Old Guard - PME History

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="044d4c03.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="id17.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About PME Inc"><U><IMG SRC="0400b0b0.png" border=0 width="11" height="11" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>   <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="11" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="11">       <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="11" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="11">   <A HREF="index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Police Motorcycle Escort, Inc."><U><IMG SRC="0430b0b0.png" border=0 width="11" height="11" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="05f64370.gif" border=0 width="100" height="55" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="06b968d0.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="141" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="09178780.gif" border=0 width="120" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Old Guard - PME History</B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="081e84e0.jpg" border=0 width="744" height="334" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> From left to right: Ben Jones (Now a Corporal with the Franklin County Sheriff's Office Patrol Division): Ross Staggs (Now a Sergeant in the Detective Bureau with the Franklin County Sheriff's Office): Doug Brown (retired from the Franklin County Sheriff's Office after a motorcycle accident caused a knee injury); William Fitzpatrick (Now a Deputy Sheriff in the Patrol Division with the Franklin County Sheriff's Office); Lt. Dennis P. Thomas (Now retired from the Franklin County Sheriff's Department), Benson Michael Brumfield Sr. (Now working in private security and still working as a Special Deputy with the Franklin County Sheriff's Office); Brian Sally (Now working in Consumer Sales and still working as a Special Deputy with the Franklin County Sheriff's Office); Richard Verhoeven (Now in management with the Columbus Dispatch and still working as a Special Deputy with the Franklin County Sheriff's Office); Lynn Blackburn (Retired from Delta Aviation and recently retired as an escort with Police Motorcycle Escort)</div> <bR> <div> Of those Deputies pictured, only two remained with Police Motorcycle Escort after the Sheriff forced the officers to dissolve the unit for political reasons.</div> <bR> <div> Lynn Blackburn remained with PME until April 1, 2004. Dennis Thomas is still the president and C.E.O. of the company.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="083c9090.jpg" border=0 width="457" height="521" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> This patch was used by the original Funeral Escorts that started in Franklin County as early as 1945.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="077cdc40.jpg" border=0 width="461" height="452" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Badges used by commissioned Deputy Sheriffs' prior to 1969</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="079d2050.jpg" border=0 width="466" height="517" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> This is the last patch worn by Funeral Escorts prior to the order of disbanding by the Sheriff of Franklin County.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="07bd1e20.jpg" border=0 width="465" height="482" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Badges used by Police Motorcycle Escort when all funeral escorts were commissioned Deputy Sheriffs</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="07d5a5e0.jpg" border=0 width="346" height="350" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="07f675e0.jpg" border=0 width="359" height="350" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Patch and badge currently in use by Police Motorcycle Escort</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>