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As Columbus' Democrat-controlled government remains locked in a pitched battle over whether the city's police union can influence the way officer-involved shootings and allegations of misconduct are investigated and discipline is carried out, it was their own party that gave the union its current power. And since the mid-1980s, when Ohio instituted a sea change in public sector collective-bargaining laws, police unions have gradually shifted to the right  on issues like gun control, concealed carry and availability of assault weapons — even as police are increasingly called upon to fac...

The Fraternal Order of Police held a press conference Monday related to the firing of former Columbus police officer Adam Coy.

Coy was accused of using excessive force during an October 2012 incident involving a Dublin man suspected of drunk driving.

The leaders of Columbus’ police union are asking for an extension in seeking arbitration for Adam Coy, the former officer who was fired after killing Andre

One week into his term as Franklin County's new prosecutor, Gary Tyack is considering whether his office should take back handling any case involving a former Columbus police officer who was fired within days of fatally shooting an unarmed Black man. "I think for years and years, some police have felt they had immunity as long as they told a story about how they shot someone in self-defense," said Tyack, a Democrat who defeated longtime Republican incumbent prosecutor Ron O'Brien in the November election. "That's what you hear about the cases pending now," Tyack said. "The claim is, 'What...