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A homeless encampment in Athens is gone after an anonymous complaint, causing problems for its occupants
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — After she lost her home this summer, Athens resident Michelle Anderson spent several months camping on the wooded ridge between West Union and the… Read More
Toledo’s murder rate fell in 2024. Here’s how the Ohio city is reducing violent crime
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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TOLEDO, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — The murder rate in Toledo dropped for the third consecutive year in 2024, to the lowest point since a pandemic crime surge. The small city… Read More
Ohio families and victims of police misconduct are sounding the alarm on higher fees for body cam footage
By: George Shillcock | WOSU
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — Family members of people shot by police and their lawyers are raising the alarm about a recent law signed by Gov. Mike DeWine allowing police to charge up… Read More
An ex-sheriff charged in a judge’s shooting that rocked a Kentucky community watches his hearing from jail
By: Bruce Schreiner | AP
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LETCHER COUNTY, Ky. (AP) — A former Kentucky sheriff accused of gunning down a judge last year, stunning their tight-knit Appalachian community, appeared remotely from jail on Friday for a court… Read More
Media and the public will have to pay up to get video of police bodycams under a new Ohio law
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Police agencies will be able to charge members of the public and the media $75 an hour for footage from bodycams, dashcam video or surveillance… Read More
Concussions are common among Ohio police officers. New research shows the impact
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Growing awareness around the impact of concussions has led to better protection for athletes and those in the military. Football players are benched until they… Read More
Ohio bill to pull over drivers who fail to buckle up gets hearing, but faces bumpy road ahead
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A Republican state representative who has also served in the Ohio Highway Patrol told a House committee earlier today he thinks Ohio’s seat belt… Read More
Bill would slam the brakes on monthly ticket quotas for Ohio law enforcement
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Many law enforcement agencies say they don’t have minimum totals on traffic tickets that officers need to reach, but many drivers are suspicious. A… Read More
Ohio rolls out a statewide program to accredit police forces
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio will pilot a new best-practices accreditation program for police agencies, and it will also bear the cost, Gov. Mike DeWine announced Thursday afternoon…. Read More
Ohio’s attorney general again rejects a proposed amendment to end qualified immunity
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — For the eighth time, Ohio’s Republican attorney general has rejected language to ask voters to approve a constitutional amendment to eliminate qualified immunity for… Read More
A bill continues Ohio lawmakers’ crackdown on traffic cameras by requiring each to have a license
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Several cities are still running red light and speed cameras, even as lawmakers have tried to crack down on them. One of the legislature’s… Read More
Circleville settles with a fired officer who instructed police dog to attack truck driver and the victim
By: George Shillcock | WOSU
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CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio (WOSU) — The city of Circleville is settling with both former Officer Ryan Speakman and the man who Speakman ordered his K-9 police dog to bite as the… Read More
An Ohio child is hurt in a mistaken police raid
By: Associated Press
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ELYRIA, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio woman says her 17-month-old son suffered chemical burns when police wrongfully raided the home where she was living, allegations that authorities have denied and… Read More
Lawmaker wants some of Ohio’s Issue 2 marijuana revenue put toward police training
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The two-year state budget included $80 million to fund local police training, but when that runs out, Rep. Cindy Abrams (R-Harrison) wants to permanently finance… Read More
Ohio lawmakers reintroduce a bill to change police pension contributions
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — State lawmakers will take another crack at increasing local police department’s contributions to the Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund, after a bill to… Read More
The family of a West Virginia 13-year-old who was struck and killed by off-duty deputy demands a jury trial
By: Leah Willingham | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The family of a West Virginia 13-year-old who was struck and killed by an off-duty sheriff’s deputy with his marked cruiser last year has filed a civil suit… Read More
A prosecutor asks the judge to throw out charges against the Black truck driver mauled by a police dog in Ohio
By: Patrick Orsagos | AP
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CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio (AP) — A prosecutor in Ohio wants a judge to dismiss charges, at least for now, against a Black truck driver who was bitten by a police dog… Read More
A Nelsonville man is arrested after a standoff with officers
By: WOUB News Team
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — A Nelsonville man who allegedly shot a firearm in his basement while children were home was arrested early Wednesday morning after a more than two-hour standoff… Read More
An Ohio officer is put on paid leave amid a probe into a police dog attack on surrendering truck driver
By: Associated Press
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CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio officer was put on leave while he’s investigated for releasing his police dog on a surrendering truck driver even after state troopers told the officer to… Read More
Ohio investigates why a police dog was deployed on a surrendering truck driver
By: Associated Press
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CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Several Ohio agencies are investigating why an officer allowed his police dog to attack a truck driver who was surrendering with his hands raised, despite State… Read More
Drones are a powerful tool for law enforcement in southeast Ohio that raise privacy concerns
By: Caleb McCleskey
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MARIETTA, Ohio (WOUB) –– Hovering several hundred feet in the air, the four rotating propellers on the Washington County Sheriff’s Office newest drone could be heard from the ground. Special Deputy… Read More
Washington County law enforcement is learning a new approach to dealing with people in crisis
By: Reese Thompson
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MARIETTA, Ohio (WOUB) — Washington County law enforcement officers are learning how to steer people in a mental health crisis away from the criminal justice system by getting them the… Read More
More people are getting away with murder. Unsolved killings reach a record high
By: Eric Westervelt | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — More murders across America are going unsolved, exacerbating the grief of families already reeling and worsening the largely cracked trust between police and the public, especially… Read More
Ohio officers won’t be charged in the shooting of Jayland Walker
By: Associated Press
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AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Eight police officers who fired dozens of rounds at Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man, following a car and foot chase will not face criminal charges… Read More
Why calls for reform have not reduced the number of people killed by police
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — More than 1,000 people died at the hands of law enforcement in 2022 and wide racial disparities persisted among those deaths. One of those killed last… Read More