On the Job 

The Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) has reaccredited the Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy under its new Gold Standard Assessment program. OPOTA was the first law enforcement training facility in the United States to receive the Gold Standard accreditation.

Ohio is now among only about 20 percent of states across the country to implement a container program for disposing of methamphetamine lab waste, an approach recommended by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. The Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) launched the program in May.

The Attorney General’s special prosecutors work on a wide range of cases in all corners of Ohio, and thanks to an impressive conviction rate, their proponents are just as widespread. In fact, demand for the office’s help with prosecutions prompted Attorney General Mike DeWine to increase staff in this area and to designate Special Prosecutions as its own section.

The Ohio Supreme Court issued a decision Sept. 3 in State Ex. Rel. Miller v. Ohio State Highway Patrol, et. al., which deals with a public records request.

Safe Neighborhoods call-in sends a message

The voices were varied — those of an ER doctor, a minister, an ex-con, the police chief, the prosecutor — but the message for Akron’s most violent offenders centered on a common theme: End the gun violence or face the consequences, including a major crackdown on your whole group.