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Marion Police Chief to Speak at 150th Basic Peace Officer Graduation
Each of the members of the 150th Basic Peace Officer Training Class, representing various Ohio law enforcement agencies, will graduate and receive Basic Peace Officer Certification and a Certificate of Completion from the Ohio State Highway Patrol Training Academy. The graduation is set for July 3rd, in Columbus.

Chief Jay McDonald, Marion Police Department, will be the featured speaker for the ceremony and address an audience of graduates, friends, relatives and law enforcement officers. Ohio Department of Public Safety Chief of Staff Benjamin B. Suver and Colonel Charles A. Jones, Patrol superintendent, will provide remarks and present the certificate of training to the graduates.

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Officers from the following law enforcement agencies will participate: Bay Village Police Department, Bedford Heights Police Department, Bexley Police Department, Blue Ash Police Department, Bowling Green Police Division, Bowling Green State University Police Department, Defiance Police Department, Hamilton Police Department, Hardin County Sheriff’s Office, Lancaster Police Department, Lima Parks, Recreation & Forestry Division, Mansfield Division of Police, Mason Police Department, Maumee Police Division, Medina County Sheriff’s Office, Medina Police Department, Mentor Police Department, Mercer County Sheriff’s Office, Ohio Department of Natural Resources Parks and Watercraft, Ohio State Highway Patrol, Ohio University Police Department, Rocky River Police Department, Ross County Sheriff’s Office, Strongsville Police Department, Twinsburg Police Department, Union County Sheriff’s Office, Wadsworth Police Department, Washington Court House Police Department, West Chester Police Department, Wyandot County Sheriff’s Office and Zanesville Police Department.

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