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Fostoria police honor officers for life‑saving responses; name 2025 officer of the year
Summary
Police Chief Wedge recognized several officers for life‑saving actions during 2025 and presented an Officer of the Year award to an officer credited with leading the drone team, regional SRT training and revamping the FTO program; the chief described incidents including a medical emergency and a stabbing response where tourniquets helped save a life.
Fostoria — Chief Wedge used the council meeting's public portion to recognize multiple officers for life‑saving actions during 2025 and to present the department's 2025 Officer of the Year award.
The chief told council the department wants to acknowledge three officers for a life‑saving intervention after an on‑duty medical emergency (naming Tom Tagert, Jeremy Celestez and Moira White) and two additional officers for a late‑year stabbing response in which a good Samaritan and responding officers used tourniquets and packing until EMS arrived. "These three officers [for the first incident] quick thinking in response possibly saved that officer's life," the chief said. For the stabbing response the chief thanked the on‑scene samaritan and credited officers with actions that "saved this person's life." The chief named Moira White among those recognized for that second incident as well.
The chief also introduced the department's 2025 Officer of the Year, praising the officer's leadership of the drone team, contributions to regional SRT training and a revamp of the field training officer (FTO) program. The chief said the officer "was promoted to sergeant in January" and said the department presented engraved handcuffs as part of the recognition. The transcript records the officer's name in garbled form; no clear full name was captured in the meeting record.
Council members and attendees applauded the recognitions. The presentation was ceremonial and did not involve formal council action.
The council moved on to other agenda items after the recognition.
