The Ohio Attorney General’s Office has been awarded additional federal grant money for ongoing improvements to the state’s criminal-records database, known as the Computerized Criminal History (CCH) system.
The remaining funds will provide technological or financial assistance for two purposes:
The Ohio Law Enforcement Bulletproof Vest Program – administered by the Ohio Attorney General’s Office – continues to provide grants to local law enforcement agencies to purchase body armor vests. To date, the program has awarded grants exceeding $13.4 million to more than 600 local law enforcement agencies in all 88 Ohio counties.
Funding for the program is provided by the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation as part of its Safety Intervention Grant Program. With a local match of 25 percent, agencies can receive up to $8,000 from the program annually.
Links to the forms necessary to apply for the grant and receive reimbursement are below. (NOTE: Only equipment purchased after receipt of an award is eligible for reimbursement from grant funds.)
Grant Application
Request for Payment Form
This new training is available to OPOTC-certified peace officers and troopers who are assigned full- or part-time to an Ohio law enforcement tactical team. The two-day course, “School-Response Training for Members of Ohio Law Enforcement Tactical Teams,” is taught by the Ohio Tactical Officers Association (OTOA) and has been approved by the Ohio Peace Officers Training Academy for 16 credit hours of 2023 Continued Professional Training (CPT).
This flyer provides information about class dates and locations, the cost and registration.
To apply for reimbursement:
- Step 1: Contact OTOA to register tactical team members.
- Step 2: Complete the training.
- Step 3: Complete AGO grant request form for School-Response Training (see link below).
- Step 4: Pay OTOA for training.*
* The OTOA has agreed to defer payment for this course on a case-by-case basis.
2023 Grant Application Form
2024 Grant Application Form
The Ohio Attorney General’s Office has expanded a program that helps address drug addictions, overdoses and deaths within Ohio communities. The Drug Abuse Response Team (DART) grant program reimburses some of the personnel and other costs for local law enforcement or government agency teams that deploy in response to overdoses and other effects of the opioid epidemic.
The response teams bring together local law enforcement and behavioral health providers to offer 24-hour assistance to overdose survivors and their families. Services can include connections to immediate treatment, recovery support and other resources designed to reduce the risk of future overdoses.
DART awards for FY27 totaled more than $2.5 million and went to 38 local agencies throughout Ohio that operate quick-response teams. Many of the response teams also received previous grants from this program, which began in 2017.
The current grant year ends June 30, 2027. The application window for the 2027-28 grant cycle will open in late April.
The Ohio Attorney General’s Office created the Ohio School Threat Assessment Training program to head off problems at schools before they explode into violence. That training — 10 chapters long and entailing about three hours’ worth of material — is available via OHLEG for law enforcement officers and via the Attorney General’s website for civilians. One chapter is viewable only by certified law enforcement officers.
OPOTC-certified officers who complete the training and conduct a School Vulnerability Assessment at an elementary, middle or high school are eligible to receive a grant.
Grant requests and more information are available on OHLEG.