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The Ohio Supreme Court has issued a bench card on human trafficking for common pleas and municipal courts, said Diana Ramos-Reardon, the court’s domestic violence program manager.

A service offered last year to local law enforcement agencies by the Ohio Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) identified 146 children who were at risk of falling victim to human trafficking in 2017.

The Ohio Attorney General’s Advisory Group on Unmanned Aircraft Systems has released its report, which includes 14 recommendations and a model policy for use by law enforcement.

Law enforcement training officers provide advanced instruction to peace officers and other criminal justice professionals on a wide array of topics. Daniels teaches a refresher course for peace officers returning from a break in service, as well as firearms, officer survival, patrol tactics, and first aid courses. Daniels has a remote pilot certificate from the FAA and served on the Attorney General’s Advisory Group on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). 

When I first took office as Attorney General in 2011, I was shocked to learn that thousands of sexual assault kits were sitting — untested — in police evidence rooms across the state. The situation came as a surprise because when I was in the U.S. Senate, I sponsored the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act, which provided millions of dollars to pay for DNA testing.
 

On the heels of the completion of Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine’s  Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Testing Initiative, a related symposium will take place on the second day of the Two Days in May Conference on Victim Assistance, set for May 14-15 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine’s initiative to test the rape kits that had been lingering in police evidence lockers for decades has wrapped up, with 13,931 tested for DNA in a little more than five years.

Law enforcement officials, business owners, technologists, and education professionals gathered Oct. 12 at the Ohio Attorney General’s 2017 Law Enforcement Conference to talk about cybersecurity and the need for collaboration to fight cybercrime.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine's Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Testing Initiative reached a milestone in the fall as it surpassed 13,000 kits analyzed.

The Cyber Crimes Unit of the Ohio Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) is helping law enforcement agencies investigate crimes involving credit-card skimmers.