Throughout Ohio in 2022, law enforcement officers will be taking additional training to better protect themselves and the public. More than 33,000 Ohio law enforcement officers will be required to take Continuing Professional Training (CPT).
When opioid overdose deaths spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic, AG Yost knew something had to be done. Two Drug Dropoff Day events hosted by Yost have yielded more than a 1,100 pounds of unused or expired prescription medications, and a third drop-off day is being planned for this summer.
Police officers from Toledo and Columbus faced off in a hockey fundraiser to pay tribute to fallen Toledo Officers Anthony Dia and Brandon Stalker. More than $13,500 was raised on ticket sales, with the proceeds benefitting a scholarship fund named in memory of the officers.
The days of passive online law enforcement training are numbered.
Three of Ohio’s 88 sheriffs are women – an all-time high.
Officer Kaia Grant of the Springdale Police Department was killed on the job in March 2020. To this day, you can find photos she posted on the social media site Flickr. They serve as a window into the way the budding photographer viewed the world.
On May 6, the officers who lost their lives in the line of duty in 2020 were honored at the Ohio Peace Officers’ Memorial Ceremony.
The summer turmoil actually opens doors for boosting trust and proving the value of police, who took their jobs to help their communities, not hurt them.
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.