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Police departments across the country offer ride-alongs to members of the community to help the public understand the issues that officers face at work. One nonprofit in Cleveland offers the same service — but community members take police officers and others on tours of the community.
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The goal is to get the cameras for all of Ohio's law enforcement agencies.
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Morning Headlines: COVID transmission rate rises; Officer target of chief's KKK note files complaintOhio's COVID-19 transmission rate is up to 410 cases per 100K residents; a Black police officer has filed a discrimination charge against a Lorain County department whose chief put a note saying “Ku Klux Klan” on the officer’s jacket; the full Ohio House will vote on a Republican-backed bill that would allow teachers and staff to carry guns in school with much less training; and more stories.
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Akron arts and culture magazine The Devil Strip is hosting a meeting this week for co-op members to ask questions related to how it folded abruptly last week; All six GOP U.S. Senate candidates gathered at forum near Columbus Sunday; Ohio’s employment picture continues to improve; and more stories.
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The gunshot-detection microphones the Dayton Police Department uses dispatched officers to West Dayton more than 2,200 times over the past two years.
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Gov. Mike DeWine has signed legislation directing about $2.2 billion in federal COVID-19 relief aid with about half going to repay an unemployment loan; Akron City Council passes a new law that requires Akron police to automatically post body cam videos of use-of-force incidents; restaurants, bars, breweries and others can apply for a share of $100 million in state aid; and more stories.
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The movement to offer millions of dollars in incentives to boost Ohio vaccination rates has been unable to crack the 50% vaccination threshold; nearly two dozen people have applied to fill the seat vacated following the historic Ohio House vote last week that ousted Republican Larry Householder; the Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that school districts must provide police-level training to employees carrying concealed weapons; and more stories.
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The Ohio Supreme Court has sided with a county elections board in a dispute over buying voting machines that stems from the 2020 presidential election; the U.S. Supreme Court is leaving in place an appeals court decision that the family of a Black driver who was fatally shot by a white police officer in Euclid cannot sue the city or the officer; Governor Mike DeWine says nearly 2.8 million residents have registered for Ohio’s Vax-a-Million vaccination incentive prize ahead of tomorrow's first drawing, and more stories.
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Ohio on Sunday reported just 618 COVID-19 cases, the fewest in one day since last August; Palestinian-Americans gathered at Cleveland’s Public Square Sunday to protest and demand an end to Israeli assaults on Palestinians; the city of Columbus ranks 2nd in the nation for number of juveniles killed by police; and more stories.
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This story was updated at 1 p.m., Friday April 20, 2021 The "Back the Blue" event that was expected to attract hundreds of people to downtown Columbus has been called off by the controversial gun rights group that was sponsoring it.