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New Fingerprint Scanners Granted to Ohio Courts Will Bolster Criminal-Records System

A grant program designed to enhance the accuracy and completeness of the state’s criminal-records repository will pay for 77 new devices that courts across Ohio will use to capture defendants’ fingerprints for submission to the database, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced today.

7/2/2024

AG Yost Launches New Human Trafficking Training Scenario for First Responders

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost today announced the launch of a new training scenario for EMS workers, the fourth in a series of videos designed to help health-care professionals and first responders identify and respond to situations involving human trafficking. Also today, Yost announced a new “best practices” guide for raising public awareness of human trafficking among adolescents and teenagers.

7/1/2024