Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy

Phil Chalmers is considered to be America’s leading authority on juvenile homicide and juvenile mass murder.

This one-day class will provide officers who have already completed PIT training, either through OPOTA or another agency, with an update and refresher of their PIT skills.

Did you know that the idea of a Peace Officers’ Memorial Day came into effect on Oct. 1, 1961, when Congress asked the president to designate May 15 to honor law enforcement officers?

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, members of the Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission and law enforcement officers from across the state gathered May 2 for the annual Ohio Peace Officers’ Memorial Ceremony to honor the 799 Ohio peace officers who have died in the line of duty since 1823.