SPRINGFIELD — The Ohio State Highway Patrol has promoted Sergeant Christina J. Hayes to lieutenant of the Springfield Post, according to a release.
Hayes takes over from Lt. Brian K. Aller, who died in September from COVID-19.
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Hayes began her career in 2007 at the Hamilton Post where she was selected state trooper of the year and awarded for her auto-larceny enforcement, according to a news release. She was promoted to the rank of sergeant of the Batavia Post in 2013. As a sergeant Hayes also also served at the Wilmington District Criminal Patrol Unit, at the Wilmington and Lebanon posts, and in the Public Affairs Unit.
Hayes received her bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Ohio University and a master’s degree in business administration from Thomas Moore College.