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This new program makes Athens deputies better prepared to handle calls involving a mental health crisis
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Earlier this year, Zayne Preston saw a story in the news about a young man with autism who was gunned down by police during a confrontation…. Read More
Backers of ending qualified immunity for Ohio police and other workers kick off their ballot effort
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — After years of court battles to get their proposal before voters, supporters of a constitutional amendment to end qualified immunity for police officers and… Read More
Ohio’s AG approves the qualified immunity ballot issue he opposes after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A four-year battle between Ohio’s Republican attorney general and a group that wants voters to end qualified immunity for government employees, including police officers, is… Read More
The Ohio House passes a bill to boost police pension contributions by cities, but its future is uncertain
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A bill to require municipalities to increase their pension contributions $80 million a year more toward pensions for law enforcement passed the House with… 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
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The city of Athens is considering a hiring freeze to help shore up its budget
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — The city of Athens is considering a hiring freeze because its cash reserves for the year have already dropped below a level that is considered financially… 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
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 lawsuit alleges Ironton police attacked a man for trying to record them
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — A man who says Ironton police officers attacked him because he was going to record them as they searched his truck has filed a civil rights… Read More
A West Virginia trooper charged with domestic violence will be fired
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia state police officer charged with domestic violence is losing his job, officials said. State Police served Cpl. Joseph Comer with a notice of intent to… 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 Circleville officer is fired after letting his police dog attack a surrendering truck driver
By: Samantha Hendrickson | AP
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CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio police department has fired an officer who released his police dog on a surrendering truck driver even after state troopers told him to hold the dog… 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
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
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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
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
Columbus police now limit serving certain warrants overnight
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Police in Columbus, Ohio will no longer serve warrants overnight on certain suspects in the wake of last month’s fatal police shooting. The Columbus Dispatch reported… Read More
Ohio’s capital city limits how police use force on protesters
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Police in Ohio’s capital will be limited in how they can use force against protesters and will have to display officers’ names on their riot gear… Read More
Athens-area gun activists and city officials react to Ohio’s new permitless concealed carry gun law
By: Lexi Lepof
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https://youtu.be/WEaHKQ3BdpY ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – Jim Salzman, a board member of Hilltop Gun Club, is just one example of second amendment activists who think Ohio’s new gun legislation goes too… Read More
DeWine says Ohio needs to fund the police
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A total of $250 million from the federal government will go to help first responders, mainly police and troopers, who are far more likely… Read More
Lawsuit argues Ohio’s police officers aren’t meeting state training requirements
By: Matt Richmond | ideastream
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CLEVELAND (Ideastream) — Mariah Crenshaw has spent years building a case that officers around Ohio are violating state law simply by continuing to serve as officers. It started in 2014…. Read More
Virtual reality brings ‘soft skills’ training to law enforcement in Appalachian Ohio
By: Kaitlin Thorne | Ohio Valley ReSource
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ATHENS COUNTY, Ohio (OVR) – On a chilly fall morning deputies with the Athens County Sheriff’s Department reported for annual training in Nelsonville, OH. Sitting among bullet proof vests and… Read More