TroopertoTrooper.com



This website is dedicated to all Troopers and non-sworn employees, both past and present, whose hard work, dedication, loyalty and integrity have made the Ohio State Highway Patrol one of the most professional and well respected law enforcement agencies in the Country.  Troopers who have dedicated their lives to the Patrol and put them on the line every day to serve and protect the citizens of our great State deserve our support. 

It represents those who are proud to be a Trooper, proud of the Flying Wheel and proud to wear the black and gray.  It represents Troopers who serve their communities with respect, honesty and integrity.  It represents Troopers who respect the Highway Patrol and all it stands for.  It represents Troopers who love the Patrol and care about its future!

Trooper to Trooper is an independent website developed by a group of  retired Troopers focusing on the interests, issues, and activities affecting the Ohio State Highway Patrol.  Funding is provided by the retired Superintendents of the Ohio State Highway Patrol. 

All website content is reviewed and approved by the Trooper to Trooper Editorial Board.
WELCOME TO TROOPER TO TROOPER
"Our Heritage, Our Purpose"
"With Respect"
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We appreciate the support of all living, retired Superintendents and those in memoriam who have shared in our journey.

Colonel Robert M. Chiaramonte
EOW December 7th, 2014
Colonel Jack B. Walsh
EOW May 22nd, 2015
Colonel Thomas W. Rice
Colonel Warren H. Davies
Colonel Kenneth B. Marshall
Colonel Kenneth L. Morckel
Colonel Paul D. McClellan
Colonel Richard H. Collins
Colonel John Born
Colonel Paul Pride
Colonel Richard Fambro
Major David D. Sturtz, Ohio's 1st IG
EOW September 18, 2015


Pending retirements can be found at OSHPRetiree.org
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"An Abbreviated History of the STO"
Sunbird Reunion August 2025
Visiting with Fred Raby
September 2025

90th Anniversary History Update
Flying Wheel
90th Anniversary History Video


Registration information is now available for the 2026 Snowbird Reunion in Lake Mary, Florida, March 5-7! The golf scramble will be at the historic Mayfair Country Club, with their new clubhouse and golf course upgrades! 


For additional details, link to OSHPRetiree.org 
50th Anniversary Celebration November 2025
​Thank you retired Major RICH RUCKER, for making your 2nd Stetson Club donation from your room at Riverside Hospital by using our PAY PAL LINK.  

Thanks also to to Sandy Chiaramonte,Tom Rice, Phil Osborn, Paul Meddles, John Magaw, Jack Lonier, and Ken Morckel for your 2nd Year Contributions! 
Find out how you can support the lobbying efforts of the State Troopers of Ohio by linking to the STO page on this website.  One time contributions can be made through Paypal by clicking on our STO logo to the right!  State Troopers of Ohio is a registered 501(c)4. 
Rich Rucker with one of his 32 Grandchildren
​The Ohio State Highway Patrol Retirees' Association will receive several emails or calls every year, through our website or the Trooper-to-Trooper Facebook page, requesting help from members or friends, trying to resolve some type of issue: a question about benefits; trying to find a former trooper or friend; letting us know about the illness or passing of a former OSP employee that we may not be aware of.  

We were recently contacted by Shelley Liddle, daughter of the late Lieutenant Walt Liddle (EOW 3-28-2013), on behalf of her mother, Carol Liddle. Carol had dropped and broken Walt's favorite coffee mug, which she had been using every morning since his passing. She was devastated. Shelley reached out to us regarding a possible replacement and was kind enough to prepare and share the story about the events that followed. Thank you Shelley! Your dad was a great friend, who managed the Delaware Retiree get-togethers for years and was part of our original editorial board for TroopertoTrooper.com. Her story, in her words... (click open PDF below)




Cleveland Police Officer 
Jamieson Ritter EOW July 4th, 2024
WBNS 10 / Man crashes into North Columbus home after leading Troopers on high-speed pursuit
WKBN 27 / FBI, Ohio State Highway Patrol issues warnings about laser pointers 
Ohio AG / Central Ohio drug task force confiscates 44 pounds of fentynal
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOIO) - Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed Ohio Senate Bill 295 into law Friday.  Senate Bill 295 will increase the competency restoration time from one-year to five-years in cases of aggravated murder, murder, or where the possible sentence is life in prison.
WHIO 7 / Man accused and arrested for aiming a laser at OSHP helicopter
WHIO 7 / Trooper arrest driver for 10th OVI offense
WHIO 7 / Delays reported after semi fire on I-75 in Miami County
A_Mug_A_Memory_and_the_Meaning_of_Family.pdf
Scioto Post / From the Flight Line to the OSHP: Trooper Dusty Turner earns Trooper of the Year Honors
Master Trooper Dusty Turner, Circleville Patrol Post