COLUMBUS – The Ohio Highway Patrol’s 172nd Academy Class graduated in November after 30 weeks of intense training.
Judge David A. Trimmer, Fairfield County Court of Common Pleas, issued the Oath of Office to the 39 members of the class.
Courses completed included crash investigation, criminal and traffic law, detection of impaired drivers, firearms, physical fitness, self-defense, and emergency vehicle operations.
The graduates’ first 70 working days will be a field training period under the guidance of a veteran officer. The new graduates are assigned to 30 of the patrol’s 59 posts.
Jace M. Basilius, of Northwood, was the only Wood County graduate. He will be assigned to the Swanton post.
The Bowling Green post gained one trooper, Byron M. Wurth, of Kalida
