On the Job 

The Richmond Heights police chief calls his department an idea incubator, but what his team’s new youth outreach programs supply is something far more time-tested: community trust.

Ten years ago, the Montville Police Department took over a small after-school program focused on a single apartment complex in Medina. Today, that program — called the Medina County Police Activities League (MCPAL) — is a county-wide collaboration serving more than 500 students.

The long line of trafficking-related patients whom Dr. Jennifer Tscholl has treated has driven home the fact that, much like women suffering domestic violence or children who have been sexually abused, human trafficking victims aren’t typically forthcoming about what is happening.

Many measures, even simple ones, can make a difference for military veterans, and my office stands willing to help any first-responder agency seeking to join the effort.

​The Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation has made some important changes to better serve its law enforcement partners.