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At Kent State University’s Police Academy, a class of 24 recruits gathers on a recent evening to train in how to be ready for combative situations.…

By Phil de Olivera, WKSU The mother of Tanisha Anderson is accusing Cuyahoga County officials of trying to cover up police officers' role in her death in 2014 by blaming it on a heart condition. An autopsy of the county coronor originally ruled Tanisha Anderson's death a homicide. But the attorney general's office ordered another autopsy last year after it was discovered the case file was tainted with statements by the two officers involved in the incident.

The city of Westerville is reeling after two police officers were shot and killed responding to a 9-1-1 call over the weekend. On Monday, Gov. John Kasich…

Two Westerville police officers responding to a 911 hang-up call were fatally shot on Saturday after entering a townhome in the Columbus suburb, and a…

To little surprise, the opioid crisis and Columbus’ record number of homicides in 2017 were repeatedly referenced during Mayor Andrew Ginther’s first of…

On a Thursday morning, Officer Khaled Bahgat drives his police cruiser to the Northeast side of Columbus. There, in an aging apartment development, lives…

The federal monitoring team overseeing the police consent decree in Cleveland released its fourth progress report this week.The city’s accomplishments…

The city of Columbus is making strides in staffing up its police department, as the city continues to see a record number of homicides. Mayor Andrew…

Columbus saw its deadliest year yet in 2017, with 143 homicides, a record that was last broken in the midst of the cocaine epidemic a quarter-century…

The Columbus Division of Police seized 2,750 firearms last year, setting a new department record.The previous record was 2,667 guns in 2012. Of the guns…