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...
View ArticleDeputies 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...
View ArticleFormer 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...
View ArticleSheriff 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...
View ArticleSheriff'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...
View ArticleHamilton 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...
View ArticleSheriff'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.
View ArticleHamilton 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...
View ArticleDeputies 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 ArticleHamilton County Sheriff Cutting 10 Employees
Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Neil says he's laying off 10 deputies, effective March 21.
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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