{"id":34463,"date":"2013-02-02T09:54:05","date_gmt":"2013-02-02T14:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=34463"},"modified":"2013-02-02T09:56:04","modified_gmt":"2013-02-02T14:56:04","slug":"vw-oshp-trooper-gets-statewide-honor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2013\/02\/02\/vw-oshp-trooper-gets-statewide-honor\/","title":{"rendered":"VW OSHP trooper gets statewide honor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Ohio State Highway Patrol news<\/em><\/p>\n<p>COLUMBUS \u2013 A Van Wert Post trooper has been named Ohio\u2019s \u201cTrooper of the Year\u201d for 2012. Troopers Shawn D. Cook of the Van Wert Post was selected from the nine District \u201cTrooper of the Year\u201d winners.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34464\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34464\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/VW-Trooper-Shawn-Cook-2-2013.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34464 \" style=\"border: 1px solid black\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/VW-Trooper-Shawn-Cook-2-2013.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"221\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34464\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trooper Shawn D. Cook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During 2012, Trooper Cook led the Van Wert Post in drunk driving and seat belt enforcement and was the post\u2019s top case investigator. In addition, he also coached three newly-graduated troopers, earned the Criminal Patrol and Ace awards, became a certified drug recognition expert and was honored as one of Van Wert County\u2019s best law enforcement officers.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to excelling at work, Trooper Cook is also involved in his community. He participates in food drives, fundraisers to support Special Olympics and volunteers his time by participating in a school reading program.<\/p>\n<p>Trooper Cook joined the patrol in September 2003 as a member of the 141st Academy Class. He earned his commission in March of the following year and was assigned to the Defiance Post. In 2005, he transferred to the Vann Wert Post, where he earned the Criminal Patrol Award in 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2012. He also earned the Ace Award for his excellence in auto larceny enforcement in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>He was selected as Van Wert Post \u201cTrooper of the Year\u201d in 2007, 2008, and 2011, and post and district Trooper of the Year in 2012. He resides in Van Wert with his wife, Julie, and their two children, Cadence and Caia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ohio State Highway Patrol news COLUMBUS \u2013 A Van Wert Post trooper has been named Ohio\u2019s \u201cTrooper of the Year\u201d for 2012. Troopers Shawn D. Cook of the Van Wert Post was selected from the nine District \u201cTrooper of the Year\u201d winners. During 2012, Trooper Cook led the Van Wert Post in drunk driving and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-27 13:13:32","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34463\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}