Monroe Police Department now fully staffed

Lt. Brian Curlis (left) introduces Sara Vaught and Matthew Rykoskey just before they are sworn in as police officers during the Monroe city council meeting Tuesday evening, December 8, 2009. The Monroe police department now has 29 officers which brings them to full capacity.

Jessica Uttinger/Contributing photographer Lt. Brian Curlis (left) introduces Sara Vaught and Matthew Rykoskey just before they are sworn in as police officers during the Monroe city council meeting Tuesday evening, December 8, 2009. The Monroe police department now has 29 officers which brings them to full capacity.

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By Denise Wilson, Staff Writer 9:06 AM Wednesday, December 9, 2009

MONROE — Monroe’s police department is full, having recently hired two new officers to bring its total to 29.

Sara Vaught and Matthew Rykoskey were introduced and sworn in as new police officers during a City Council meeting Tuesday, Dec. 8.

Vaught, 28,resides in Cincinnati with her husband John, who is a Cincinnati police officer.

She graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Cincinnati’s College Conservatory of Music.

She also was the valedictorian of her graduating class from the University of Cincinnati Police Academy where she received her Ohio Peace Officers Training Academy certification, said Monroe Police Chief Greg Homer.

Vaught has had many interesting jobs in her law enforcement career such as appearing in a police television series called “Numbers” in 2007, he said.

Rykoskey, 25, of Franklin, graduated from Butler Tech Police Academy where he obtained his Ohio Peace Officers Training Academy certification.

He also has attended the University of Cincinnati, Sinclair Community College and Miami University in Middletown. He has more than 100 credit hours and hopes to complete a bachelor of arts degree in the near future, Homer said.

Rykoskey also has worked for his mother — a former police dispatcher for the Franklin Police Department for 17 years — in a family-owned business called Ameridry.

Vaught officially began her new duties with the department on Tuesday, Dec. 8 and Rykoskey began his job Wednesday, Dec. 9.

Monroe City Council’s Dec. 22 meeting has been canceled as a result of the Christmas holiday.

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