Sheriff Dave Phalen

Personal: 

• Wife Loretta, Elementary school teacher; three children; six grandchildren.

Experience:

• 40 years of Law Enforcement
• Sheriff of Fairfield County
• Columbus Police Lieutenant - Narcotics Bureau / Patrol Division - Assignments:  Detective Bureau, Vice Bureau & Administrative Assignments 
• Washington D.C. Police Department - Detective & Police Officer
• Tri-State Community Regional Policing Institute instructor
• 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009 National Sheriff's Association Annual Speaker; subject:  Police Ethics & The Opiate Epidemic - What Works and What Doesn't.
• 2007 Ohio Attorney General Speaker; subject:  Police Ethics

Awards:

• Sheriff Phalen has received numerous commendations & awards, but the one he is most proud is the "Ohio Distringuished Law Enforcement Award" presented to him in 2004 by the Ohio Attorney General.

Miscellaneous:

• Sheriff Phalen hosts a weekly radio program on WFCO 90.9 FM, as well as a monthly television program "Safety First", shown locally on Time Warner Cable.  He has also been featured in USA Today newspaper and on Fox Nes and CNN.