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New Bremen Police Department receives recertification Recertification takes place on a revolving, three- to four-year cycle. There are 482 agencies that are certified, and 97 that are in the process of becoming certified by meeting standards for the use of force, including deadly force, and agency recruitment and hiring. Additionally, over 29,897 officers (representing over 92 percent of all law enforcement officers in Ohio, including most of Ohio’s metropolitan areas) are employed by an agency that is involved in some form of the certification process. https://www.limaohio.com/wp-content/u...

Grove City planning to purchase body cameras for police officers ThisWeek group Grove City Division of Police officers are expected to wear body cameras before the end of the year. The 2021 budget City Council approved Dec. 7 includes $125,000 for the purchase of body-worn cameras. The city will purchase enough cameras to equip each of its 52 officers, eight sergeants and three lieutenants with the equipment, deputy city administrator/safety director William Vedra said. The actual cost of purchasing the cameras remains to be determined, and additional funding might be needed, he said. "We ar...

news@tribtoday.com NILES — The Trumbull County Educational Service Center secured a $55,400 grant that will be used to establish a new STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) program during the second semester of the 2020-21 school year. The funding was made available through the Ohio Collaborative for Educating Remotely and Transforming Schools to support schools in their efforts to improve remote learning. TCESC’s Curriculum and Instruction Department will launch the STEM program in January and run it through the second semester of the 2020-21 school year. The program will compl...

Funds will establish STEM program Jan 1, 2021 NILES — The Trumbull County Educational Service Center has secured a $55,400 grant that will be used to establish a new STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) program during the second semester of the 2020-21 school year. The funding was made available through the Ohio Collaborative for Educating Remotely and Transforming Schools to support schools in their efforts to improve remote learning. TCESC’s Curriculum and Instruction Department will launch the new STEM program in January and run it through the second semester of the 2020-...

No chokehold policy adopted by state advisory board COLUMBUS — Gov. Mike DeWine announced Friday a new standard of deadly force for police departments in the state. Following nationwide protests in the wake of George Floyd’s death this summer, the governor felt there was a need for conversations to unfold about policing. “George Floyd’s death is the culmination of many events,” he tweeted on May 29. “As he lay on the ground dying, he was a victim representing so many others before him. His death impacts us all. We have a responsibility to each other, regardless of race, to stand u...