Welcome to the ODPS Military Heroes

Trooper Larry Bowman is a graduate of the 136th academy class, currently serving with District Six Criminal Patrol and Investigations. He is a Master Sergeant and combat veteran with over 24 years of service as an active duty and reservist Marine. He served on active duty from 1988 until the year 2000. After Sept 11 he reenlisted into the Marine Corps Reserve and was activated in 2004 serving on active duty until 2007. He is a veteran of Operation Desert Shield/Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Trooper (Retired) Jeffrey Collins graduated from the 125th academy class, assigned to the Delaware Patrol Post, currently working as a clerk for the Employee Relations Unit in Columbus. While investigating a vehicle crash, he was struck by another vehicle causing a traumatic brain injury. Due to the severity of his injuries, he was forced into disability retirement in 1999. Prior to the Patrol, he served in the OHARNG 127th (AVM) from 1988 to 1994 at the Rickenbacker AFB. He has dedicated his life to serving and protecting those who serve and protect others.

Trooper Tiffiany Coriell is a graduate of the 147th Academy Class, after graduation from the Academy her first assignment was at the Ironton Patrol Post where she spent approximately three years. Trooper Coriell then transferred to the Portsmouth Patrol Post in District 9 where she is currently assigned.

Trooper Coriell served as a Staff Sergeant with 13 years of service in the Ohio Army National Guard as a combat medic, and carpentry specialist in the 216th Engineer Battalion. Trooper Coriell is also a combat veteran that served on active duty in 2004, under the 1st Infantry Division for Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Trooper Anetra Franklin is a graduate of the 131st academy class, and is assigned to the District Six Criminal Patrol/Investigations Section. She is temporarily assigned as an instructor at the Patrol Training Academy. Trooper Franklin served four years active duty in the United States Army, and was stationed in Germany and Fort Bragg, NC. She has a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the Mount Vernon Nazarene University and is currently working on a Master's Degree in Business Administration with an emphasis on Organizational Management/Leadership.

Trooper Samuel Hendricks is a graduate of the 135th academy class, currently serving at the Granville Post in District Six. Trooper Hendricks is a Sergeant First Class/Platoon Sergeant and a combat veteran with over 21 years of service while serving as an Army Reservist. He served on active duty from 1990-1991 during Desert Shield/Storm, 2004-2005 Operation Iraqi Freedom and 2009-2010 for Operation Enduring Freedom. During Trooper Hendricks combat deployments, he spent twelve months in the Sunni Triangle of Iraq and was based out of Camp Anaconda while escorting convoys to Al Asad Airbase, Camp Ramadi and Al Taqaddum Airbase. In 2009 Trooper Hendricks was deployed as an individual augmentee to Afghanistan where he served at Bagram Airfield and was responsible for transportation of Theater Provided Equipment for regional command east and north of the Combined Joint Operations Area.

Tpr. Paul Isgett has been in law enforcement for over 20 years and with the Highway Patrol since 1999, graduating with the 133rd class. Paul is currently assigned to General Headquarters – OIS. Paul has been assigned to Chillicothe, Portsmouth, Ironton and Jackson Posts. Paul is a 16 year veteran of the Navy Reserve and has been assigned to Naval Special Operations for the entirety of his career. He currently holds the rank of Chief Petty Officer. Paul is a veteran of both Operation Iraqi Freedom 2005-2006 and most recently Operation Enduring Freedom, 2011.

Richard M. Lyle is a Motor Vehicle Inspector stationed with P-21/D-06. He has been with the State Patrol for 20 years. He is a Chief Master Sergeant/First Sergeant with over 32 of Active/Guard and Reserve service. He is currently an Air Force Reservist stationed at Youngstown Air Reserve Station. He served on active duty with the AF from 1980-1986, with the Ohio Air National Guard from 1986-2004 and with the Air Force Reserve's from 2004 to Present. Chief Lyle is a veteran of the War on Terror having served at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan as the First Sergeant of Task Force Med in 2007.

Mandowl Nixon has been on staff with the State of Ohio for 15 years. He serves on the Ohio Investigative Unit's (OIU) Training Committee, The Underage Drinking Coalitions and the Make it Happen Foundation of Columbus.

Mandowl has over 21 years of military service. In 2007, he was selected to represent OIU as a member of the newly formed ODPS Military Committee. He also actively participates on two subcommittees; Awards and Recognition, and Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR). The ESGR subcommittee was instrumental in the ODPS Military Committee receiving three awards at the state level; Above and Beyond, ESGR Pro Patria and AMVETS Pro Patria awards in the first year of its inception.

Agent Tony Storey has been employed by the Ohio Investigative Unit since 2000. He is a combat Marine with 21 years of service. He served on active duty from 1989-1993, and is a veteran of Operation Desert Storm and in December 1992, was in the first wave to go ashore in Somalia during Operation Restore Hope, He served 17 years as a Marine Reservist, and was recalled to active duty twice, in 2002, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, and in 2007, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.