More federal money available to train police officers in Ohio
The $280,000 grant will be used to train law enforcement officers how to deal with impaired drivers.
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The $280,000 grant will be used to train law enforcement officers how to deal with impaired drivers.
The $280,000 grant will be used to train law enforcement officers how to deal with impaired drivers.
Mariah Crenshaw has spent years building a case that officers around Ohio are violating state law simply by continuing to serve as officers. It started in 2014. Crenshaw runs the advocacy group Chasing Justice, and she wanted to know how the Cleveland Division of Police collects training documentation for officers who are hired from other cities. In 2017, she started following one East Cleveland officer, Larry McDonald, who went from that small suburban police department to Cleveland then, after a short time, back to East Cleveland.
Throughout Ohio, many police officers are not compliant with their Continued Professional Training, meaning they are not authorized to serve as police
Advocacy group Chasing Justice says officers around the state are violating state law simply by continuing to serve as officers.