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A 36-foot-long, 7,000 pound section of the main antenna mast from the North Tower of the World Trade Center has found a home at the new Public Safety Memorial in Gibsonburg. A service was held on 9/11 featuring dignitaries and a performance by the Black Swamp Pipes and Drums. The antenna sits on a stainless steel scale model of the new One World Trade Center. (Photos courtesy Albert Onderko)
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Oregon trains to use new drone By Kelly J. Kaczala Press News Editor kkaczala@presspublications.com Officers from the Oregon Police Department, fire department, and Toledo Police Department have begun training to use new unmanned aircraft systems, also known as drones. Oregon and Toledo had initially considered jointly financing and sharing a more expensive drone that would have cost $75,000, which some on council thought was too expensive. In addition, there was some concern about sharing a drone if both police departments would have wanted to use it at the same time. Oregon found a much cheaper model and decided to pay for its own, as did Toledo. “We’re getting ready to use our drone,” said Beazley last week. “The city ended up paying for our own after we found one at a better price point and we made the decision as a community that we wanted our own.” Both cities purchased a DJI Matrice 100 model, which will be used for tactical operations, incident scene management,
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By Larry Limpf News Editor news@presspublications.com A three-judge panel will consider whether Sandusky County Sheriff Kyle Overmyer, who’s been indicted on 43 counts of theft and drug offenses, should be suspended. At the request of special prosecutor Carol Hamilton O’Brien, the Ohio Supreme Court appointed a special commission that will decide if the sheriff should be suspended. Retired judges Patrick McGrath, V. Lee Sinclair and John Solovan were named to the panel. The court’s order issued last week doesn’t set a timeframe for the commission but it named a staff attorney in the office of Chief Legal Counsel to the court as secretary of the commission with authority Kyle Overmyer to schedule hearings. Sheriff Overmyer, 42, was indicted last month by a grand jury. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges. The state’s investigation started after local police chiefs in the county grew concerned about the sheriff’s “unusual behavior” when handling drug disposal drop box collections, according to Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine’s office. The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation opened its probe in September 2015. The charges include: • 12 counts of tampering with records, third degree felonies • 12 counts of deception to obtain a dangerous drug, fourth degree felonies • Three counts of deception to obtain a dangerous drug, fifth degree felonies • Six counts of theft in office, fourth degree felonies • Four counts of theft, fifth degree felonies • One theft count, a fifth degree felony • Five counts of filing false financial disclosure reports, first degree misdemeanors
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Lake, Michigan, to supply the drone. “As a community on the lakefront, this will help people stuck on the ice, and help folks who turn over in a kayak. We can also do a much better job in a potential fugitive situation, or a more dangerous chase situation. Those are things that will make a difference in a community. So many ways to use it. It’s important for Oregon that we change with the times and that we use more modern equipment. This will keep our community safe.” He said the drone will have to be totally controlled at all times. “It has to be in sight to be able to use it,” he said. The idea to buy a drone was brought up in the police department last year. Police Chief Mike Navarre said earlier this year that the drone “seems to fit our needs very well.” “It’s a nice tool to have to help officers in time of need,” he said. “It’s new technology. It may be obsolete three years from now. But it’s not a large expenditure of money. It’s not what we originally proposed when we came to council. But it’s a good piece of equipment.”