Media Advisory: 29th Annual Ohio Peace Officers' Memorial Ceremony

Attorney General DeWine will also honor 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 will be 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 will be added to a plaque that will be displayed inside the academy.