COLUMBUS, Ohio -- During the past three years, fewer than half of enrollees at 10 of Ohio's 62 police academies ended up certified to become law enforcement officers, state statistics show.

For the first time, officers at the Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy (OPOTA) in London are learning how to use drones in ...

FILE—In this file photo from Oct. 8, 2013, police officer JR Lavish shoots a pistol during a police training exercise at the Eagle Creek Firearms Training Facility in Findlay, Ohio.

Dayton Police Chief Kamran Afzal said the academy provides about 500 more training hours than is required to become an officer. “We are not satisfied with just achieving the minimum,” he said.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost spoke to cadets and honored Butler Tech Police Academy as a STAR Academy Thursday, March 17, 2022. The designation of a STAR Academy is for agencies that are ...

Ten Ohio police academies will stay open. Ten Ohio police academies will remain open despite low graduation rates. The head of Ohio's police training commission says there are no plans to close any ...

Ohio can reduce inappropriate police violence by imposing new law-enforcement training standards and overhauling the state's police academy system, the leader of a state task force said Thursday.

Mar. 19—FAIRFIELD TWP. — Ohio's top law enforcement officer visited Butler Tech on Thursday to award the career school as one of the state's best in requiring high standards for students ...

Like most law-enforcement agencies in central Ohio, including the Columbus Division of Police, the sheriff's office has long offered periodic citizen police academies to Franklin County residents ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio's attorney general has announced new recommendations for police officer training in the state, looking to update it for the modern age. Attorney General Dave Yost said in a ...