WARREN — A 35-year tradition was brought back that honors exemplary police work as the Trumbull County Prosecutor’s Office hosted the 41st annual meeting of the Homicide Investigation and Prosecution Unit at Cafe 422 in Warren.

The Tuesday event, fondly dubbed the “homicide dinner,” was the return of a practice of publicly recognizing exceptional police work in Trumbull County, which had been paused since 2019 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins, who spearheaded the revival, talked about the importance of collaboration and advanced training for major crime investigations.

“After some hard work by my staff, I am happy to announce that we have revived it,” Watkins said.

The event featured a three-hour law enforcement training session led by Philip

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