Members of the 149th Basic Peace Officer Class received training certificates during a graduation ceremony Jan. 12 at the Ohio State Highway Patrol Training Academy in Columbus, according to a news release.
The 46 graduates will assume duties as peace officers for 22 Ohio agencies, the release said.
Graduates include Vincenzo D. Cataldo, Lorain Police Department, and Molly A. Searles, Bay Village Police Department.
The 21-week basic course began in August.
The course was developed by the Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission and offers comprehensive instruction in more than 150 topics, including criminal law, traffic law, community relations, physical training, self-defense, firearms, emergency vehicle operations, standardized field sobriety testing and electronic speed measuring devices.
Zachary M. Hudson, Ohio Department of Natural Resources Parks and Watercraft, was selected as class speaker by fellow class members and addressed the assembly.
Michael Rankin, first assistant prosecuting attorney in the Franklin County Prosecutor’s Office, was the featured speaker for the ceremony and addressed the graduates and an audience of friends, relatives and law enforcement officers, according to the release.
