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Online or on the road, OPOTA serves local law enforcement
Ohio law nforcmnt ofcrs tak part in an Ohio Pac Ofcr Training Acamy cours
on how to al with activ shootrs.
Continued on Page 7
New fronts establishedin battle against opiates
COVER STORY
Photos by Lisa Murray
Share your suggestions with OPOTA
The Ohio Peace Ofcer Traiig Academy wats
to help you address your law eforcemet trai -
ig eeds. To let us kow how OPOTA ca better
serve your agecy, cotact Executive Director
Bob Fiatal at Robert.Fiatal@OhioAttorney
General.gov or call him at 740-845-2757.
OPOTA oers basic peace ofcer
training course in early 2012
OPOTA will coduct a Peace Ofcer Basic Trai-
ig School Ja. 17–May 4 at the academy’s
mai campus i Lodo. Applicats must
obtai a peace ofcer appoitmet ad be
employed by a law eforcemet agecy prior to
the start of the course. For iformatio, cotact
James “Doug” Daiels at 740-845-6304 or
Registratio forms are at www.OhioAttorney
General.gov/OPOTARegistration .
More inside: Attorney General shares thoughts on
OPOTA’s commitment to law enforcement, Page 2.
As statewide
efforts to battle
the prescrip-
tio drug abuse
epidemicbegi to show
results, the
Ohio Attorey
Geeral’s
Ofce ad its
parters are
seeig a rise i the prevalece of heroi,
promptig a broader focus to ght opiates
i geeral.
Assistat Attorey Geeral Aaro Haslam,
who is leadig the ofce’s work to stem
the opiate problem, said icreased heroi
trafckig followed o the heels of a crack-dow o prescriptio drug abuse. Like
heroi, paikillers such as oxycodoe ad
hydrocodoe are opiates.
Haslam said a ew state law stregtheig
the licesig of pai maagemet cliics
already is havig a effect. The law, which
took effect May 20, also ehaces the
computerized Ohio Automated Rx Review
System to help idetify extesive prescrip-
tio drug use.
“The regulatios have helped cut off a lot
of the supply. The umber of pai cliics
has dropped sigicatly. Scioto Couty,
which had 12 pai cliics, ow has just
oe,” Haslam said. “But as the supply of
prescriptio drugs has goe dow, we’ve
see a boom i heroi.
“A lot of the heroi that we’re seeig is
comig out of Mexico ad South America,
ad the cartels brigig it i are very orga -
ized,” he added. “Ulike how prescriptio
drugs are illegally distributed, what we see
with heroi is that it’s comig i to hub cit-
ies such as Columbus ad Ciciati, ad
addicts are travelig to get it.”
Haslam said the Attorey Geeral’s Ofce is
workig closely with the Goveror’s Ofce,
By R. Steven Graves
Continued on Page 5
This black tar heroin wasconscate recently in Ohio.
The Ohio Peace Ofcer Traiig Academy
(OPOTA) is reachig out to serve local law
eforcemet by makig traiigs eve more co-
veiet for time-strapped ad budget-coscious
agecies across Ohio.
“Our job is to assist local law eforcemet.
Whatever the eeds of law eforcemet are for
traiig, we do our best to meet them, while at
the same time makig them coveiet adaffordable,” Ohio Attorey Geeral Mike DeWie
said. “May of OPOTA’s courses are free, ad
olie courses offer the coveiece of beig
available 24/7 o the Iteret, where ay ofcer
workig ay shift ca have access.”
A goal set by DeWie is to icrease the traiigs
available ad to schedule them withi a hour’s
drive of most law eforcemet agecies — at
large veues close to major iterstates — ad
with free parkig.
“We’re i the busiess of providig law eforce-
met with the best istructio possible at thelowest possible cost. It does’t get ay lower
tha free,” said Bob Fiatal, who serves as
executive director of the academy ad the Ohio
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CRIMInAL JUSTICE
UPdATe
Criminal Justice Update typically is published
four times a year by the Ohio AttoreyGeeral’s Ofce for members of Ohio’s
crimial justice commuity.
To share story ideas or alert us to addresschages, cotact Editor Mary Alice Casey at
614-728-5417 [email protected].
Volume 3, Issue 3Fall 2011
Copyright 2011by Ohio Attorey Geeral’s Ofce
30 E. Broad St., 17th FloorColumbus, OH 43215
www.OhioAttorneyGeneral.gov/
CriminalJusticeUpdate
I J.D.B. v. North Carolina, the U.S. Supreme
Court ruled i Jue that a child’s age is relevat to the Miranda custody aalysis.
Police removed 13-year-old J.D.B. from his class-
room ad questioed him about items stolei two home ivasios. Without admiisterig Miranda warigs, ad with the door closed, the
ivestigator questioed him for 30 to 45 miutes.
Iitially, J.D.B. deied ay wrogdoig, but eve-
tually asked if he would still be i trouble if heretured “the stuff.” The ivestigator explaied
that this would help, but that the matter was “go-
ig to court” regardless.
The ivestigator the explaied the process of
juveile detetio. At that poit, J.D.B. admitted that he ad a fried had committed the break-
is. Oly the did the ivestigator tell J.D.B. thathe could refuse to aswer questios ad was
free to leave. J.D.B. said he uderstood adrepeated his cofessio i writig.
J.D.B. later was charged i juveile proceedigs,
durig which he moved to suppress his state-
mets. He argued he had bee iterrogated i a
custodial settig without Miranda warigs ad
that the statemets were ivolutary.
The state courts refused to suppress the state-mets ad declied to d J.D.B.’s age relevat
i assessig whether he was i police custodyfor Miranda purposes.
The U.S. Supreme Court disagreed, cocludig that a child’s age would affect how a reaso-
able perso i the suspect’s positio would
perceive his or her freedom to leave.
“A reasoable child subjected to police ques-
tioig will sometimes feel pressured to submit
whe a reasoable adult would feel free togo,” the Supreme Court said. “We thik it clear
that courts ca accout for that reality withoutdoig ay damage to the objective ature of the
custody aalysis.”
The justices reversed the lower court’s rulig ad remaded the case, directig the state
courts to reassess whether J.D.B. was i cus-
tody, ow takig his age ito accout.
By Alexandra Schimmer
My job as Ohio’s Attorey Geeral is to support
ad assist local law eforcemet professio-als i their efforts to protect Ohio’s families. A
importat part of meetig that resposibility is
makig sure peace ofcers aroud the state are
well-traied for the work we ask them to do.
I said at my swearig-i ceremoy that the Ohio
Peace Ofcer Traiig Academy (OPOTA) would
be a premier teachig istitutio for Ohio law
eforcemet persoel. I have every itetio of
followig through o that pledge, ad I eed your
feedback ad suggestios to make it happe.
I’m proud of the dedicated, experieced staff
ad adjuct istructors at OPOTA. They areworkig hard to expad ad improve advaced
law eforcemet traiig opportuities — both i
terms of cotet ad delivery.
Courses focus o topics ad techiques peace
ofcers eed to be prociet i today, such as
prescriptio drug abuse, itelligece-led polic-
ig, computer foresics, ad a multitude of other
subjects.
We have made these courses available ot oly
at OPOTA’s Lodo ad Richeld campuses, butat veues across the state ad olie. Regioal
ad eOPOTA traiigs have become icreasigly
popular as law eforcemet throughout Ohio
cotiue to face tight budgets ad persoel
shortages, ad we will cotiue to focus o
these offerigs.
I’m also grateful to Bob Fiatal ad the Ohio Peace
Ofcer Traiig Commissio (OPOTC) for takig
o the task of comprehesively reviewig ad
revisig the state’s basic peace ofcer traiig
curriculum for the rst time sice the mid-1960s.
The eviromet i which peace ofcers perform their duties today is substatially differet tha
it was i 1966 whe Ohio rst implemeted a
stadard traiig approach for law eforcemet.
We’re workig to esure that the substace of
the traiig parallels the progress i law eforce -
met practices because it directly affects the
safety of our families ad the lives of our ofcers.
The way we are workig to revise the peace
ofcer basic traiig curriculum is sigicat.
CRIMInAL JUSTICE UPDATE
COST BOX InFO HERE PLEASE (LOWERCASE THOUGH)
We surveyed several thousad law eforcemet
leaders, ofcers, ad basic traiig graduatesregardig what skills ad practices should be
icluded i the istructio. We are listeig to the
people we serve, ad the al product will reect
much of their iput.
I ivite your cotiued feedback o the offer-
igs ad work of the Ohio Peace Ofcer Traiig
Academy. Please let us kow how we ca serve
you better — whether it be through the types of
courses we offer ad where we offer them or
through our other work o curricula, certicatio,
or other issues.
To share your iput, cotact Bob Fiatal [email protected] or
740-845-2757.
Very respectfully yours,
Mike DeWie
Ohio Attorey Geeral
Alexandra Schimmer is Ohio’s solicitor general and heads the Attorney General’s Appeals Section.
Attorney General Mike deWine an former AttorneysGeneral Betty Montgomery an Nancy Rogers atteneBCI’s 90th anniversary celebration in September.
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BCI enhances services withAthens ofce, unit addition
The Ohio Bureau of Crimial Ivestigatio (BCI) has
aouced two steps to ehace services.
BCI ow has a ofce i Athes that provides poly-
graph services ad evidece itake. The ofce is
ope from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Moday through Friday.
Geeral questios may be directed to Amada Dil-
lo at 740-249-4378. For polygraph services, call
Matt Speckma at 740-249-4383.
The bureau also has assumed oversight for the
Attorey Geeral’s Missig Persos Uit. The move
will eable the uit to respod more quickly to
iquiries regardig missig childre ad adults ad
access additioal ivestigative tools, such as da-
tabases dedicated exclusively to law eforcemet,
said Bret Currece, who oversees the uit.
The Attorey Geeral’s Ofce prits iformatio
about specic missig persos cases o about
200,000 evelopes set out every moth by vari-
ous sectios of the ofce. The evelopes occasio-
ally highlight older, uresolved missig childre
ad adult cases i the hope that ew iformatio
will surface, Currece said.
For iformatio, visit www.OhioAttorneyGeneral.
gov/MissingPersons.
Two recet chages i state law represet positive developmets for Ohio crime victims.
The Ohio Attorey Geeral’s Ofce worked with legislators to remove a requiremet that adult victims
apply withi two years of a crime to be eligible for compesatio from the Crime Victims Reparatios
Fud. The chage took effect Sept. 30.
Crime Victim Sectio Chief Alice Robiso-Bod said the deadlie was arbitrary ad resulted i may
victims beig deied compesatio for o good reaso.
“We foud we had to dey victims compesatio for legitimate expeses simply because they applied
after the deadlie, sometimes oly a few weeks or moths after it had passed,” Robiso-Bod said.
“Plus, with DnA aalysis helpig to solve crimes log after the fact, victims ofte have to take off
work or seek couselig outside that two-year widow. This esures that they ca be reimbursed for
those costs.”
Uder the same bill, legislators removed a cap o the amout of moey a law rm ca be reimbursed
for helpig victims seek civil protectio orders. The cap, put i place i 2009, had the uiteded ef -
fect of limitig services to victims. This was particularly true i small ad rural couties, where fewer
attoreys hadle civil protectio orders.
The Attorey Geeral’s Pickig up the Pieces booklet, which law eforcemet ad prosecutors are
required to provide to crime victims to advise them of their rights, is beig revised to reect the
chages. To receive copies whe they are available, cotact Kelli Grace of the Crime Victim Sectio at
[email protected] or 614-995-4231.
For more inormation: Liks to the compesatio form ad other services for victims ca be foud
at www.OhioAttorneyGeneral.gov/Victim.
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Ofce emphasizes prosecutionof human trafckers
Whe the ewly coveed Huma Trafckig
Commissio met for the rst time late this sum-
mer, Attorey Geeral Mike DeWie made clear
that his goal is to work with law eforcemet to
crimially prosecute huma trafckers.
To achieve that, the Huma Trafckig Commis-
sio was formed to build o the work started by
the Trafckig i Persos Study Commissio i2009. That group examied huma trafckig i
Ohio ad developed recommedatios that led
to Ohio’s stad-aloe huma trafckig law.
“The Huma Trafckig Commissio will use
that iformatio ad take o the issue from
a law eforcemet perspective, raisig public
awareess ad workig to put trafckers behid
bars,” DeWie said.
For assistace o huma trafckig ivestiga-
tios, cotact the Bureau of Crimial Ivestiga-
tio at 855-BCI-OHIO (224-6446). To iquire
about assistace with prosecutig cases, co-
tact Associate Assistat Attorey Geeral Emily
Pelphrey at Emily.Pelphrey@OhioAttorney
General. gov or 614-644-0729. Iformatio
also is available at www.OhioAttorneyGeneral.
gov/HumanTrafcking .
Law changes assist crime victims Sound advice vital for youthBy Kathleen Nichols
With a ew school
year uder way, crimial
justice professioals are
sure to receive calls from parets
ad school ofcials seekig assistace
with techology misuse icidets such as
cyberbullyig ad sextig. I respodig,
it is importat to offer substative advice
ad assistace, eve though may suchcases ever escalate to a crimial level.
Here are some tips to pass alog:
Cyberbullying
• Ecourage youths to report ay
icidet of harassmet, itimidatio,
or bullyig — made face to face or
olie — to a trusted adult.
• Urge parets to moitor their child’s
olie activities by checkig computer
histories ad settig paretal cotrols.
• Implemet a bullyig prevetio
program. For ideas, visit
www.stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov.
Sexting
• Coduct a educatioal presetatio
at a local school or library o the legal
ad o-legal cosequeces of sextig.
• Cosider developig a local sextig
diversio program. Oe resource is the
Motgomery Couty Prosecutor’s
Ofce. Call 937-225-5757 to iquire
about its program.
• Ecourage parets to moitor their
childre’s cell phoe use by periodi-
cally checkig what they have set from
or dowloaded to their phoes.
Cyberethics
• Ecourage the establishmet of
policies to guide social media use.
• Urge attedace at professioal
developmet presetatios that focus
o usig discretio i olie posts ad
the do’s ad do’ts of social media use.
The Attorey Geeral’s Ofce provides
resources ad presetatios o bullyig,
olie safety, ad related topics.
For more iformatio, cotact Kathy nich-
ols at [email protected] or 614-995-5416.
Kathleen Nichols is a youth violence programcoordinator or the Attorney General’s Ofce.
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The Ohio Attorey Geeral’s Ofce stadsready to assist couty prosecutors’ ofces i
their cases before the Ohio Supreme Court.
Lucas Couty Assistat Prosecutor Evy Jarrett
kows the value of that offer. Jarrett has ar-
gued several cases before the Ohio Supreme
Court, icludig State v. Barker i Jue. While
codet i the stregth of her case ad
armed with past experiece, she appreciated
the extra measure of support she received
from the Attorey Geeral’s Appeals Sectio.
The case was oe of about 35 the sectio
supported via amicus briefs i 2010 adearly 2011. The Appeals Sectio also gives
prosecutors the opportuity to practice i
a moot court settig prior to their Supreme
Court appearaces. While this most ofte
occurs whe the Attorey Geeral’s Ofce
is sharig argumet time i a case, Solicitor
Geeral Alexadra Schimmer said it also is
a optio for others.
I Barker , the prosecutio asked the Su-
preme Court to overtur a lower court rulig
that the trial judge’s plea colloquy — advisig
Christopher Barker that he had the “right to
call witesses to testify o (his) behalf” — didot make it clear he could subpoea witess-
es. I a uaimous opiio issued i August,
the justices agreed with the state.
Appeals Section, prosecutors team upCollaboration can bolster cases before Ohio Supreme Court
Barker was idicted i 2009 o ve couts of ulawful sexual coduct with a mior for alleg -
edly havig sex with his 13-year-old half-sister.
The prosecutio said Barker admitted to givig
the girl drugs ad alcohol whe he had sex with
her three to four times a moth over a three-
year period. He etered o cotest pleas to
three couts, but later appealed, sayig he did
ot realize he could compel witesses to testify.
Jarrett’s brief oted that most people would
iterpret the phrase “right to call witesses” as
the ability to subpoea those witesses. The
Attorey Geeral’s amicus brief complemeted
that stace, poitig out that the 6th Amed-met’s Compulsory Process Clause ofte is
referred to as “the right to call witesses.”
Assistat Attorey Geeral Erick Gale ad the
Solicitor Geeral’s sectio prepared the ofce’s
amicus brief ad shared time with Jarrett be-
fore the Supreme Court.
“Erick provided research that was’t preset
i my brief,” Jarrett said. “He gave a costitu -
tioal, historical perspective that was excellet
as well as a overview of costitutioal law i
geeral that was’t readily available to me.”
The Appeals Sectio moitors cases the OhioSupreme Court agrees to hear ad les amicus
briefs whe cases have the potetial for broad
or lastig impact.
“We ca provide aother voice i the case to
help clarify the issues ad to help the court see
the overarchig themes of a case ad uder -
stad the basic priciples uderlyig a area
of law,” said Schimmer, who has bee with the
ofce sice February 2009 ad was amed
solicitor geeral i March.
“Oe very importat priciple i crimial law is
cosistecy; that’s part of what makes the law
fair ad just,” she added. “Because our ofce
has a perch to see how issues play out across
the state, we ca be a voice of cosistecy.”
The Attorey Geeral’s Ofce argues dozes of
cases each year before high courts — the Ohio
ad U.S. Supreme Courts ad the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Sixth Circuit — ad its attoreys
ca provide valuable support for couty prosecu-
tors’ ofces.
“Because a appeal at this level meas more
tha preservig or reversig a sigle judgmet,
the court will wat to kow how the priciple
of law will play out i a broader way,” Schim -
mer said. “We try to help preset that bigger
picture.”
The ofce’s moot courts brig together attoreys
from Appeals ad other sectios who read pros-
ecutors’ briefs i advace, liste to their argu -
mets, ad pepper them with questios — just
as justices might.
“The experiece of vocalizig your argumets is
very differet from writig them dow or rehears-
ig them i your head,” Schimmer said. “It’s very
good to stad up ad practice that. Moot courts
are icredibly useful for helpig a attorey a-
swer questios with precisio ad coditioig
his or her brai to the speed of questios thatcome from a pael of seve justices.”
For Jarrett, the opportuity was ivaluable.
“I had access to eight people who read the
briefs, uderstood the issues, ad asked difcult
questios about the case,” she said. “It’s really
tremedous that they’re willig to set aside time
to do that.”
For assistance: To request the Appeals Sec-
tio’s assistace with a Ohio Supreme Court
case i the form of a moot court, cotact Kim
Blakeship of the Appeals Sectio at Kimberly.
614-728-7510.
By Mary Alice Casey
1949
BCI coducts its rstpolygraph exam. I the
years sice, examiers haveadmiistered 63,233 tests.
File photo
Lucas County Assistant Proscutor evy Jarrtt runs through hr argumnts in State v. Barker uring a moot court
at th Attorny Gnral’s Ofc arlir this yar.
Sept. 6, 1921
The Bureau of CrimialIdeticatio begis operatig withi the Departmet of PublicWelfare to provide ideticatioservices to law eforcemet
throughout the state.
1963
The Ohio Attorey Geeral’sOfce assumes oversight of BCI.
Early 1980s
BCI lauches its marijuaaeradicatio efforts.
1972
BCI begis computerizig crimial histories.
The Bureau o Criminal Investigation
(BCI) marked its 90th anniversary
in September. Here is a look at
some o its milestones.
1959
BCI becomes the Bureau of Crimial Ideticatio adIvestigatio to reect its ew Ivestigatios Divisio.
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Aaron Haslam heas up Attorney General Mike deWine’s opiate
abuse initiative.
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Continued from Page 1
the state medical ad pharmacy boards, the
Drug Eforcemet Admiistratio, the U.S. Attor-
ey’s Ofce, ad law eforcemet to coordiate
efforts o the overall opiate problem.
For example, the Bureau of Crimial Ivestigatio
(BCI), Special Prosecutios Uit, ad Ohio Orga-
ized Crime Ivestigatios Commissio are co-
ordiatig with local, state, ad federal agecies
o 17 ivestigatios ivolvig opiates. Haslamhas bee desigated as a special assistat U.S.
attorey to prosecute opiate cases.
In other developments:
• The Attorey Geeral’s Ofce scheduled
a multistate law eforcemet summit o
prescriptio drug abuse at this year’s
Law Eforcemet Coferece.
• The Ohio Police Ofcer Traiig Academy
offers free traiigs o prescriptio drug
diversio throughout the state ad olie
through eOPOTA.
• The Attorey Geeral’s Ofce has created
a iteral workig group ad exteral
advisory coucil o prescriptio drug
abuse. The latter icludes peace ofcers,
judges, educators, health care experts, ad
prevetio ad poiso cotrol professioals.
• Ohio is workig with other states to share
prescriptio drug moitorig iformatio.
Pilot projects are i place with Ketucky ad
Idiaa. As may as 30 states may
participate by 2012.
I additio to addressig the opiate problem, theAttorey Geeral’s Ofce worked to iclude la-
guage o aalog drugs ad so-called bath salts
i a ew law that took effect July 15. Origially
drafted to ba sythetic caabioids, the law
was broadeed to list derivatives of cathioe,
the active igrediet i bath salts, ad aalog
drugs as Schedule I cotrolled substaces.
Former BCI foresic chemist Eri Reed, ow a
assistat attorey geeral, has researched aa-
log drugs ad advocated actio to restrict them.
“The law was eeded,” she said, “to prosecute
udergroud chemists who were avoidig pros-
ecutio simply by slightly alterig the chemical
structure of cotrolled substaces.”
New fronts establishedQ&A Meet Aaron HaslamSeior Assistat Attorey Geeral Aaro
Haslam, who is leadig the Attorey
Geeral’s prescriptio drug abuse
iitiative, shares his thoughts o the
assigmet ad opiate abuse treds.
You were chosen or this role, in part,because o your experience dealing with the issue as Adams County prosecutor. What did you take rom that? Most people were uaware of the prescriptio drug problem i Adams Couty. We brought
together law eforcemet, judges, ad other stakeholders across the commuity to raise aware-
ess, provide educatio, ad deal with the problem o may differet levels.
How successul were you in Adams County? Talkig with Adams Couty law eforcemet, I uderstad it is o loger easy to buy pills o the
street. Two years ago, you could buy them aywhere. The commuity is very aware of what’s go -
ig o ow, ad our overdose death rate is dow. All of those thigs poit to a good start, but it’s
importat that we cotiue to work together ad commuicate to have log-term success.
Do you think that sort o success is possible across the state?
I thik we ca replicate some of those successes statewide, but we have to let local commui- ties put their ow touch o it. The Attorey Geeral’s Ofce ca be a facilitator ad share what’s
worked elsewhere, but commuities eed to develop a approach that works locally.
How does what you saw as a county prosecutor motivate you to see Ohio tackle this problem? I was seeig oe perso after aother comig through the court system, or worse, overdosig
ad dyig. It produced heartbreakig wreckage — parets who had lost their childre, childre
who had lost their parets, families devastated emotioally ad acially. If that’s goig o i
Adams ad 87 other couties, you ca’t help but be motivated to do as much as you ca.
How is the Attorney General’s Ofce addressing the issue? BCI is able to assist with ivestigatios, ad OPOTA is offerig traiig aroud the state ad
olie through eOPOTA. Ad my uit, the Crimial Justice Sectio’s Special Prosecutios Uit, is
ivolved i prosecutig cases at all levels. We’re also collaboratig with the Goveror’s Ofce,
the legislature, ad all the other etities that have a stake i seeig Ohio tackle this problem.
Are you trying approaches that haven’t been explored beore? Yes. For istace, we’re usig a ew model for ivestigatig pill mills, rogue doctors, ad drug
rigs. It was developed by Fred Moore at BCI, ad it ivolves gatherig all the players — local law
eforcemet, prosecutors, BCI agets, the U.S. Attorey’s Ofce, the state pharmacy ad medi-
cal boards — ad workig the law eforcemet ad regulatory aspects of cases simultaeously.
Talk about the connection between prescription pills and heroin.Heroi is a easy crossover drug, ad it ca satisfy the cravig of a prescriptio drug addict.
People thik of heroi as a ier-city problem. They do’t thik about their eighbor who had
surgery, was prescribed pai medicatio, ad was’t aware he could get hooked o heroi.
Have you made the transition rom Adams County to Columbus?
I’ve bee livig i Columbus sice May. Ad my wife, Meredith, moved here i August ad took a job asa middle school taleted ad gifted coordiator i the Oletagy school district. We’re both from Adams
Couty, so we ever wat to get too far from there. But we love Columbus ad spedig time here.
1994
Ohio establishes a AutomatedFigerprit Ideticatio System(AFIS), eablig the computerizatioof crimial gerprit cards. 1998
BCI provides DnA aalysisfor the rst time, meaig DnAevidece ca be preseted icrimial prosecutios.
The Commissio o Accreditatiofor Law Eforcemet Ageciesaccredits BCI.
1999
BCI’s curret headquarters opes iLodo. The $20.3 millio, state-of-
the-art facility is three times the sizeof the former accommodatios.
2002
The America Society of CrimeLaboratory Directors/LaboratoryAccreditatio Board accredits BCI’sLaboratory Divisio.
2011
A ew law requires DnA to becollected from all feloy arrestees.
BCI establishes a Athes ofce toehace polygraph ad evidece
itake services.
2001
Ohio coects to the natioal CODIS etwork.
The state has its rst CODIS hit whe DnA froma Warre Couty rape case is etered ito thedatabase ad it matches that of a of federearlier covicted of aggravated burglary.
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Resources area click away
Dozes of law eforcemet resources are
available o the Ohio Attorey Geeral’s
website. Here is a recap of the most popu-
lar available at www.OhioAttorneyGeneral.
gov/LawEnorcementServices:
Bureau o Criminal Investigation (BCI)
The Ohio Law Enorcement Gateway
(OHLEG) is a secure, Web-based platform
that provides valuable tools ad resources.
Oe ew feature provides security threat
group iformatio maitaied by the Ohio
Departmet of Rehabilitatio ad Correc-
tio (ODRC). Agecies ca eter a idi-
vidual’s ame to see if ODRC lists him as
beig part of a gag or other security threat
group; where he is or has bee icarcer-
ated; who else i his gag is i the same
priso; ad other details. The resource also
lists whether a idividual has tattoos (adprovides photos of them) ad otes scars
ad other marks. This could help idetify a
suspect with a certai tattoo, scar, or mark.
OHLEG’s Photo Lineup Wizard is ow
more user-friedly. The applicatio, used
to create lieups i a folder or six-photo
array format, lets ofcers select the sources
from which they pull photos so all images
have similar characteristics. It also allows
ofcers to upload photos of their ow.
Peace Ofce Training Academy (OPOTA)
OPOTA has itroduced a ew feature that
allows law eforcemet ofcers ad istruc-
tors to update their cotact iformatio
at www.OhioAttorneyGeneral.gov/
OPOTAUpdate. Police chiefs, sheriffs,
peace ofcers, istructors, ad basic trai-
ig commaders ca use the form to make
sure they receive OPOTA’s regioal traiig
ad curriculum updates.
The electroic OPOTA course catalog
lists classes available at the Lodo ad
Richeld campuses as well as regioal
traiigs. OPOTA also aouces regioal
traiigs via e-mail.
Istructio also is available olie through
eOPOTA, which has expaded to iclude
more tha 60 courses.
A electroic Law Enorcement Directory
provides cotact iformatio for Ohio police
chiefs ad sheriffs ad liks to the Ohio
State Highway Patrol, state agecies, ad
Ohio correctioal facilities.
Concealed carry resources
Cocealed carry laws are covered i a ewpublicatio that icludes a applicatio.
Dowload it via a lik at www.OhioAttorney
General.gov/LawEnorcementServices.
TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
The followig courses are available free. To
register, visit www.OhioAttorneyGeneral.
gov/OPOTARegistration . Visit www.Ohio
AttorneyGeneral.gov/OPOTACourses for
iformatio o additioal traiigs or www.
OHLEG.org for olie traiig optios.
Tactical and Legal Considerations or
Vehicle Stops and ApproachesCovers best tactical and legal protocols to
apply during vehicle stops, including danger-
ous stops, Terry v. Ohio , and other Fourth
Amendment considerations
OPOTA Course 05-492-11-01
Oct. 24, 8 a.m.–oo
Creekside Coferece Ceter, Gahaa
OPOTA Course 05-492-11-02
nov. 7, 8 a.m.–oo
Ciciati Police Academy
OPOTA Course 05-492-11-03nov. 30, 8 a.m.–oo
The Uiversity of Toledo Scott Park Campus
Range Medical Emergencies
and the Firearms Instructor
Addresses legal issues, required medical
equipment, anaphylactic shock, heat disor-
ders, gunshot injuries, impaled objects, and
controlling bleeding
OPOTA Course 06-469-11-03
nov. 2, 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
Ciciati Police Academy
OPOTA Course 06-469-11-04
nov. 21, 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
Greee Couty Career Ceter, Xeia
Ethics
This course advises law enforcement ofcers
how to resolve ethical issues encountered
while performing their duties. A course on
investigating public safety vehicle collisions
coincides with it at the same locations.
OPOTA Course 02-194-11-02
nov. 10, 9 a.m.–oo
Owes Commuity College, Perrysburg
OPOTA Course 02-194-11-03
Dec. 7, 9 a.m.–oo
Ciciati Police Academy
Ohio Peace OfcerTraining Academy Courses
Investigations o Public Saety
Vehicle Collisions
Covers best practices in handling public safety
vehicle collision investigations. A course on
ethics coincides with it at the same locations.
OPOTA Course 03-663-11-02
nov. 10, 1–3 p.m.
Owes Commuity College, Perrysburg
OPOTA Course 03-663-11-03
Dec. 7, 1–3 p.m.
Ciciati Police Academy
Awareness o Distressed Combat
Veteran Issues and Response
Provides awareness of issues confronting
distressed combat veterans, including post-
traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain
injury, and best de-escalation practices
OPOTA Course 02-197-11-01
nov. 14, 9 a.m.–1 p.m.Creekside Coferece Ceter, Gahaa
OPOTA Course 52-197-11-01
nov. 28, 9 a.m.–1 p.m.
OPOTA Richeld
First Responder to Sexual Assault
Covers interacting with sexual assault nurse
examiners and victim advocates, conducting
victim interviews, processing crime scenes and
suspect kits, and using BCI’s CHASE system
OPOTA Course 53-550-11-02
nov. 18, 9 a.m.–3 p.m.
OPOTA Richeld
Interacting with the Special Needs
Population
A one-day refresher course for law enforce-
ment professionals dealing with special popu-
lations encounters
OPOTA Course 52-193-11-01
nov. 22, 8 a.m.–4 p.m.
OPOTA Richeld
Implementing Intelligence-Led Policing
Covers hiring, selecting, and training criminal
analysts; functions of the criminal analyst and
interaction with police command; and useful
crime analysis tools and software
OPOTA Course 51-499-11-01
Dec. 1–2, 8 a.m.–5 p.m.
OPOTA Richeld
FBI Street Survival Training
Emphasizes a study examining 40 incidents in
which peace ofcers survived life-threatening
attacks and identies training issues
Dec. 6, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. (Course 55-426-11-01)
Dec. 7, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. (Course 55-426-11-02)
OPOTA Richeld
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FALL 2011 7
Victim advocates are lightig the ight sky
this October i recogitio of Domestic Vio-
lece Awareess Moth.
The Ohio Attorey Geeral’s Ofce is part -
erig with Ohio programs ad agecies i
the Purple Light nights campaig ad other
activities to raise awareess about domesticviolece issues.
Purple Light nights bega i 2007 i Cov-
igto, Wash., where people were ecour-
aged to display purple lights i homes ad
busiesses to raise awareess of domestic
violece. I 2008, the Domestic Violece
Ceter i Clevelad brought the program to
Ohio. To raise awareess of the campaig
statewide, the Ohio Domestic Violece net-
work serves as the lead agecy to expad
the program i Ohio ad posts all activities
o its website at www.vn. (click o the
DVAM tab).
“It is importat that we recogize Domestic
Violece Awareess Moth every year be-
cause the violece is’t edig,” said Sady
Hutziger, victim services coordiator with
Observance sheds light on domestic violence
the Attorey Geeral’s Crime Victim Sectio.
“We’ve see improved resposes from the
judicial system, Child Protective Services, law
eforcemet, ad advocates, ad yet the vio-
lece cotiues. By ackowledgig every year
that this is still a issue, we recogize that we
cotiue to have work to do.”
Ohio law eforcemet reported more tha
36,000 domestic violece cases to the Bu-
reau of Crimial Ivestigatio from Jauary
through July. However, Ae Lyo, who com-
piles the stats, said the gure is low because
ot all agecies submit the required reports.
Agecies use the stats to seek fuds for shel -
ters, medical treatmet, couselig, legal aid,
ad other assistace for victims.
The Crime Victim Sectio awards about $7
millio i state ad federal fuds aually
to Ohio domestic violece programs ad
provides traiigs for advocates. Visit www.OhioAttorneyGeneral.gov/Victim for details.
By Alissa Romstadt
Ofcer Traiig Commissio that oversees it.
OPOTA also works to keep the cotet of regioal
raiigs relevat to a broad law eforcemet
audiece, curretly coverig such topics as pre-
criptio drug abuse, tactical ad legal cosid-
eratios i trafc stops, awareess of distressed
ombat vetera issues, ad basic crime scee
vestigatio.
additio to OPOTA istructors, the faculty
cludes law eforcemet professioals, higher
educatio istructors, medical persoel, ad
others who regularly practice what they teach.
As DeWie says, “We are here to serve law e-
orcemet. This is about customer service. This is
about meetig the curret eeds of the me ad
I additio to its role i overseeig advaced
peace ofcer traiig, the Ohio Peace Ofcer
Traiig Commissio (OPOTC) sets the curricula
for basic peace ofcer traiig as well as that
of parole, probatio, ad correctios ofcers; jailers; bailiffs; private security ofcers; ad
humae agets.
I a major udertakig that has’t bee tackled
i 45 years, the OPOTC staff, with iput from law
eforcemet from across the state, is coduct-
ig the rst comprehesive review ad revi-
sio of the state’s basic peace ofcer traiig
curriculum. Sice its implemetatio i 1966,
Ohio’s stadard approach to traiig ew peace
ofcers has grow from 120 hours origially to
582 hours today.
While OPOTC added topics ad icorporated
chages through the years, util ow it has ot
coducted a i-depth evaluatio ad update
of the curriculum. The curriculum is taught i
about 65 academies that law eforcemet
agecies, higher educatio istitutios, ad
adult educatio/vocatioal schools operate
aroud the state.
OPOTC staff is workig with subject matter
experts, coductig research, ad icorporatig istructioal techiques to update the curricu-
lum’s 109 lesso plas.
The 32 revised so far were released this sprig
for implemetatio i academies statewide July
1. Those lesso plas received priority attetio
because they focus o tasks affectig ofcer
safety or liability issues.
“The commissio has made importat addi-
tios ad chages to the curriculum through the
years, but this type of thorough review is log
overdue,” Attorey Geeral Mike DeWie said.
“Research has led to huge advacemets i
law eforcemet practices, ad we wat Ohio’s
method of traiig ew peace ofcers to reect
them. Put simply, public safety ad ofcers’
lives deped o it.”
Attorney General’s staff updating basic peace ofcer curriculum
RIGHT: Jwish Family Srvics introuc Purpl
Light Nights in Columbus, whr th LVqu Tow -
r is aorn in purpl lights throughout Octobr.
wome o the groud who are riskig their lives
every day to protect our families. Brigig these
courses directly ito the commuities ad direct-
ly to the people is the future of law eforcemet
traiig. Times have chaged, ad we wat to
be exible ad adaptable to meet curret ad
future eeds of law eforcemet.”
A wide array of courses also is available at
the Lodo ad Richeld OPOTA campuses.
Ad whe travelig to regioal traiigs or
OPOTA campuses is’t a optio, olie courses
COVER STORY
OPOTA stunts larn how to manag ath scns,incluing intication an xcavation tchniqus.
through eOPOTA are a good (ad popular)
alterative. The lieup of courses — all available
24/7 at o cost to local agecies — has more
tha doubled i recet years, ow totalig more
tha 60.
All courses are listed i OPOTA’s olie catalog at www.OhioAttorneyGeneral.gov/
OPOTACourses. To receive e-mail alerts about
OPOTA’s regioal offerigs, share your e-mail
ad other cotact iformatio at www.
OhioAttorneyGeneral.gov/OPOTAUpdate .
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NatioNal PrescriPtioN drug
take back day set for oct. 29
dRUG TAKE BACK
The Ohio Attorney General’s Ofce
and law enforcement agencies
throughout Ohio will take part ina national initiative to collect and
properly dispose of prescription
medications.
The National Prescription Drug
Take Back Day is set for 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29. It is
being spearheaded by the U.S.
Drug Enforcement Administration.
For a complete list of participatig
agecies, visit www.dea.gov.
BCI Spcial Agnt Mark ellinwoo
poss with Agi, a 2-yar-ol dutch
shphr an on of four ogs th
burau uss for rug tction. Toarrang for canin assistanc from
BCI, call 855-BCI-OHIO (855-
224-6446).
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