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Deputy
Michael A. Brandle, Jefferson County Sheriff's
Office; Officer Sonny L. Kim, Cincinnati Police
Department; Officer
Nathan J. Van Oort Sr., Ohio University Police Department
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29th Annual
Ohio Peace Officers' Memorial Ceremony
May 5, 2016
(LONDON, Ohio) -- Today, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, members of
the Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission, and law enforcement
officers from across the state honored the memory of 770 Ohio peace
officers killed in the line of duty since 1823 during this year's
annual Ohio Peace Officers' Memorial Ceremony.
The Fraternal Order of Police Memorial Motorcade departed from the
Fraternal Order of Police Ohio State Lodge at 222 East Town Street in
Columbus at 10:00 a.m. and proceeded to the ceremony.
The ceremony took place at the Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy,
1650 State Route 56, London, Ohio, at 11:00 a.m.
During the ceremony, Attorney General DeWine honored three Ohio peace
officers who died last year in the line of duty: Deputy Michael
A. Brandle, of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, suffered a fatal
heart attack while participating in sniper training on May 21,
2015; Officer Sonny L. Kim, a 27-year veteran of the Cincinnati
Police Department, was murdered on June 19, 2015, when he responded to
a call about a man with a gun on a residential street; and Officer
Nathan J. Van Oort Sr., of the Ohio University Police Department, died
on November 7, 2015, from injuries he received in June 2006 when
lightning struck a pavilion in Logan, Ohio, where he was taking part in
the Law Enforcement Torch Run for the Special Olympics.
Attorney General DeWine also honored historical inductee Alfred Knight
of the B&O Railroad Police Department who was killed near Dayton on
September 15, 1927, when he was shot and killed in a gun battle after
discovering three men riding in a boxcar bound from Cincinnati to
Detroit.
The names of the four officers honored will also be added to the Ohio
Fallen Officers' Memorial Wall.
In addition, law enforcement K-9 officers killed in the line of duty
were honored for the first time as part of the memorial. The names of
five K-9s, including K-9 Falko of the Toledo Police Department, K-9
Andy of the Vermilion Police Department, K-9 Bungee of the New Albany
Police Department, K-9 Cero of the Ashtabula County Sheriff's Office,
and K-9 Bandit of the Cincinnati Police Department were added to a
plaque that will be displayed inside the academy.
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