WILMINGTON — Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper James D. Brooks has been selected as the 2015 Trooper of the Year at the Wilmington Post.
The selection of Brooks, 30, is in recognition of outstanding service during 2015 at the Wilmington Patrol Post. Fellow officers stationed at the Wilmington Post chose Brooks based on leadership abilities, professional ethics, courteous treatment of others, enthusiastic work attitude, and cooperation with supervisors, peers and the public.
Brooks is now in contention for the District and State Trooper of the Year Award to be announced at a later date.
He joined the Highway Patrol in 2011 and has served at the Ironton and Wilmington Patrol Posts. He is originally from Wilmington and is a graduate of Clinton-Massie High School. He has an associate’s degree in criminal justice from UC-Clermont. Other Highway Patrol awards received in the past include the Safe Driving Award and Physical Fitness Award. Trooper Brooks also serves as a Field Training Officer.
Brooks and his wife Betsy live in Wilmington with their 10-month-old son, Boone.
Dispatchers recognized
Ohio State Highway Patrol Dispatcher Tammy Cooper has been selected for the 2015 Ohio State Highway Patrol Telecommunications Award at the Wilmington Dispatch Center.
The selection of Cooper, 39, a Beavercreek resident, is in recognition of outstanding service during 2015 at the Wilmington Highway Patrol Dispatch Center as a Dispatcher. Post management, troopers and dispatchers/communications technicians chose Cooper based on technical job knowledge and ability, enthusiastic work attitude, teamwork, and prompt and courteous response to the public’s requests for information and assistance.
Cooper joined the Highway Patrol in 2012 and recently transferred to the Piqua Highway Patrol Dispatch Center. She is originally from Aberdeen in Brown County and is a graduate of Ripley High School.
Ohio State Highway Patrol Dispatcher Amy McCleese has been selected as the 2015 Dispatcher of the Year at the Lebanon Communication Center as well as the Wilmington District Dispatcher of the Year. She is now in the running for State Dispatcher of the Year.
The selections are in recognition of outstanding service during 2015. Post management and fellow dispatchers chose McCleese based on her technical job knowledge and ability, enthusiastic work attitude, teamwork, and prompt and courteous response to the public’s requests for information and assistance.
McCleese joined the Highway Patrol in 2008 and was assigned to the Lebanon Communication Center. Originally from Peebles, Ohio, McCleese graduated from Peebles High School in 1995. She then attended the Southern State Peace Officers Academy in Hillsboro and graduated in April of 1998. Prior to joining the Highway Patrol she worked for the Highland County Sheriff’s Office and the Hillsboro Police Department.
McCleese was also selected as the Lebanon Communication Center Dispatcher of the Year in 2010, 2011 and 2014.
