Policing and Racial Justice: Federal, Ohio and Local Laws: Franklin County

Franklin County Bd. of Commissioners

ABC6 4/20/24. In federal court for civil rights violations.

News5Cleveland.com 12/9/21

To establish Chapter 1913, Restrictions on the Deployment and Use of Equipment and Use of Force by Police in Columbus City Codes; to codify the permanent injunction issued prohibiting the use of control agents on nonviolent protestors and to curtail the use of force on nonviolent protestors; to require the report of all uses of force from the previous year to City Council; and to declare an emergency.

WOSU 3/22/22 The body cameras Columbus police officers wear will soon record automatically in some situations and feature better video and audio quality.

NPR 6/8/23

Press release from the Columbus mayor's office. 9/9/21 For pattern and practice violations,The city will cooperate with DOJ.

Cleveland Jewish News 4/28/21

2/1/21 City of Columbus passes law Andre's Law contains establishing disciplinary action for officers who fail to turn on body cameras during enforcement action or render medical aid.

The city’s limits on no-knock warrants passed last year do not apply to officers working with federal or state task forces. 7/19/21

Franklin Count Commissioners Resolution 5/19/20

News 10 WBNS 4/26/21

10tv 7/21/21 The new Civilian Review Board will have the power to review cases of alleged police misconduct and make recommendations based on their finds. However, the board will not have the power to discipline officers.

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ABC News.com 11/4/24

NPR 5/14/21

AP news 2/3/21

Columbus Dispatch 7/29/24

AP news 3/18/21

ABC6OnYourSIde.com 12/2/21

ABC 6 on your side 2/17/22

Columbus Dispatch 2/17/24

ABC 6 2/22/24

OSU Wexner Medical Center

The Lantern (OSU student newspaper) 7/22/20

The Ohio State University, John Glenn College of Public Affairs, 4/26/21

OSU College of Public Health 6/24/20

Includes form for requesting police department records.

Under the Ohio Attorney General.

Ohio Capital Journal 8/22/24

Axios Columbus 4/3/24

Outrich, M., Sweeney, G., Baek, M., Holley, K., & Mei, C. (2021, July). Franklin County Auditor Report, Investigating the Appraisal Process. The Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at The Ohio State University. Columbus, Ohio.

Ch. 10 WBNS 4/7/23