Enforcement officers were there paying respects to the fallen trooper and mourning with family and friends. The superintendent of the Highway Patrol knew kenny velez for 27 years. He represented well. The velez name, the Highway Patrol, this thin blue line that we talk about, ken evelez represented well. Ken evelez was in the Highway Patrol graduating class the superintendent called the class, but of velez he used the words honor, integrity, sacrifice. Kenny demonstrated all these qualities. You already know these things about ken evelez. For the velez children, their fats it was a hero in uniform and out. Always he was dad, hero on the job, hero at home. My father showed us more are, we still feel the love. There was also love from the brotherhood of the blue line, as the state Highway Patrol superintendent termed it kenny velez a hero of the Highway Patrol. The tributes and the respect for the memory of ohio Highway Patrol trooper Kenneth Velez run deep and wide and long. At the fune