On the Job 

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.

At total of 152 law enforcement agencies throughout the state will receive more than $3 million in grants to use for drug use prevention education programs in public schools, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced. 

The Ohio Attorney General’s Office has updated its Guide to Ohio’s Sex Offender Registration and Notification Laws manual.

The Ohio Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) is offering to use drones to take aerial photographs of schools for inclusion in school safety plans.

A video series produced by the Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy (OPOTA) is providing guidance on how educators and law enforcement can work together to prepare for and react to a violent school incident.

Now that tactical medical professionals are permitted to carry firearms, the Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission (OPOTC) voted in July on training rules, as required by recently passed House Bill 79.