LCSO places markers at graves of law officers
ABOVE: Chief Deputy Chris Prickett, right, and Lt. Greg Fitzpatrick examine the hard-to-read grave marker of Joseph Newell, sheriff in 1837 and 1838. The sheriff and his deputies visited cemeteries throughout Logan County in advance of National Police Week and Peace Officers Memorial Day and placed flag markers at graves. It is the first time they tried to place flags at all local graves they could locate. HOME PAGE SLIDE SHOW PHOTO: Logan County Sheriff Randy Dodds places a flag on the grave of former sheriff Homer O. Kennedy, who served from 1919-1922, on at the Bellefontaine Cemetery on Wednesday. (EXAMINER PHOTOS | REUBEN MEES)
With National Police Week beginning this weekend and Memorial Day just around the corner, Logan County Sheriff Randy Dodds and his deputies planted flags throughout Logan County cemeteries as a way to honor the law enforcement officers who have gone before them.
While the placement of flags at local grave sites is a tradition that has been around at least since former Sheriff Michael E. Henry was in office, Dodds said with the Logan County Bicentennial this year and the recent discovery of an auxiliary deputy who died in the line of duty he wanted to expand the program.
“For some reason, we would go around and do a few sheriffs here and there — the ones we knew about — but we never tried to do all the sheriffs,” Dodds said.
“We got to looking and saw that I am the 42nd sheriff, and they’ve never really been recognized. We might have created a lot of work for ourselves down the road, but they deserve it.”
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