3 Ohio Wildlife Officers set to be given award for saving fellow officer’s life

WAYNESVILLE — Three Ohio Wildlife Officers will be given the Director’s Medal of Valor for exhibiting lifesaving assistance in the line of duty.

Today, ODNR Officers Jason Keller, Eric Lamb, and Matt Roberts will be presented the award for giving lifesaving assistance to, State Wildlife Investigator Kevin Behr, according to a release.

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Behr was shot by a deer poacher while responding to a landowner complaint back in December of 2020.

The ceremony will at the Spring Valley Range and start at 11:00 a.m. and go until 1:00 p.m. this afternoon.

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