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The governor's missing persons working group, created in response to a Dispatch series, issued its final report Tuesday.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Gov. Mike DeWine on Tuesday announced more than a dozen recommendations aimed at improving how law enforcement handles missing persons cases and supports affected families. The ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Gov. Mike DeWine on Tuesday announced 18 recommendations aimed at improving how law enforcement handles missing persons cases, including improving information sharing between ...
A working group, made up of law enforcement leaders, legislative representatives and families of missing persons, has been looking into what could make investigations into those disappearances more ...
The Ohio Collaborative Community-Police Advisory Board should review and revise its missing persons law enforcement standard and model policy in accordance with the working group’s recommendations.
Other recommendations were made to the Ohio Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation, whose Missing Persons Unit is the state authority on missing persons investigations, according to ...
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Public Safety Director Andy Wilson announced over a dozen recommendations from the Ohio Missing Persons Working Group to streamline the process of ...
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — Several Ohio leaders came together to find new ways to handle missing persons cases in the Buckeye State. On Tuesday, Gov. Mike DeWine revealed over a dozen recommendations ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Gov. Mike DeWine on Tuesday announced 18 recommendations aimed at improving how law enforcement handles missing persons cases, including improving information sharing between ...
Gov. Mike DeWine talks about the recommendations made by the Ohio Missing Persons Working Group at the Ohio Department of Public Safety on Tuesday, May 27, 2025 ...
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Public Safety Director Andy Wilson recently announced more than a dozen recommendations from the Ohio Missing Persons Working Group to improve the ...