The summer turmoil actually opens doors for boosting trust and proving the value of police, who took their jobs to help their communities, not hurt them.
Before COVID-19 and summer protests rocked the U.S., Port Clinton, Ohio, felt the heat of such controversy when social media, backseat Sherlocks and holiday schedules complicated the search for teen Harley Dilly.
Port Clinton Police Chief Robert Hickman started with a daily briefing and evolved to one daily update with the same information going to every media outlet, whether local or national, and no sidebar comments.
On the Job recently caught up with three state legislators who used to be law enforcement officers to find out why they decided to make the jump and why their experience is valuable at the Statehouse.
For law enforcement officers who completed the Ohio School Threat Assessment Training program, the next step — and the opportunity to earn more money — has opened.
The Ohio Law Enforcement Body Armor Program has been granted $3.5 million to help local law enforcement agencies buy vests for their officers this fiscal year, which runs through June 30, 2021.