More than a year after its introduction, a measure establishing a statewide database for police officer hiring got its first committee hearing.
The following article was originally published in the Ohio Capital Journal and published on News5Cleveland.com under a content-sharing agreement.For years, reformers have called for such a database. They invoke officers like Timothy Loehmann, who shot and killed Tamir Rice in Cleveland. Loehmann served briefly with the Independence Police Department a few miles outside Cleveland, Rep. Michael Sheehy, D-Toledo, explained, but he resigned to avoid getting fired.
Sheehy and Rep. Paula Hicks-Hudson, D-Toledo, are sponsoring House Bill 11, which directs the attorney general to set up a statewide database for officer hiring. The system would catalog any officers who were fired or resigned to avoid termination or discipline. Hicks-Hudson compared it to similar oversight for attorneys.
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