On the Job 

What do you bring from your 33 years with the Westerville Police Department to your new role leading BCI?
Experience in cooperating with criminal justice professionals. Over the years, I have been able to develop relationships with these professionals, not just on a statewide level but also nationally and internationally. 

What do you want Ohio’s law enforcement officers and firefighters to know about the kind of Attorney General you are? No politics, just results. You will be able to reach me. 

One week before the day I was inaugurated as Ohio Attorney General, Colerain Township Police Officer Dale Woods died after he was struck by a vehicle while on duty. On that dark and rainy night, Officer Woods had pulled a woman from a burning car, saving her life. 

Attorney General Dave Yost has presented Pike County with a $100,000 check to help pay for a notorious capital murder case in which eight members of one family were killed in one night.

Those learning at the Ohio Attorney General’s Center for the Future of Forensic Science at Bowling Green State University, which opened in January, work on cutting-edge equipment, just like what’s used at the Bureau of Criminal Investigation’s crime lab up the street.

A strength of the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is that it puts the latest forensic science in reach for all law enforcement forces in Ohio, regardless of the size of their budgets.

Dave Yost came into office as Ohio Attorney General pledging to champion those state residents who don’t have lobbyists or who can’t afford to take part in government.