COLUMBUS -- Members of the 111th Basic Peace Officer Class received training certificates in a graduation ceremony held today at the Ohio State Highway Patrol Academy. The 15 class members will assume duties as peace officers for 11 Ohio agencies.

The 16-week basic course began in September. The course was developed by the Ohio Peace Officer Training Council and offers comprehensive instruction in more than 150 topics, including criminal law, community relations, physical training, and patrol car operation.

Deputy Brian P. Rhodes, of the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, was selected class speaker by his fellow class members, and addressed the assembly.

Class honors went to the following:

Woodmere Police Chief LaMont Lockhart was the featured speaker for the ceremony and addressed an audience of graduates, friends, relatives, and law enforcement officers.

Assistant Director Gary F. Joseph, Ohio Department of Public Safety, and Colonel Paul D. McClellan, superintendent of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, joined Chief Lockhart in presenting certificates of training to the graduates.

Name	Department
James E. Allen	Gahanna Police Department
Michael L. Antry	Steubenville Police Department
Joseph R. Arbogast	Richmond Heights Police Department
Thomas W. Crawford	Steubenville Police Department
Jason L. Doty	Delaware Police Department
Anthony J. Fuchs	Bay Village Police Department
Robert A. Gillespie	Bay Village Police Department
Todd E. Green	Newark Police Department
Richard A. Hardacre	Centerville Police Department
Joshua M. Justice	Portsmouth Police Department
Robert M. Mimms	Wadsworth Police Department
Jason M. Preston	Piqua Police Department
Brian P. Rhodes	Washington County Sheriff’s Office
Tiffany K. Underwood	Portsmouth Police Department
William D. Weaver	Piqua Police Department

# # #

03-280