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Attorney
General Mike DeWine...
25th
Annual
Ohio Peace Officers’ Memorial Ceremony
(LONDON,
Ohio) – Ohio
Attorney General Mike
DeWine and members of the Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy joined
law
enforcement officers from throughout the state today to honor six Ohio
peace
officers who died in the line of duty in 2011.
“Every day,
Ohio’s peace officers, just like officers across the country, put
themselves
between us, our family, and harm’s way,” said Attorney General DeWine
during
the 25th annual Ohio Peace Officers’ Memorial Ceremony in London, Ohio. “The loss of any peace
officer is a sobering
reminder of the very real risks that they, and their fellow officers,
willingly
accepted to ‘serve and protect.’”
Those
honored today include:
• Deputy
Suzanne Hopper, Clark County Sheriff’s Office:
Killed by an armed suspect on January 1,
2011, Deputy Hopper was the
first law enforcement officer in the nation killed in the line of duty
in 2011.
• Officer
Thomas Hayes, Columbus Division of Police:
On January 20, 2011, Officer Hayes died
from complications resulting
from a gunshot wound that he sustained in 1979 while trying to arrest
two
disorderly teens.
• Officer
Jonathan Bastock, Stow Police Department:
Officer Bastock died on February 5,
2011, of complications from an
injury sustained while making a traffic stop a month earlier.
• Captain
Daniel Stiles, Uniontown Police Department:
Captain Stiles died after he was struck
by a car while directing traffic
near a local school on February 15, 2011.
• Officer
Andrew Dunn, Sandusky Police Department:
Officer Dunn was shot and killed on
March 19, 2011, after trying to
question a suspicious person on a bicycle.
The suspect is awaiting trial and could
be sentenced to death.
• Sergeant
Brian Dulle, Warren County Sheriff’s Office:
Sgt. Dulle died moments after deploying
stop sticks in an effort to stop
a pursuit suspect on May 10, 2011.
The
driver lost control of his car and struck Dulle, who died instantly.
The names
of six historical inductees were also added to the Ohio Fallen
Officers’
Memorial Wall. Through
research, it was
discovered they had made the ultimate sacrifice for their communities
in the
past.
• George
Brenner, Wellington Police Department, July 18, 1883
• Thomas
Roach Jr., Newark Police Department, November 29, 1886
• Spooner
Crapo, Rochester Village Police Department, November 11, 1905
• Charles
Lind, Cincinnati Police Division, July 5, 1908
• David
Barnes, New York Central RR Police Department, July 28, 1920
• Robert
Leigh, Cincinnati Police Division, April 27, 1940
The Ohio Fallen Officers’ Memorial Wall is
a lasting tribute to Ohio’s 749 officers killed in the line of duty
since 1823.
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