Police Officer Bruce Todd Koehn P-427
(1942-2025)
Bruce was born on December 6, 1942 to Earl and Jean Koehn. He graduated from Princeton High School where he participated in Latin Club and baseball and graduated in 1960. He then attended University of Kentucky (Lexington) from 1961 to1963 and University of Cincinnati from 1963 to 1964 majoring in Business Administration.
During the summers, he worked for Gibson Greeting Cards as an IBM Machine Operator, as a maintenance assistant at Formica Corporation, and in construction with the Crawley Construction Company. From November 1966 to February 1967, he was in a technical training program at Cincinnati Milling Machine.
Bruce joined the Cincinnati Police Division on March 12, 1967 in the 48th Recruit Class. He was promoted to Patrolman on June 4, 1967, issued Badge 427, and assigned to District 6 (3295 Erie Avenue). He transferred to District 1 on February 25, 1973. Officer Koehn was assigned to the Regional Enforcement of Narcotics Unit (RENU) on August 14, 1977. Ten years later, on April 12, 1987, he transferred to District 4 (4150 Reading Road). During Police Week 1990 at the Annual Police Appreciation Dinner, he was given the Contribution to Law Enforcement Award. He was assigned to the Drug Diversion Unit on October 21, 1990. Officer Koehn retired on April 15, 2000 with almost 33 years of service and 89 letters of appreciation and/or commendation, including from the Ohio Attorney General, a Municipal Court Judge, two Hamilton County Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, Hamilton County Sheriff, police chiefs from University of Cincinnati and Madeira, and ten from Cincinnati Police Chiefs.
Officer Koehn died on Thursday, May 15, 2025 at the age of 82.
A visitation will be held at 1 p.m. on May 23, 2025 at Spring Grove Funeral Home, 11285 Princeton Pike. An FOP Service will be conducted at 1:45 p.m. Funeral services will begin at 2 p.m., officiated by Police Chaplain Brian Wikoff. Burial to follow at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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