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K-9 search turns up pot, no heroin

The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office says Monday's search at the jail turned up marijuana, but no heroin. The department used drug sniffing dogs to search each section of the justice center. One inmate...

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Deputies find heroin in Bible

Two people are accused of trying to smuggle heroin into the Hamilton County Justice Center in a Bible. Chief Deputy Mark Schoonover says the Bible was sent to the jail in mid December, and like all...

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Former Cincinnati Police District Captain To Run for Sheriff

Gary Lee, a former Cincinnati Police Department captain, announced Monday he will run as a Republican for Hamilton County Sheriff in 2016. But Lee may have competition for the GOP nomination. Retired...

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Sheriff Asks For Heroin Unit At Justice Center

Nearly half of the inmates processed at the Hamilton County Justice Center last year had a heroin addiction and detoxed while behind bars. The Sheriff now wants to create a special ward just for...

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Sheriff's Office Explains Multiple Vehicle Purchase Requests

Correction 10/27/2015: The request from the Sheriff’s office is not a supplemental appropriation. Hamilton County Budget Director John Bruggen says all of the vehicles are within the capital spending...

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Hamilton County Sheriff Presents Camera Purchase Plan

Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Neil wants to buy 230 body cameras for deputies. But first he has to come up with the money. The Sheriff's Office received a Department of Justice grant, and can use...

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Sheriff's Office Body Camera Plan On Pause

Hamilton County Sheriff's deputies are still working without body cameras, even though a plan to purchase them was approved earlier this year.

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Hamilton County Jail Passes State Inspection

A state inspection has found Hamilton County's jail complies with all essential standards and most of the important standards. Sheriff Jim Neil says that's a big change from 2013 when the jail was...

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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.

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Overcrowding 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.

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FC 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...

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Hamilton County Sheriff Cutting 10 Employees

Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Neil says he's laying off 10 deputies, effective March 21.

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Sheriff 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...

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Coalition 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...

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Audit 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...

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Silverton 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...

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Hamilton 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...

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Hamilton 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...

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Deputies 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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