From left to right: Patrol Superintendent Colonel Paul Pride, Aux. S/Lt. David Pillion, Aux. Col. Bryon Doty, and Director of Public Safety John Born
Auxiliary Staff Lieutenant David F. Pillion has received the 2016 William J. Duffy Award of Excellence. The award requires a minimum of 300 volunteer hours per year over three consecutive years.
Aux. S/Lt. Pillion joined the Ohio State Highway Patrol Auxiliary in 1993 and is assigned to the Delaware Post. While at the Delaware Post, he was promoted to the rank of Auxiliary lieutenant in 2004. In 2015, he was promoted to the rank of Auxiliary staff lieutenant. Over the last three years, he has volunteered an average of 300 hours per year which includes riding on patrol, assisting at the Ohio State Fair, Ohio State University football game details, sobriety checkpoints, Shield Details and working at the Academy store.
Aux. S/Lt. Pillion earned Auxiliary Officer of the Year in 2015. He retired from the Ohio Attorney General’s Office as an investigator in 2013.