Deputies To Patrol With Body Cameras Before July
Body cameras are coming to the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office two years after first proposed. Commissioners are expected to approve spending $125,000 to match a Department of Justice grant.
View ArticleOvercrowding Prompts Sheriff To Send Inmates To Butler County
Hamilton County's sheriff says the jail is dangerously overcrowded. Jim Neil says the jail is only authorized to hold 1,240 prisoners. Last weekend, the population climbed over 1,600.
View ArticleFC Cincinnati Wants West End Stadium, Metro Money Woes And A Kentucky Pension...
FC Cincinnati's plan to build a new stadium in the West End on the current site of Taft High School's Stargel football stadium worries local residents. Metro finds $8 million as Cincinnati Council...
View ArticleTwenty arrested during sex offender compliance sweep
Law enforcement have been doing some "spring cleaning," checking up on Hamilton County's 1,350 registered sex offenders. Sheriff Jim Neil says officers checked 1,114 addresses last week. The...
View ArticleSheriff talks jails, drugs at Rotary lunch
On his first appearance before the Cincinnati Rotary, Sheriff Jim Neil reiterated the county does not need a new jail. "Judges will sentence to capacity whether you have 3,000 jail cells or 1,000," he...
View ArticleCoalition going to court over sheriff's homeless strategy
The Greater Cincinnati Homeless Coalition is suing the Hamilton County Sheriffs Department over a policy to remove the homeless from the courthouse steps. Commission executive director Josh Spring says...
View ArticleAudit declares Sheriff's Dept. 'static' and 'resistant to change'
An audit of the Hamilton County Sheriffs department is recommending three issues be addressed. They include: staffing, technology and training. The report concludes department staff are highly...
View ArticleSilverton contracting police services from Hamilton County Sheriff
Two former Silverton Police officers are now Hamilton County Sheriff's Deputies. They were sworn in Thursday along with a clerk, marking a change over in public safety in the Village. Silverton...
View ArticleHamilton County K9 unit dies
One of Hamilton County's canine units has died. The Sheriff's department reports Canine "Kid" died a week ago from an illness. Kid was a 6 year veteran who worked in explosive device detection. The...
View ArticleHamilton County Sheriff will get new Harleys
The Hamilton County Sheriff's Department will get two new motorcycles after all. Commissioners questioned the purchase request last week. But Greg Hartmann says he's satisfied with the Sheriff's...
View ArticleDeputies find real gun painted to look like toy
Ohio legislators are considering a bill that would require toy guns only be sold in bright colors to help distinguish them from real ones. But it seems some criminals might try using that to their...
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