The 2023 Ohio Peace Officers Memorial Ceremony will take place tomorrow May 4 at 11 a.m. at the Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy in the Madison County community of London.
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and law enforcement officers from around the state will honor the memory of 829 Ohio peace officers lost in the line of duty since 1823, including eight heroes who died in the line of duty in the past several years during the 35th Ohio Peace Officers Memorial Ceremony.
The ceremony pays special tribute to eight peace officers who died from 2020-2022:
- Deputy Daniel J. Kin, Wyandot County Sheriff’s Office
- Deputy Matthew E. Yates, Clark County Sheriff’s Office
- Officer Dominic M. Francis, Bluffton Police Department
- Agent John D. Stayrook, Medina County Drug Task Force
- Patrolman Sean E. Vandenberg, Lawrence Twp. Police Department
- Deputy Robert C. Mills, Butler County Sheriff’s Office
- Officer Edward L. Stewart, Akron Police Department
- Officer Kenneth C. Jones, Akron Police Department
In addition, the names of seven officers from the 1900s will be added to the memorial wall: six from the Dayton Police Department who died of Spanish flu in 1918, and Deputy Herbert Minshull of Perry County who was shot in the line of duty while serving a warrant in 1945.
The annual Memorial Motorcade will depart at 10 a.m. from the Fraternal Order of Police, Ohio State Lodge, 222 E. Town St., Columbus, Ohio 43215.