Homicide investigators arrive at a suspect’s home and identify a murder scene. Also present when they arrive are officers guarding both the scene and the suspect. Can the home, including cupboards, drawers, and closets that are all inaccessible to the suspect, be searched? The answer is no, even though many believe that the urgency of the situation gives rise to a “homicide exception” to the warrant requirement.
Outreach focuses on services, funding for crime victims The Attorney General’s Crime Victim Services Section is reaching out to audiences around the state to draw attention to its many services as well as assistance available through the Ohio Victims of Crime Compensation Fund.
The opiate crisis has evolved, snaring our state in a deadly progression from prescription pills to heroin. It’s a familiar pattern with gruesome consequences. And it’s playing out in many states, including Ohio.
I have been working with many Ohio families devastated by our state’s heroin epidemic, and if I could somehow change the reason for our encounters, I would.
Attorney General Mike DeWine’s new Heroin Unit provides Ohio communities with law enforcement, legal, and outreach assistance to combat the state’s escalating opiate problem.
Ohio’s opiate problem has many dimensions, and solving it will require many components: law enforcement, courts, treatment options, education, community services, support networks, and more.
The Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy will offer law enforcement a new course — The Heroin Epidemic: Recognition and Investigation — in February and March.
Bev Flowers: Her recovery was worth fighting for “Recovery is always possible.” Those are the words of Bev Flowers, who knows the road back from opiate addiction.
Jennifer Biddinger joined the Attorney General’s Office in late 2011 to support Ohioans determined to fight drugs in their communities. Demand for the assistance continues to grow, leading to plans to expand outreach capabilities.
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