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Ohio National Guard Will Help Provide Security for Presidential Debate in Cleveland

Ohio National Guard in Columbus
Jo Ingles
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Statehouse News Bureau
Ohio National Guard in Columbus

Members of Ohio’s National Guard has been called in to help with the upcoming presidential debate in Cleveland next week. 

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine says 300 guard members are being deployed to help local law enforcement with security for the presidential debate in Cleveland Tuesday. 

“Cleveland officials sent a formal request for us to make available the Ohio National Guard and we are granting that.” 

DeWine says, in the past, the guard has been deployed to help with crowd control, such as at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland in 2016. More recently, they were deployed to various cities to help during public protests. 

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Jo Ingles
Jo Ingles is a professional journalist who covers politics and Ohio government for the Ohio Public Radio and Television for the Ohio Public Radio and Television Statehouse News Bureau. She reports on issues of importance to Ohioans including education, legislation, politics, and life and death issues such as capital punishment.