Morrow Police Officer Jeffrey Phegley — a 22-year-old who was murdered on the job in 1987 — was the kind of young man who’d start off his shift singing to co-workers.
What do you think of the state of police training in Ohio? It’s good, but it can always be expanded. We need to be proactive in identifying what the future issues in policing will be.
Sarah Shendy is a veteran Copley police officer, an OPOTA trainer and a Muslim woman who has had such a positive experience in policing that she would recommend the career to anyone, especially minorities.
The 2019 Law Enforcement Conference, hosted in the fall by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, celebrated the great work being done by Ohio peace officers and their partners. Here are the winners of the Distinguised Law Enforcement Awards.
OPOTA has grant money available to reimburse law enforcement officers for tuition to certain traffic safety courses.