law Enforcement Achievement Awards during the Ohio Attorney General's Law Enforcement Conference in Columbus.

"I am proud to present awards to these law enforcement officers whose unique skills include instructing their colleagues on how to keep others out of harm’s way; those who have served their communities and departments with distinction; and individual officers and task forces whose valorous acts of bravery in the line of duty have protected the citizens of Ohio," said Attorney General DeWine. 

The award winners were nominated by their colleagues and selected by members of the 2017 Law Enforcement Awards Committee. 

Click on the name of each award winner for a full summary of their achievements.  

Distinguished Law Enforcement Valor Award:

• Officer Alan Horujko, The Ohio State University Police Division 
• Capt. Jack L. Tremain, Ross Township Police Department

Distinguished Law Enforcement Group Achievement Award:

• Miami Valley Bulk Smuggling Task Force 
• Ohio Organized Crime Investigations Commission (OOCIC)/Central Ohio High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force

Distinguished Law Enforcement Lifetime Achievement Award:

• Officer Richard T. Baldwin (retired), Youngstown Police Department 
• Sheriff Albert J. ‘Tim’ Rodenberg Jr. (retired), Clermont County Sheriff’s Office

Mark Losey Distinguished Law Enforcement Service Award:

• Detective Gerald ‘Jerry’ Antenucci, Barberton Police Department

Distinguished Law Enforcement Training Award:

• Ordinance Team, The Ohio State University Police Division

Distinguished Law Enforcement Community Service Award:

• Deputy Erica Russell, Franklin County Sheriff’s Office

Distinguished Civilian Leadership Award:

• Bruce and Nancy Haverkamp, The Matt Haverkamp Foundation

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