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.
In 2018, Cmdr. Brandon Kutz of the Cleveland Division of Police moved some new workers into the headquarters of his Fourth District.
By this time next year, victims of sexual assault across Ohio should be able to anonymously check whether their examination kit evidence has been sent to a law enforcement agency or to a crime lab for testing.
While many in our state work from home and practice social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic, our safety forces don’t have those luxuries.
Because of coronavirus concerns, the Attorney General’s Office followed the lead of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in canceling the Ohio Peace Officers’ Memorial Ceremony. But that doesn’t mean we should postpone honoring the officers who gave their lives in 2019 to protect the people of Ohio. Here are the three killed last year in the line of duty:
Ohio’s Violent Offender Registry has been “live” for a year and contains 804 records.