Ohio to Dedicate Memorial for Police Fallen in Line of Duty
London AP report notes Ohio honors 160 plus officers killed in the line of duty with an outdoor memorial at the Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy. The two curved walls hold 32 limestone panels bearing fallen names, with a central flame burning day and night. The project cost about 230 thousand dollars via the Percent for Art program. Trooper Robert Perez, 24, of the State Highway Patrol died after a May 12 traffic stop in Milan Township when his car was struck from behind and he died May 15.
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London
Ohio
Betty Montgomery
Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy
Robert Perez
State Highway Patrol
Milan Township
Paul Hutchison
Michael R. Hutchison
Peace Officers Training Academy
Hutchison
Area Officers Killed In Line Of Duty
Ohio Attorney General records list area lawmen killed in line of duty with names and dates spanning 1923 to 1979. Notable entries include Lorain officers Charles Deal 1925 and George Kirk 1944, with others from Elyria Oberlin Vermilion Wellington Lorain County towns.
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Charles Deal
Ray Will. Harvey Yoder
George Kirk
Elyna Howard Taft
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Robert Woodall
Franklin Strohl
Vermilon Francis Smolka
Michael George
Wellington Edmund Smith
John Palermo
Ohio
Attorney General's Office
Kenneth Tomaszewski
Lorain Fred Webber
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