Capt. Steven R. Rine retires after 29 years on the OSHP

CAMBRIDGE, Ohio – A celebration in Cambridge marked the retirement of an Ohio State Highway Patrolman after 29 years of service.

Captain Steven R. Rine is retiring from the Cambridge District of the patrol where he spent the bulk of his career. More than 130 people were at the Pritchard Laughlin Civic Center for a luncheon in Rine’s honor.

“It’s humbling experience to see this many people from the sheriff’s offices, other state agencies, my state agency. I have some prior veterans here too. Very humbling. I didn’t think it would be this large of a turnout,” Rine said.

Before his time as a patrolman, Rine served in the U.S. Marine Corps with his last combat tour taking place in the Gulf War. He then earned a degree in banking and finance, worked at Bank One. After meeting a friend at his high school reunion, Rine decided to join the patrol and graduated from the 128th Academy Class. Rine says looking back on his career, his favorite memories are from his time teaching at the academy.

“…I was an instructor down there watching the young men and women down there when we’re training them coming out, watch their development form the time they started and then 31 weeks later as they graduated,” Rine said. “And then see how they developed on that and became great leaders there, but then watch them through their career. I’ve trained quite a few classes, but the rewarding thing is the people that are running our senior staff, there’s probably 75% of those individuals that went through the training program under my tutelage and it humbles me just to see that.”

Rine received a proclamation from the Governor’s office recognizing his career and retirement from the Ohio State Highway Patrol. Rine says that as a born-again Christian, he’s going to see how the next chapter of his life puts an emphasis on faith and leading people to Christianity.