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That ceremony included speeches, bagpipes, a bugler playing Taps, a 21-gun salute and even a flyover from the Butler County Sheriff's Office helicopter.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine ordered flags be lowered to half-staff this week after a police officer and Cincinnati resident died in a car crash.

Loved ones spoke about how loyal Officer Tim Unwin was to his friends, ribbing them, needling them, and being unfailing with them.

Officer Tim Unwin was responding to an officer needs assistance call on March 31 when he was part of a crash along Hamilton Avenue in North College Hill.

Cruisers from over three dozen police departments led a procession into Arlington Memorial Cemetery to pay respects to Officer Tim Unwin.

Family and co-workers said their final goodbyes Thursday to Springfield Township Police Officer Tim Unwin. He is the first township officer to die in the line of duty since the department was formed in 1964.

Gov. DeWine has ordered all flags to be flown half-staff in honor of Springfield Township Police Officer Tim Unwin and William Dunson, who died Friday

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine ordered flags be lowered to half-staff this week after a police officer and Cincinnati resident died in a car crash.

The families of two men killed Friday are preparing to bury their loved ones.

Springfield Township Police Officer Tim Unwin was in a cruiser during the crash. William Dunson, a North College Hill resident, also died.