Spotlight Special

New Community Services Officer Guy Cerino

At the April meeting the WCPAAA welcomed our new Community Services Officer Guy Cerino. Everyone noticed his enthusiasm and excitement as he talked about his new assignment. The members of the WCPAAA are looking forward to getting to know Officer Cerino and learning to see where his leadership will take the organization.

Some facts about Officer Cerino
- Graduated from Westland HS in 1990
- After graduating high school, he attended Columbus State Community College and graduated in 1992, with an Associate's Degree in Applied Science, and received his Ohio Peace Officer's Training Certificate from the Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy
- Worked at Kroger, beginning in 1988, where he started as a Courtesy Clerk and then worked his way up to Cashier, Customer Service Desk, and Head Stock until 2000
- In May of 2000, became a Franklin County Deputy with the Franklin County Sheriff's Office, where he was assigned to Corrections and worked at the Main Jail in downtown Columbus until March of 2001
- On March 18th, 2001, he became a Westerville Police Officer and spent 23 years on patrol (22 years on 2nd Shift and 1 year on 3rd Shift) until becoming the Crime Prevention Officer in March of 2024
-Married to Tina for 27 years and they have three sons; Jacob, Jaret, and Jackson. Tina and he recently became grandparents with the birth of a granddaughter, Isla. In his spare time, if he's not at a baseball game, he is at home with 4 dogs and two cats.

The following is an email we received from Assistant Chief Brian Spoon regarding our members participation in the fund raiser for the injured Westerville Police Officer:

I wanted to take a few moments just to tell you how incredibly grateful we are for the overwhelming support your group provided to the Everharts last week. Your members came together on short notice, during one of the most busy and financially difficult times of the year for many families, and gave with generous, loving hearts. 

Gratitude for such an expression of support and concern is difficult to fully put in words. So I'll say THANK YOU. Thank you for your service to our agency and this community and all the time and effort you invest in giving back. Thank you for your consistent desire to help in any and all ways possible.  Thank you for making our partnership the rewarding relationship that it is.  May you and everyone in your group have the happiest of holidays and know that what you do makes a difference.

Sincerely,

Brian Spoon 
Assistant Chief
Westerville PD
614-901-6481