For Immediate Release: September 27, 2016
Ohio
Awards Certification to the Northwood Police Department for Adopting Standards
COLUMBUS – The Northwood
Police Department (Wood County) has adopted and implemented state standards
established by the Ohio Collaborative Community-Police Advisory Board as part
of the state’s efforts to strengthen community and police relations.
The agency joins more
than 80 other agencies who have become certified by meeting standards for the
use of force, including deadly force, and agency recruitment and hiring. The
standards are the first of their kind in Ohio and were developed by the Collaborative
in August 2015.
The state has
partnered with the Buckeye State Sheriffs’ Association and the Ohio Association
of Chiefs of Police to help certify Ohio’s nearly 1,000 law enforcement
agencies on a process to ensure that they are in compliance with Ohio’s new
standards.
Certifications will
continue throughout 2016. The first list of all Ohio compliant agencies will be
published in March 2017.
For more
information on the Ohio Collaborative, the certification process for law
enforcement and the complete list of agencies who have been certified, please
visit: http://www.ocjs.ohio.gov/ohiocollaborative/
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For additional information, contact:
China Dodley at (614) 466-2551
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