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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
The Ohio House passes a bill to make hoax emergency calls a felony
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Intentional false reports about school shootings and other hoax emergency calls could be prosecuted as a felony under legislation passed by the Republican-led Ohio House. The… Read More
False calls about active school shooters are rising. Behind them is a strange pattern
By: Odette Yousef | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — When Emmi Conley first heard in September about a rash of hoax calls reporting active shooters in schools, she dismissed it. Conley, an extremism researcher who… Read More
Mike DeWine hopes state lawmakers create dedicated fund for continued police training
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, said he hopes the state legislature will take up the issue of revamped law enforcement training and hiring practices… Read More
Republican governor announces money for grant program from federal package opposed by GOP
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The state of Ohio is putting $42 million in additional funds toward local efforts to reduce crime in a program started last year. The… Read More
Jayland Walker wounded or grazed 46 times in Akron police shooting: Summit County medical examiner
By: Nick Castele | ideastream
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AKRON, Ohio (Ideastream) — Jayland Walker suffered 46 bullet entrance or graze injuries when Akron police officers fatally shot him last month, Summit County Medical Examiner Dr. Lisa Kohler said… Read More
Criminal investigators in Ohio are getting help from the feds to solve crimes
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Attorney General Dave Yost, a Republican, said the state’s crime fighting efforts are improving thanks to a partnership that can help law enforcement analyze… Read More
Supreme Court makes it easier to sue for malicious prosecution
By: Nina Totenberg | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday made it easier to sue police and prosecutors for malicious prosecution. But the decision still leaves in place other barriers… Read More
Ohio is expanding its gun ballistics testing program
By: Matt Richmond | WKSU
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WKSU) — In an effort to prevent gun violence in Ohio, the state is planning to spend $10.5 million dollars to expand police use of ballistics testing technology…. Read More