Police

Rescue in Ohio can look like handcuffs, spit hoods, jail time or court dates.

James R. Willis said in an interview that the officers involved should have been better trained to understand the limits on their authority.

The local police union says the officers followed procedure during the incident.

Members of the Yellow Springs Speaking Up For Justice group hosted a memorial Thursday night for John Crawford III outside the Beavercreek Walmart.

The Ohio Traffic Safety Council voted to support a bill that will expand upon existing texting-and-driving laws in Ohio.

Over the past few years, police departments across the country have grappled with what to do when a video in their possession captures the use of deadly force by a police officer.

The Dayton Human Relations Council’s Citizens’ Appeal Board decided to move forward with its investigation of a police incident from earlier this year.

Springfield City Manager Bryan Heck said the victims were gathered at a rented facility for an event organized in honor of someone lost to violence.

Part of Ohio’s approach to combatting human trafficking is arresting people for selling sex. But some experts argue that arrests make people more vulnerable to being trafficked.

Protesters were back on the streets of Columbus Tuesday, hours after a police officer fatally shot a Black teenage girl following a 911 call.

A coalition of civil rights groups is pushing a ballot measure for November 2022 that would prohibit the use of qualified immunity in civil suits.

Throughout the month of April, Akron residents will be asked to participate in a series of small public meetings on reforming the city’s police department. These meetings are just one step in a process that started almost a year ago despite a recalcitrant police chief.