On the Job 

Reaching vulnerable populations with victim services can require looking at situations from a different angle. Already adept at recognizing victims’ needs and challenges, those who work in the advocacy and law enforcement fields are well-positioned to help.

Attorney General Mike DeWine launched the Crimes Against Children Initiative in 2011, assembling investigators, prosecutors, victim advocates, and law enforcement trainers to better protect Ohio’s children. The team focuses on identifying, arresting, and convicting people who prey on children through sexual and other forms of abuse, child pornography, solicitation of minors, and similar crimes.

Offering free training courses that increase law enforcement agencies’ capacity to protect kids is a major priority of the Crimes Against Children Initiative. To register for courses highlighted below, visit www.OhioAttorneyGeneral.gov/OPOTA.

The Bureau of Criminal Investigation’s three laboratories have earned ASCLD/LAB-International  accreditation from the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board.

Law enforcement officers from across Ohio will gather at 11 a.m. May 2 to honor three of their peers who lost their lives in 2012. The 26th annual Ohio Peace Officers’ Memorial Ceremony will take place at the Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy in London.